Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: I think the Metsos are leaning toward Murphy.

Quite possibly. If I had to choose right now I think I go Castillo with Murphy as the bench guy/2x a week replacement ready to slide in if Castillo isn't getting on base at a .360+ rate or something.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Ceetar wrote: Geeze. There are no type a or b 2Bman there.

Well, no Type A's, anyway. There are two of Type B. (I don't see any Type O at all on the entire list, however.)

[Ceetar]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Ceetar wrote: Geeze. There are no type a or b 2Bman there. Well, no Type A's, anyway. There are two of Type B. (I don't see any Type O at all on the entire list, however.)

My brain didn't comprehend those two as options.

[metirish]

Edgy DC wrote: I think the Metsos are leaning toward Murphy.

Murph had three more hits yesterday, all opposite field

[Frayed Knot]

Hitting as a 2nd baseman isn't going to be Murphy's problem.

[ashie62]

Don't see external help at 2B..All hail Muffy..

[Frayed Knot]

Minor League Free Agents -- all 533 of them, including 24 from the NYM system


RHP: Yhency Brazoban (AAA), Brian Bruney (AAA), Chad Cordero (AAA), Jack Egbert++ (AAA), Johan Figuereo (SS), Carlos Muniz+ (AA)
LHP: Derrick Ellison (AA), Arturo Lopez+ (AAA), Mike O'Connor (AAA), Adam Pettyjohn (AAA), Raul Valdes (AAA)
C: Michael Barrett (AAA), J.R. House (AAA), Salomon Manriquez (AA), Luke Montz+ (AA)
1B: Marshall Hubbard (AA)
2B: Russ Adams (AAA), Alex Cintron+ (AAA), Jonathan Malo (AAA)
3B: Mike Cervenak (AAA)
SS: Jose Coronado (AA)
OF: Brahiam Maldonado (AA), Jorge Padilla (AAA), Jesus Feliciano (AAA)

+ = spent more than half or ALL (++) of the season on the DL

[smg58]

I wouldn't mind seeing Chase Lambin back in the organization. The same goes for Willie Collazo; I'm not sure why he's been getting starts, but he could be a decent lefty in the back of the pen.

RJ Swindle has a rep for throwing pitches in the 60 mph range, but he always puts up good AAA numbers. He could be fun, and possibly even effective in a LOOGY role.

It's sad to see Dontrelle Willis on that list.

[MFS62]

John Buck is a 30 year old, right handed hitting, All Star catcher.
He hit 20 home runs last year and made $2 million.
Since I can't be him, I'd like to be his agent.

Later

[A Boy Named Seo]

Minor League Free Agents -- all 533 of them, including 24 from the NYM system RHP: Yhency Brazoban (AAA), Brian Bruney (AAA), Chad Cordero (AAA), Jack Egbert++ (AAA), Johan Figuereo (SS), Carlos Muniz+ (AA) LHP: Derrick Ellison (AA), Arturo Lopez+ (AAA), Mike O'Connor (AAA), Adam Pettyjohn (AAA), Raul Valdes (AAA) C: Michael Barrett (AAA), J.R. House (AAA), Salomon Manriquez (AA), Luke Montz+ (AA) 1B: Marshall Hubbard (AA) 2B: Russ Adams (AAA), Alex Cintron+ (AAA), Jonathan Malo (AAA) 3B: Mike Cervenak (AAA) SS: Jose Coronado (AA) OF: Brahiam Maldonado (AA), Jorge Padilla (AAA), Jesus Feliciano (AAA) + = spent more than half or ALL (++) of the season on the DL

We should definitely sign Al Albuquerque from the Rockies for the obvious reason.

I always had a crush on Josh Barfield for some reason, cause he's not very good. He'll be just 28 in Dec. I might try and nab him super cheap-o & invite him to ST, and get a Bisons jersey ready for him.

My adopted kid, C-Los Muniz, is a free agent. End of the line??? :'-(

[seawolf17]

Frayed Knot wrote: Minor League Free Agents -- all 533 of them, including 24 from the NYM system

Get me Clay Zavada!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

MFS62 wrote: John Buck is a 30 year old, right handed hitting, All Star catcher. He hit 20 home runs last year and made $2 million. Since I can't be him, I'd like to be his agent.

John Buck is a slightly-younger Rod Barajas-- minus the fun and geniality-- after a good year.

seawolf17 wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Minor League Free Agents -- all 533 of them, including 24 from the NYM system Get me Clay Zavada!

I'll have what he's having.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Clay Zevada is the mastermind, tie-damsels-to-railroad-tracks criminal, and Al Albuquerque is his bumbling, right-hand man.

[metirish]

Cashman is in Arkansas today meeting with Lee......oh please outbid any other suitors by at least $60 million and two extra years.

[ashie62]

metirish wrote: Cashman is in Arkansas today meeting with Lee......oh please outbid any other suitors by at least $60 million and two extra years.

And the bastard will take money out of Jeter's pocket to do it.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

At whom are the Phillies looking? As per Phillies blog Crashburn Alley/Phillies figurative groin-massager Jayson Stark, a wholelottafolk.

No Fuggin' Way
Jayson Werth (w/age, likely length-of-contract being prohibitive factors)

Coming Up on the Outside Rail
Magglio Ordonez
Andruw Jones
Pat Burrell

Hmm. HMM.
Jose Contreras (price being potentially prohibitive)
Pedro Feliciano
Hisanori Takahashi (CA seems to think he'd come cheaper/more team-friendly-in-contract than Feliciano; CA doesn't pay much attention to NY press/blogs)

Making my mouth smile:

General manager Ruben Amaro Jr. continues to talk up Ben Francisco, at least in a potential platoon with Domonic Brown -- or with Ross Gload if they decide Brown isn't ready. But the Phillies would still shop for another right-handed-hitting outfield bat. One name we've heard a lot: Jeff Francoeur, who has told friends he'd love to play for Charlie Manuel.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Jeff Francouer would love to play for the bones of Billy Martin. Hot-diggity-dog, he would!

[Vic Sage]

Listen up Sandy, here's my FA list (assuming Lee, Crawford and V-Mart are not gonna happen):

SP - Ill take Garland for the IP, and take a flyer on Capuano's upside. Harden? I'm not that crazy.
C - Torrealba or Olivo, to platoon with Thole.
LHRP - having lost 2 LHRPs, we need one from column A (Downs, Fuentes) and one from column B (Romero, DReyes, Beimel, Ohman)
2b - with Uggla gone, no obvious upgrades available, tho' i wouldn't mind Hudson for a year, or taking a flyer on LLopez as a general UT.

or i'll take Lee, Crawford and V-Mart...

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Benoit's a Tigger, Kuroda remains a Trolley-Ducker, Ramon Hernandez is a Commie, Buck's a Fishie, and both Dan Meyer and Jose Contreras (2 yrs!) are Philthy.

My thoughts?

SP: Buy low, people-- if you're thinking Capuano, you're not thinking low enough, methinks. Javy Vazquez! Webb! The basement's the limit!
RP: I still think offering Feliciano arb makes sense; worst case, you've got the league's best LOOGY (seriously, peep the stats) for a shade over market price. If not, well... Alderson won't spend a first-round pick on middle-relief. I'm content to go cheapo (Romero's more expensive than Feliciano). Choate's cheap and good, as is DReyes... but I could go Fuentes as LOOGY/setup-py sort. Crain and Uehara also intrigue. Chan Ho II as swingman on the cheap? (Speaking of cheap, Manny Corpas now available for the league minimum, btw.)
IF: Nishioka looks interesting. That said, I like the idea of a Murphy/Turner/Tejada pu-pu-gasboard-- figure out what we've got in-house during 2011, then if we need to get splashy, there'll be more cash in 2012. Renteria does look like a cost-effective bench piece (this year's Cora, only half-good?).

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Arbitration offers need to be in by tomorrow.

Nothing for Feliciano as yet.

This strikes me as... short-sighted.