="Frayed Knot"]Bartolo Colon looks like he'll be signing with Boston while Trot Nixon hooks up with Arizona. But that still leaves a pretty heftly list of the newly unemployed, including hitters: Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Mike Piazza, Shawn Green, Shannon Stewart, Preston Wilson, Reggie Sanders, Kenny Lofton, Rondell White, Corey Patterson, Ryan Klesko, Julio Franco and pitchers: David Wells, Kyle Lohse, Freddy Garcia, Russ Ortiz, Eric Milton, Aaron Sele, Rodrigo Lopez, Armando Bentiez, Arthur Rhodes, Jose Mesa & Antonio Alfonseca Almost everyone on that list is either an outfielder or a DH... and all the pitchers are guys who are fourth starters, middle relievers who won't get important innings, or guys with too many fingers. So why pay for that when you get similar production for less money out of someone from your minor league system? (Assuming you have guys with extra fingers in your minor league system.)