Hot Stove

[Paulie]

Baseball is never over!

Free agents this offseason:

Catchers

Eliezer Alfonzo (31)
Brad Ausmus (41)
Paul Bako (38)
Rod Barajas (34) - Type B
Josh Bard (32)
Michael Barrett (33) - club option
Henry Blanco (38)
Ramon Castro (34)
Chris Coste (37)
Sal Fasano (38)
Toby Hall (34)
Michel Hernandez (31)
Ramon Hernandez (34) - $8.5MM club option with a $1MM buyout - Type B
Jason Kendall (36) - Type B
Jason LaRue (36)
Victor Martinez (31) - $7.7MM club option with a $250K buyout - Type A
Chad Moeller (35)
Bengie Molina (35) - Type A
Jose Molina (35)
Miguel Olivo (31) - $3.25MM mutual option - Type B
Mike Redmond (39)
Ivan Rodriguez (38) - Type B
Brian Schneider (33)
Yorvit Torrealba (31) - $4MM mutual option with a $500K buyout - Type B
Javier Valentin (34)
Jason Varitek (38) - $5MM club/$3MM player option plus incentives - Type B
Vance Wilson (37)
Gregg Zaun (39) - $2MM club option with a $500K buyout; Zaun can void option

First basemen
Rich Aurilia (38)
Jeff Bailey (31)
Wilson Betemit (28)
Hank Blalock (29)
Russell Branyan (34)
Miguel Cairo (36)
Frank Catalanotto (36)
Tony Clark (38)
Carlos Delgado (38) - Type B
Nomar Garciaparra (36)
Ross Gload (34) - $2.6MM club option
Eric Hinske (32)
Nick Johnson (31) - Type B
Adam LaRoche (30) - Type B
Doug Mientkiewicz (36)
Kevin Millar (38)
Fernando Tatis (35) - Type B
Chad Tracy (30) - $7MM option with a $1MM buyout
Daryle Ward (35)
Dmitri Young (36)

Second basemen
Ronnie Belliard (35) - Type B
Jamey Carroll (36)
Alex Cora (34)
Craig Counsell (39)
Mark DeRosa (35) - Type B
Jerry Hairston Jr. (34) - Type B
Orlando Hudson (32) - Type A
Adam Kennedy (34)
Felipe Lopez (30) - Type B
Mark Loretta (38)
Pablo Ozuna (35)
Placido Polanco (34) - Type A
Luis Rodriguez (30)
Juan Uribe (31)

Shortstops
Orlando Cabrera (35) - Type A, can't be offered arbitration
Juan Castro (38)
Alex Cora (34)
Craig Counsell (39)
Bobby Crosby (30)
Adam Everett (33)
Chris Gomez (39)
Alex Gonzalez (32) - $6MM mutual option with a $500K buyout
Khalil Greene (30)
Jerry Hairston Jr. (34) - Type B
John McDonald (35)
Luis Rodriguez (30)
Marco Scutaro (34) - Type A
Miguel Tejada (36) - Type A
Omar Vizquel (43)
Jack Wilson (32) - $8.4MM club option with a $600K buyout

Third basemen
Rich Aurilia (38)
Brian Barden (29)
Adrian Beltre (31) - Type B
Wilson Betemit (28)
Aaron Boone (37)
Craig Counsell (39)
Joe Crede (32)
Bobby Crosby (30)
Mark DeRosa (35) - Type B
Pedro Feliz (35) - $5MM club option with a $500K buyout
Chone Figgins (32) - Type B
Nomar Garciaparra (36)
Troy Glaus (33) - Type B
Adam Kennedy (34)
Mike Lamb (34)
Mark Loretta (38)
Melvin Mora (38) - Type B
Pablo Ozuna (35)
Robb Quinlan (33)
Miguel Tejada (36) - Type A
Juan Uribe (31)

Left fielders
Garret Anderson (38) - Type B
Marlon Anderson (36)
Jason Bay (31) - Type A
Emil Brown (35)
Marlon Byrd (32) - Type B
Carl Crawford (28) - $10MM club option with a $1.25MM buyout - Type B
Johnny Damon (36) - Type A
David Dellucci (36)
Cliff Floyd (37)
Matt Holliday (30) - Type A
Reed Johnson (33)
Greg Norton (37)
Wily Mo Pena (28)
Manny Ramirez (38) - $20MM player option - Type A
Dave Roberts (38)
Gary Sheffield (41)
Fernando Tatis (35) - Type B
Randy Winn (36) - Type B

Center fielders
Rick Ankiel (30)
Rocco Baldelli (28)
Marlon Byrd (32) - Type B
Mike Cameron (37) - Type B
Endy Chavez (32)
Coco Crisp (30) - $8MM club option with a $500K buyout
Darin Erstad (36)
Jeff Fiorentino (27)
Ryan Freel (34)
Jerry Hairston Jr. (34) - Type B
Reed Johnson (33)
Andruw Jones (33)
Corey Patterson (30)
Scott Podsednik (34)
DeWayne Wise (32)

Right fielders
Bobby Abreu (36) - Type A
Jermaine Dye (36) - $12MM mutual option with a $1MM buyout - Type A
Brian Giles (39) - Type B
Vladimir Guerrero (35) - Type A
Eric Hinske (32)
Geoff Jenkins (35)
Austin Kearns (30) - $10MM club option with a $1MM buyout
Jason Michaels (34)
Xavier Nady (31) - Type B
Randy Winn (36) - Type B

Designated hitters
Hank Blalock (29)
Jason Giambi (39)
Ken Griffey Jr. (40)
Vladimir Guerrero (35) - Type A
Aubrey Huff (33) - Type B
Hideki Matsui (36) - Type B
Gary Sheffield (41)
Matt Stairs (42)
Mike Sweeney (36)
Jim Thome (39)

Starting pitchers
Brandon Backe (32)
Cha Seung Baek (30)
Miguel Batista (39)
Erik Bedard (31) - Type B
Kris Benson (34)
Paul Byrd (39)
Daniel Cabrera (29)
Chris Capuano (31)
Aroldis Chapman (22)
Bartolo Colon (37)
Jose Contreras (38)
Doug Davis (34) - Type B
Justin Duchscherer (32) - Type B
Adam Eaton (32)
Shawn Estes (37)
Josh Fogg (33)
Jon Garland (30) - $10MM mutual option with $2.5MM or $1MM buyout - Type B
Tom Glavine (44)
Mike Hampton (37)
Rich Harden (28) - Type B
Mark Hendrickson (36)
Livan Hernandez (35)
Rich Hill (30)
Shawn Hill (29)
Tim Hudson (34) - $12MM mutual option with a $1MM buyout
Jason Jennings (31)
Jason Johnson (36)
Randy Johnson (46) - Type B
John Lackey (31) - Type A
Cliff Lee (31) - $8MM club option with a $1MM buyout - Type A
Braden Looper (35) - $6.5MM mutual option with possible buyout - Type B
Rodrigo Lopez (34)
Noah Lowry (29)
Jason Marquis (31) - Type B
Pedro Martinez (38)
Eric Milton (34)
Brett Myers (29)
Vicente Padilla (32) - Type B
Carl Pavano (34) - Type B
Brad Penny (32)
Odalis Perez (33)
Andy Pettitte (38) - Type B
Joel Pineiro (31) - Type B
Sidney Ponson (33)
Mark Prior (28)
Horacio Ramirez (30)
Jason Schmidt (37)
Ben Sheets (31)
John Smoltz (43)
Brad Thompson (28)
Brett Tomko (37)
Tim Wakefield (43) - perpetual $4MM club option - Type B
Jarrod Washburn (35)
Brandon Webb (31) - $8.5MM club option with a $2MM buyout - Type B
Todd Wellemeyer (31)
Kip Wells (33)
Randy Wolf (33) - Type A

Closers
Mike Gonzalez (32) - Type A
Kevin Gregg (32) - Type A
Fernando Rodney (33) - Type B
Rafael Soriano (30) - Type A
Jose Valverde (32) - Type A
Billy Wagner (38) - $8MM club option with a $1MM buyout (Red Sox agreed not to exercise) - Type A

Right-handed relievers
Luis Ayala (32)
Danys Baez (32)
Joaquin Benoit (32)
Rafael Betancourt (35) - $5.4MM club option - Type A
Chad Bradford (35)
Doug Brocail (43) - Type B
Kiko Calero (35) - Type B
Buddy Carlyle (32)
Chad Cordero (28)
Elmer Dessens (38)
R.A. Dickey (35)
Brendan Donnelly (38)
Octavio Dotel (36) - Type A
Kelvim Escobar (33)
Eric Gagne (34)
Geoff Geary (33)
Dan Giese (33)
Edgar Gonzalez (27)
Tom Gordon (42)
Jason Grilli (33)
LaTroy Hawkins (37) - Type A
Matt Herges (40)
Bob Howry (36) - Type B
Jason Isringhausen (37)
Jorge Julio (31)
Masahide Kobayashi (36)
Shane Loux (30)
Brandon Lyon (30) - Type B
Gary Majewski (30)
Guillermo Mota (36) - Type B
Joe Nelson (35)
Chan Ho Park (37) - Type B
Tomo Ohka (34)
Tony Pena Jr. (29)
Joel Peralta (34)
Troy Percival (40)
J.J. Putz (33) - $9.15MM club option with a $1MM buyout
Juan Rincon (31)
Takashi Saito (40)
Duaner Sanchez (30)
Rudy Seanez (41)
Justin Speier (36)
Russ Springer (41) - Type B
Julian Tavarez (37)
Brad Thompson (28)
Luis Vizcaino (35)
David Weathers (40) - $3.7MM club option with a $400K buyout - Type B
Jeff Weaver (33)
Jamey Wright (35)
Yasuhiko Yabuta (37) - $4MM club option with a $500K buyout
Tyler Yates (32)

Left-handed relievers
Joe Beimel (32) - Type B
Bruce Chen (33)
Alan Embree (40) - $3MM club option with a $250K buyout
Scott Eyre (38) - Type B
Casey Fossum (32)
John Grabow (31) - Type A
Eddie Guardado (39)
Mark Hendrickson (36)
Ron Mahay (39)
Will Ohman (31) - Type B
Darren Oliver (39) - Type A
Horacio Ramirez (30)
Glendon Rusch (35)
Scott Schoeneweis (36)
Brian Shouse (41) - $1.9MM club option with a $200K buyout - Type B
Ken Takahashi (41)
Jack Taschner (32)
Ron Villone (40)
Jamie Walker (38)

For us, besides our pitching needs, I think we opt out on Feliz and look to pick up Figgins.

I'll have to go over the books to figure out what we can do with our pitching situation. I'm not quite sure what our whole contract situation is yet.

 

[Paulie]

You gotta love some of those names on the starting pitching list, though!

 

[Andrew2382]

I want to see the following headline come Xmas in the New York Post.

"HAPPY HOLLIDAYS!"

YANKEES ACQUIRE ROY AND MATT HOLLIDAY



lol

 

[Paulie]

This FA list is CRAZY!

I remember last year it was kind of slim pickin's but there's some super quality names available this year.

 

[Article 15]

Can I change the thread title to "Hot Stove?"

 

[Andrew2382]

please do Article...I was about to say make this the official Hot Stove thread

 

[Xenophon]

Webb could command some heavy bucks, but this guy is primed to be the richest out of that group:

John Lackey (31) - Type A

 

[Andrew2382]

Holliday and Lackey will bring in the big bucks this year...I really want Holliday in my outifeld

 

[Andrew2382]

I don't think lackey wants to play in NY

 

[Article 15]

Webb could command some heavy bucks, but this guy is primed to be the richest out of that group:

John Lackey (31) - Type A

Arizona would be retarded not to pick up Webb's option if for nothing more than to trade him.

I hate John Lackey .. I hope he goes to NY so I can hate him more.

 

[Xenophon]

Webb could command some heavy bucks, but this guy is primed to be the richest out of that group:

John Lackey (31) - Type A

Arizona would be retarded not to pick up Webb's option if for nothing more than to trade him.

I hate John Lackey .. I hope he goes to NY so I can hate him more.

I hope you get your wish.

 

[Article 15]

I bet Carl Crawford can be had in trade ....

 

[Xenophon]

I don't think lackey wants to play in NY

When he sees offers of 10 mil compared to the 15 Ny will offer, he will suddenly come to love the big apple.

 

[Xenophon]

I bet Carl Crawford can be had in trade ....

The cheapo Rays already said they won't pick up the club option, he will be unrestricted.

 

[Paulie]

A, go ahead and change the title if you want. I don't think as many people will "get it" though.

Only the true baseball fans.

 

[Xenophon]

A, go ahead and change the title if you want. I don't think as many people will "get it" though.

Only the true baseball fans.

Who else matters?

 

[Article 15]

I bet Carl Crawford can be had in trade ....

The cheapo Rays already said they won't pick up the club option, he will be unrestricted.

In that case he should be getting a fat payday too.

 

[Paulie]

A, go ahead and change the title if you want. I don't think as many people will "get it" though.

Only the true baseball fans.

Who else matters?

Upon thinking, no one. You don't really have much to say here if you don't understand contract situations.

Even I'm under-informed this year. I have to get some free time and run some numbers.

I think Victorino is trade bait and we look at Ankiel.

 

[Xenophon]

I bet Carl Crawford can be had in trade ....

The cheapo Rays already said they won't pick up the club option, he will be unrestricted.

In that case he should be getting a fat payday too.

Attitude and eratic play could hurt, but he was super last year.

I wouldn't mind seeing him in a Yankees uni next season.

 

[Andrew2382]

I would love to see Crawford in a Yankee uniform. If the Yankees can somehow pull off Holiday and Crawford to fill out their outfield...they would be a force to be reckoned with for the next 7 years lol