free agents for 06 season

[Inthecards]

does anyone know of or have a list of free agents..

 

thanks in advance

[WindyCity]

Here's a link that was posted in another thread as a discussion point before the 7/31 deadline passed.

 

Hope that helps.

[Inthecards]

Here's a link that was posted in another thread as a discussion point before the 7/31 deadline passed.

 

Hope that helps.

 

how do you change the "link" from looking like http://etc....to just saying link in blue?

 

thanks

[Inthecards]

boy by the look of things this is the WRONG season to be looking for FA to sign for the outfield.....makes for some offseason trades

[EricG]

Here's a link that was posted in another thread as a discussion point before the 7/31 deadline passed.

 

Hope that helps.

 

how do you change the "link" from looking like http://etc....to just saying link in blue?

 

thanks

bbcode

[Tracer Bullet]

boy by the look of things this is the WRONG season to be looking for FA to sign for the outfield.....makes for some offseason trades

 

What do you mean? Unless the O's pick up his option, I think Sammy's available. :P

[WindyCity]

how do you change the "link" from looking like http://etc....to just saying link in blue?

 

thanks

 

Instead of just including the link in your post, use the URL button. In the open URL tag, you can set url= to the link, and between the open URL tag and the close URL tag type the text you want displayed.

 

Example: (just remove the extra spaces below to make it work)

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[neely crenshaw]

the guy i would really like the cubs to pursue id reggie sanders. he is amzingly consistent. he is known as a great teammate. and being injured he will come cheaper, which is certainly hendry's style. i'm pretty sure we could get him for burnitz' money or less.

[ChiblueTNT]

my wish list;

 

Carlos Lee, Guillermo (SP!) Mota, Billy Wagner

 

notables- Jose Guillen, BJ Ryan

[Transmogrified Tiger]

my wish list;

 

Carlos Lee, Guillermo (SP!) Mota, Billy Wagner

 

notables- Jose Guillen, BJ Ryan

 

I don't know if you were counting all of those as FA's, but Lee has an option that will in all likelihood be picked up(it's only 500k more than he's making this year). Guillen is signed through 2006 at a reasonable price for his production, and Mota has another year of arbitration.

[TheDude]

Most of those guys are aging vets. 2006 might be the year of the youth movement across all baseball, not just small and mid-market teams.

[CubbieSouthpaw]

boy by the look of things this is the WRONG season to be looking for FA to sign for the outfield.....makes for some offseason trades

 

What do you mean? Unless the O's pick up his option, I think Sammy's available. :P

 

Hey, the way he's played so far this year.Sammy should get at least a 3/10 contract.

 

 

 

 

 

 

That is 3 games/ 10 pennies per.

[jjgman21]

Here's a list by position compiled by Rotoworld before the season started. Obviously not completely up to date.

 

Mods, please edit if this crosses copywrite lines.

 

 

Catchers

 

Mike Piazza

Ramon Hernandez

 

Others:

Bengie Molina, Brad Ausmus, Benito Santiago, Charles Johnson, Dan Wilson, Todd Pratt, Einar Diaz, Paul Bako, Sandy Alomar Jr.

 

Options

Mike Lieberthal - Phillies - $7.5 million club option vests with 110 plate appearances.

Gregg Zaun - Blue Jays - $1 million club option vests at 70 games played

 

 

First Basemen/Designated Hitters

 

Paul Konerko

Erubiel Durazo

Frank Thomas

Kevin Millar

 

Others: Travis Lee, J.T. Snow, Rafael Palmeiro, Jeff Conine, Brad Fullmer*, Tony Clark, Julio Franco

 

Options

Doug Mientkiewicz - Mets - $3.75 million club option with a $450,000 buyout

Tino Martinez - Yankees - $3 million club option with a $250,000 buyout

Scott Hatteberg - Athletics - Club option worth approximately $2.75 million.

 

 

Second Basemen

 

Ray Durham

Bret Boone

Placido Polanco

 

Others: Mark Grudzielanek, Roberto Alomar, Jose Hernandez, Miguel Cairo, Tony Graffanino, Desi Relaford, Damion Easley, Rey Sanchez, Fernando Vina

 

Options

 

Mark Loretta - Padres $3 million club option guaranteed with 293 plate appearances

Ronnie Belliard - Indians - $4 million club option with a $500,000 buyout

Todd Walker - Cubs $2.5 million-$2.75 million vesting club option

 

 

Third Basemen

 

Aramis Ramirez

Bill Mueller

Others: Jose Valentin, Joe Randa, Alex Gonzalez (TB), Wes Helms, Geoff Blum

 

Options

Aaron Boone - Indians - $4.5 million club option

 

 

Shortstops

 

Nomar Garciaparra

Rafael Furcal

Alex Gonzalez

 

Others: Rich Aurilia, Pokey Reese, Royce Clayton, Jose Vizcaino, Deivi Cruz, Neifi Perez

 

 

Outfielders

 

Lance Berkman

Johnny Damon

Brian Giles

Sammy Sosa

Hideki Matsui

Preston Wilson

Bernie Williams

Jacque Jones

 

Options:

Larry Walker - Cardinals - The Cardinals’ $15 million option on Walker for next year won’t be exercised.

 

Moises Alou - Giants - The second year of the $13.25 million contract Alou signed with the Giants is a player option.

 

Dmitri Young - Tigers - The Tigers hold an $8 million option on Young that will become guaranteed if he amasses 500 plate appearances,

 

Jeromy Burnitz - Cubs - Burnitz’s deal with the Cubs included a mutual option for 2006 worth $7 million.

 

Others: Richard Hidalgo, Randy Winn, Juan Gonzalez, Matt Lawton, Jose Cruz Jr., Dave Roberts, Marquis Grissom, Juan Encarnacion, Kenny Lofton, Jay Payton, Carl Everett, Craig Biggio, Reggie Sanders, Rondell White, Eli Marrero, Danny Bautista, Todd Hollandsworth, Raul Mondesi, Michael Tucker, Matt Stairs, Bobby Higginson, Ruben Sierra, B.J. Surhoff, Tim Salmon, Terrence Long*, Brian Jordan, Ben Grieve, John Mabry, Roger Cedeno

 

More Options

 

Carlos Lee - Brewers - $8.5 million club option with $500,000 buyout

Jose Guillen - Nationals - $4 million club option with a $300,000 buyout

Eric Young - Padres - $850,000 club option with a $150,000 buyout

 

 

 

Starting Pitchers

 

A.J. Burnett

Brad Penny

Jeff Weaver

Chris Carpenter -

Matt Morris

Kevin Brown

Jarrod Washburn

Tony Armas Jr.

Jason Schmidt - Giants - The Giants hold a $10.75 million option on Schmidt

 

Roger Clemens

 

Tom Glavine - Mets - Glavine needs to pitch 164 1/3 innings this year to guarantee himself at least $8 million in 2006. If he fails to reach that total, there’s a mutual option worth $6.5 million.

Jamie Moyer

 

Others: Kevin Millwood, Al Leiter, Esteban Loaiza, Kenny Rogers, Tim Wakefield, Paul Byrd, Brett Tomko, Jose Lima, Jason Johnson, Shawn Estes, Brian Anderson, Kirk Rueter, Ismael Valdez, Hideo Nomo, Pedro Astacio

 

 

Options

 

Mark Mulder - Cardinals - $7.25 million club option with a $250,000 buyout

John Thomson - Braves - $4.75 million club option with a $500,000 buyout

Woody Williams - Padres - $4 million club option vests with 15 starts this year

Jeff Suppan - Cardinals - $4 million club option with a $1 million buyout

Ramon Ortiz - Reds - $4.55 million mutual option with $100,000-$250,000 buyout*

Steve Trachsel - Mets - $6 million club option vests with 150 innings pitched this year

Joe Mays - Twins - $8.5 million club option with a $500,000 buyout

Glendon Rusch - Cubs - Player option worth approx. $2 million

 

 

Relievers

 

Billy Wagner

B.J. Ryan

Octavio Dotel

Trevor Hoffman

Ugueth Urbina

Tom Gordon

Braden Looper

Jose Mesa

Danny Graves - Reds - I’m not sure how much it’s worth, but there’s a mutual option for 2006 in Graves’ contract.

Eddie Guardado - Mariners - Because of his partially torn rotator cuff and bum knee, Guardado elected to exercise his $4.5 million player option for 2005 after the Mariners declined their $6 million team option. The same system is in place for 2006, although the price of the club option increases to $7 million. Guardado can again choose to return at $4.5 million if the club option is declined.

 

LaTroy Hawkins - Cubs - Hawkins holds a $3.5 million player option for 2006 that could grow in value to $5 million or so if he’s a closer.

 

Others: Bob Wickman, Ryan Dempster, Tim Worrell, Kyle Farnsworth, Julian Tavarez, Mike Timlin, Felix Rodriguez, Paul Quantrill, Alan Embree, Mike Remlinger, Scott Eyre, Ricardo Rincon, Mike DeJean, Darren Dreifort, Ricky Bottalico, Chris Hammond, Steve Karsay, Matt Mantei, Mike Stanton, Gabe White, Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Matt Herges, Terry Adams, Scott Sullivan, Billy Koch, David Weathers, Todd Jones, Kerry Ligtenberg, Jay Witasick, Antonio Osuna, Tom Martin, Jim Mecir, Cal Eldred, Doug Brocail, Ben Weber

 

Options

 

Antonio Alfonseca - Marlins - $2.7 million club option vests with 65 appearances

Felix Heredia - Mets - $2.5 million club option with a $200,000 buyout

Scott Williamson - Cubs - $2 million club option

John Halama - Red Sox - $1.75 million mutual option with a $150,000 buyout

Elmer Dessens - Dodgers - $1.3 million mutual option with a $250,000 buyout

Jamie Walker - Tigers - $1.25 million club option

Steve Reed - Orioles - $1.25 million mutual option with a $150,000 buyout

Cliff Politte - White Sox - $1.2 million club option with a $100,000 buyout

 

 

interesting note: the Cards staff next year may consist of Marquis and 4 new SPs.

[Inthecards]

interesting note: the Cards staff next year may consist of Marquis and 4 new SPs.

 

Mulder has an option for 6.75 give or take .5 mill option for next year as well

Marquis is arb. elligable

Suppan has an option that is cheap for a 13-16 game winner

Carp has signed and extension for 6 mill a year over 3 years

 

 

Updating previous reports, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Joe Strauss reports St. Louis Cardinals SP Chris Carpenter's two-year extension is believed to be for about $6 million per season if his 2008 option vests. The money is below market value if Carpenter stays healthy. "This is the place I want to play," Carpenter said. "At some point in time you've got to factor the money people talk about against the fact I enjoy coming to the park every day and being around these guys."

 

 

Morris will be the only FA pitcher we could lose..and probally to NY mets or yankees seeing that he is from there