Saturday, November 15, 2008

The Master List

Below is the free agent class for the 2008-09 offseason. Be advised that this is not an "official" list...some players are still under contract pending options being picked up or declined, along with arbitration-eligible players that may or may not be offered arbitration (those players not offered arbitration become free agents). But this is as complete of a list as I can put together based on the information I have, and it will be updated on a daily basis. I will continue to scour the wires and add minor-league free agents of significance. Any rumors, offers, or signings that surface with these players will be listed after their name.



LAST UPDATED: November 15, 2008 - 9 PM


Catchers

Eliezer Alfonzo
Brad Ausmus
Paul Bako
Josh Bard
Gary Bennett

Michael Barrett
Henry Blanco

JD Closser
Humberto Cota

Johnny Estrada
Sal Fasano
Toby Hall
Michel Hernandez

Mark Johnson
Jason LaRue - SIGNED by STL - 1 year, $950K (11/3)
Paul LoDuca
Carlos Maldonado

Adam Melhuse
Chad Moeller

Gustavo Molina
Miguel Olivo - SIGNED by KC -1 year, $2.7 million (11/3)
Ivan Rodriguez - unlikely to re-sign with NYY (11/6)
David Ross
Dane Sardinha
Javier Valentin
Jason Varitek
Vance Wilson
Gregg Zaun


First Basemen

Rich Aurilia
Ben Broussard

Miguel Cairo
Sean Casey
Tony Clark
Nomar Garciaparra
Eric Hinske
Doug Mientkiewicz - PIT plans on making bid to re-sign (11/9)
Kevin Millar

Josh Phelps - SIGNED by SF - minor-league contract (11/3)
Richie Sexson
Mark Sweeney
Mark Teixeira - WAS reportedly set to make "significant" offer (11/6)
Daryle Ward


Second Basemen

Willie Bloomquist
Craig Counsell
Callix Crabbe

Ray Durham
Damion Easley
Tony Graffanino

Mark Grudzielanek
Jerry Hairston, Jr. - has talked with CIN (11/6)
Orlando Hudson - STL showing interest (11/10)
Tadahito Iguchi

D'Angelo Jimenez
Jeff Kent - expected to retire (11/3)
Felipe Lopez - report: STL has made contract offer (11/15)
Mark Loretta - ARZ has held preliminary talks (11/7)
Ramon Martinez
Jayson Nix - SIGNED by CWS - 1-year contract (11/3)
Pete Orr - SIGNED by WAS - minor-league contract (11/15)
Pablo Ozuna
Nick Punto
Pokey Reese

Luis Rivas - not expected back in PIT (11/9)
Gil Velasquez



Shortstops

Angel Berroa
Jolbert Cabrera
Orlando Cabrera
Alex Cintron
Alex Cora
David Eckstein
Adam Everett
Rafael Furcal - LAD, SF, CHC, TOR, OAK all express interest; offered 2-year deal worth $25-30 million by LAD (11/6); agent: Furcal and SF have "serious interest" in each other (11/15)
Chris Gomez - not expected back in PIT (11/9)

Cesar Izturis
Tomohiro Nioka

Edgar Renteria - agent: STL, SF are "good fit" (11/15)
Mike Rouse
Juan Uribe
Omar Vizquel


Third Basemen

Casey Blake - CLE, LAD, TEX, MIN showing interest (11/9); MIN to make contract offer next week (11/15)

Aaron Boone
Russell Branyan
Jose Castillo
Joe Crede - report: will not return to CWS (11/6)
Enrique Cruz

Morgan Ensberg
Keith Ginter
Ruben Gotay
Shea Hillenbrand

Mike Lamb
Mark Loretta - ARZ showing interest (11/10)

Abraham Nunez
Luis Ordaz
Fernando Tatis - SIGNED by NYM - 1-year, $1.7 million (11/3)

Ramon Vazquez - ARZ could be interested (11/4)


Leftfielders

Moises Alou
Chip Ambres
Garrett Anderson
Milton Bradley
Emil Brown
Pat Burrell - turned down 2-year, $22 million offer from PHI (11/3)
Adam Dunn - reportedly drawing serious interest from WAS (11/3)
Cliff Floyd
Luis Gonzalez
Raul Ibanez - CHC, NYM, KC said to have some interest (11/5)
Jacque Jones

Gabe Kapler
Adam Loewen - SIGNED by TOR - minor-league contract (11/3)
Rob Mackowiak

Paul McAnulty
Kevin Mench - drawing interest from Japan team (11/6)
Jason Michaels - PIT plans on making bid to re-sign (11/9)
Craig Monroe
Greg Norton - reportedly close to one-year deal with ATL (11/3)
Jay Payton
Manny Ramirez - LAD original offer withdrawn (11/15)
Juan Rivera
So Taguchi


Centerfielders

Rocco Baldelli - may be targeted by PHI if Burrell leaves (11/6); BOS showing interest (11/7)
Jeff DaVanon

Chris Duffy
Jim Edmonds
Mark Kotsay
Ryan Langerhans
Corey Patterson
Scott Podsednik - wants to re-sign with COL (11/4)


Rightfielders

Bobby Abreu
Jay Gibbons

Ken Griffey, Jr.
Justin Huber
Jason Lane

Trot Nixon
Brad Wilkerson

Craig Wilson


Designated Hitters

Jason Giambi
Mike Sweeney
Frank Thomas
Jose Vidro


Starting Pitchers

Tony Armas, Jr.

Kris Benson
AJ Burnett
- ATL showing interest; TOR has offered 4-years, $54 million (11/15)
Paul Byrd
Jack Cassel
Matt Clement
Bartolo Colon
Ryan Dempster - ATL, TOR interested; CHC want to re-sign him (11/9)

Shawn Estes
Josh Fogg
Freddy Garcia
Jon Garland - NYM showing some interest (11/5)
Tom Glavine
John Halama

Mike Hampton
Mark Hendrickson
Livan Hernandez
Orlando Hernandez
Jason Jennings
Randy Johnson - CHC may be interested in 1-year deal; LAD interested (11/15)
Kenshin Kawakami
Brian Lawrence

Jon Lieber
Bobby Livingston

Braden Looper
Derek Lowe - prefers BOS as top choice; top of NYM list (11/5); has met with TOR (11/9)
Greg Maddux - agent says Maddux likely to retire (11/3)
Perdo Martinez

Eric Milton
Sergio Mitre - SIGNED by NYY - 1 year contract (11/3)
Jamie Moyer - PHI "optimistic" they can re-sign him (11/15)
Mark Mulder - reportedly drawing some interest from CIN (11/3)
Mike Mussina - leaning towards retirement (11/9)
John Parrish
Carl Pavano

Brad Penny
Odalis Perez
Oliver Perez
Andy Pettitte - wants to re-sign with NYY (11/5)
Sidney Ponson
Mark Prior
Kenny Rogers
Glendon Rusch
CC Sabathia - report: NYY offer is 6-years, $140 million (11/15)

Curt Schilling
Ben Sheets
John Smoltz
Koji Uehara
John VanBenschoten
Jeff Weaver

Kip Wells
Randy Wolf - HOU showing interest to re-sign him (11/4)


Relief Pitchers

Jeremy Affeldt - COL may be interested (11/6)
Luis Ayala
Mike Bascik

Joe Beimel - NYM showing interest (11/4)
Dave Borkowski
Joe Borowski
Adam Bostick

Cedric Bowers
Doug Brocail - HOU showing interest to re-sign (11/4)
Kiko Calero

Jose Capellan
Hector Carrasco
Shawn Chacon
Matt Childers
Chad Cordero - ANA, NYM, TEX, DET showing interest (11/7)
Kevin Correia

Juan Cruz
Elmer Dessens
Brendan Donnelly
Scott Elarton
Alan Embree
Paul Estrada
Scott Eyre - SIGNED by PHI - 1-year, $2 million (11/10)
Kyle Farnsworth

Nelson Figueroa
Ron Flores
Jesse Foppert
Casey Fossum
Keith Foulke
Chad Fox
Brian Fuentes - report: "offered" himself to NYM for 4-years, $44 million (11/6)
Eric Gagne

Jose Garcia
Franklyn German

Gary Glover
Edgar Gonzalez
Tom Gordon

Danny Graves
Eddie Guardado
LaTroy Hawkins - SIGNED by HOU - 1-year, $3.5 million (11/7)
Trevor Hoffman - 1-year, $4 million deal withdrawn by SD (11/10); "open to anything"; DET, CLE could be interested (11/15)

Brad Hennessey
Matt Herges
Trevor Hoffman
Bob Howry - SF may be interested (11/15)
Jason Isringhausen
Jorge Julio
Ray King

Justin Lehr
Mike Lincoln
Ruddy Lugo

Brandon Lyon - DET showing interest (11/10)
Jason Johnson
Damaso Marte - SIGNED by NYY - 3-years, $12 million (11/13)

Brandon Medders
Justin Miller - SIGNED by SF - minor-league contract (11/3)
Trever Miller
Guillermo Mota
Will Ohman - STL showing interest (11/15)
Darren Oliver - DET showing interest (11/13)
Chan Ho Park
Billy Petrick

Cliff Politte
Horatio Ramirez

Stephen Randolph
Al Reyes
Dennys Reyes
John Rheinecker

Arthur Rhodes
Juan Rincon
Ricardo Rincon
Royce Ring

Francisco Rodriguez - agent met with NYM (11/6); report: ANA owner "already decided against" bringing K-Rod back (11/9)
Glendon Rusch
Victor Santos

Scott Sauerbeck
Rudy Seanez
Brian Shouse

Andrew Sisco
Brian Slocum
Chris Smith

Jorge Sosa
Russ Springer
Julian Tavarez
Mike Timlin - BOS not interested in re-signing him (11/4)
Ron Villone

Tyler Walker
Ryan Wagner

John Wasdin
David Weathers
Matt Wise
Kerry Wood - CHC will not bring him back (11/13)
Jamey Wright

Victor Zambrano