Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Winter meetings hath returned

The buzz of the free agent market always reaches it's peak somewhere at the beginning of December, but not we can actually start throwing around some of the big names and type A free agents. It's a few hours into the first day and there already some big moves. A three team deal that is:

The Yankees receive center fielder Curtis Granderson...[with a] $25.75MM guaranteed over the next three years. The Diamondbacks receive a pair of starting pitchers: Edwin Jackson and Ian Kennedy. The Tigers receive four players: starter Max Scherzer, relievers Daniel Schlereth and Phil Coke and center fielder Austin Jackson. The Tigers get five years of Scherzer, six of Schlereth, five of Coke, and six of Jackson, potentially 22 years of control in total.


By the looks of it, the Tigers really got the best end of this deal. Scherzer is supposed to be the next big thing, if he can get his act together and become the starter everyone expected him to be. And Austin Jackson is nothing to sneeze at, he quick and a puts the ball in play. Although he does strikeout quite a bit. With some work he could be another Granderson.

One big deal so far and more to come. Here's a list of free agents with age and type:

Catchers
Eliezer Alfonzo (31)
Brad Ausmus (41)
Paul Bako (38)
Rod Barajas (34) - Type B, offered arb
Josh Bard (32)
Michael Barrett (33)
Ramon Castro (34)
Robinzon Diaz (26)
Toby Hall (34)
Jason Kendall (36) - Type B, not offered arb
Bengie Molina (35) - Type A, not offered arb
Jose Molina (35)
Miguel Olivo (31) - Type B, not offered arb
Mike Redmond (39)
Yorvit Torrealba (31) - Type B, not offered arb
Matt Treanor (34)
Javier Valentin (34)

First basemen
Rich Aurilia (38)
Jeff Bailey (31)
Hank Blalock (29)
Russell Branyan (34)
Miguel Cairo (36)
Frank Catalanotto (36)
Tony Clark (38)
Carlos Delgado (38) - Type B, not offered arb
Nomar Garciaparra (36)
Ross Gload (34)
Eric Hinske (32)
Nick Johnson (31) - Type B, not offered arb
Adam LaRoche (30) - Type B, not offered arb
Doug Mientkiewicz (36)
Kevin Millar (38)
Fernando Tatis (35) - Type B, not offered arb
Chad Tracy (30)
Daryle Ward (35)
Dmitri Young (36)

Second basemen
Ronnie Belliard (35) - Type B, not offered arb
Jamey Carroll (36)
Craig Counsell (39)
Mark DeRosa (35) - Type B, offered arb
Nick Green (31)
Jerry Hairston Jr. (34)
Orlando Hudson (32) - Type A, not offered arb
Adam Kennedy (34)
Felipe Lopez (30) - Type B, not offered arb
Mark Loretta (38)
Pablo Ozuna (35)
Juan Uribe (31)

Shortstops
Eric Bruntlett (32)
Orlando Cabrera (35) - Type A, can't be offered arb
Craig Counsell (39)
Bobby Crosby (30)
Chris Gomez (39)
Nick Green (31)
Khalil Greene (30)
Jerry Hairston Jr. (34)
Miguel Tejada (36) - Type A, not offered arb

Third basemen
Rich Aurilia (38)
Brian Barden (29)
Adrian Beltre (31) - Type B, offered arb
Aaron Boone (37)
Craig Counsell (39)
Joe Crede (32)
Bobby Crosby (30)
Mark DeRosa (35) - Type B, offered arb
Pedro Feliz (35)
Chone Figgins (32) - Type A, offered arb
Nomar Garciaparra (36)
Troy Glaus (33) - Type B, not offered arb
Adam Kennedy (34)
Mark Loretta (38)
Melvin Mora (38) - Type B, not offered arb
Pablo Ozuna (35)
Robb Quinlan (33)
Miguel Tejada (36) - Type A, not offered arb
Juan Uribe (31)

Left fielders
Garret Anderson (38) - Type B, not offered arb
Marlon Anderson (36)
Jason Bay (31) - Type A, offered arb
Emil Brown (35)
Marlon Byrd (32) - Type B, offered arb
Johnny Damon (36) - Type A, not offered arb
David Dellucci (36)
Cliff Floyd (37)
Joey Gathright (28)
Matt Holliday (30) - Type A, offered arb
Reed Johnson (33)
Laynce Nix (29)
Greg Norton (37)
Wily Mo Pena (28)
Dave Roberts (38)
Gary Sheffield (41)
Fernando Tatis (35) - Type B, not offered arb
Marcus Thames (33)
Randy Winn (36) - Type B, not offered arb

Center fielders
Rick Ankiel (30)
Rocco Baldelli (28)
Marlon Byrd (32) - Type B, offered arb
Mike Cameron (37) - Type B, not offered arb
Endy Chavez (32)
Coco Crisp (30)
Darin Erstad (36)
Jeff Fiorentino (27)
Ryan Freel (34)
Joey Gathright (28)
Jerry Hairston Jr. (34)
Reed Johnson (33)
Corey Patterson (30)
Scott Podsednik (34)

Right fielders
Jermaine Dye (36) - Type A, not offered arb
Brian Giles (39) - Type B, not offered arb
Vladimir Guerrero (35) - Type B, not offered arb
Joey Gathright (28)
Eric Hinske (32)
Geoff Jenkins (35)
Austin Kearns (30)
Jason Michaels (34)
Xavier Nady (31) - Type B, not offered arb
Randy Winn (36) - Type B, not offered arb

Designated hitters
Hank Blalock (29)
Jason Giambi (39)
Vladimir Guerrero (35) - Type B, not offered arb
Aubrey Huff (33)
Hideki Matsui (36)
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, not offered arb
Kris Benson (34)
Paul Byrd (39)
Daniel Cabrera (29)
Aroldis Chapman (22)
Bartolo Colon (37)
Jose Contreras (38)
Doug Davis (34) - Type B, not offered arb
Lenny DiNardo (30)
Justin Duchscherer (32) - Type B, offered arb
Adam Eaton (32)
Shawn Estes (37)
Josh Fogg (33)
Jon Garland (30) - Type B, not offered arb
Tom Glavine (44)
Mike Hampton (37)
Rich Harden (28) - Type B, not offered arb
Mark Hendrickson (36)
Livan Hernandez (35)
Rich Hill (30)
Shawn Hill (29)
Jason Jennings (31)
Jason Johnson (36)
Randy Johnson (46) - Type B, not offered arb
John Lackey (31) - Type A, offered arb
Braden Looper (35) - Type B, not offered arb
Rodrigo Lopez (34)
Noah Lowry (29)
Jason Marquis (31) - Type B, offered arb
Pedro Martinez (38)
Eric Milton (34)
Mark Mulder (32)
Brett Myers (29)
Vicente Padilla (32) - Type B, not offered arb
Odalis Perez (33)
Andy Pettitte (38) - Type B, not offered arb
Joel Pineiro (31) - Type B, offered arb
Sidney Ponson (33)
Mark Prior (28)
Horacio Ramirez (30)
Jason Schmidt (37)
Ben Sheets (31)
John Smoltz (43)
Brett Tomko (37)
Jarrod Washburn (35)
Todd Wellemeyer (31)
Kip Wells (33)
Randy Wolf (33) - Type A, not offered arb

Closers
Mike Gonzalez (32) - Type A, offered arb
Kevin Gregg (32) - Type A, not offered arb
Fernando Rodney (33) - Type B, offered arb
Jose Valverde (32) - Type A, offered arb

Right-handed relievers
Luis Ayala (32)
Danys Baez (32)
Joaquin Benoit (32)
Chad Bradford (35)
Doug Brocail (43) - Type B, not offered arb
Kiko Calero (35) - Type B, not offered arb
Chad Cordero (28)
Elmer Dessens (38)
R.A. Dickey (35)
Brendan Donnelly (38)
Octavio Dotel (36) - Type A, not offered arb
Kelvim Escobar (33)
Eric Gagne (34)
Geoff Geary (33)
Dan Giese (33)
Edgar Gonzalez (27)
Tom Gordon (42)
LaTroy Hawkins (37) - Type A, not offered arb
Matt Herges (40)
Bob Howry (36) - Type B, not offered arb
Jason Isringhausen (37)
Jorge Julio (31)
Shane Loux (30)
Brandon Lyon (30) - Type B, offered arb
Gary Majewski (30)
Guillermo Mota (36) - Type B, not offered arb
Joe Nelson (35)
Chan Ho Park (37) - Type B, not offered arb
Tomo Ohka (34)
Tony Pena Jr. (29)
Joel Peralta (34)
Troy Percival (40)
J.J. Putz (33)
Juan Rincon (31)
Saul Rivera (32)
Duaner Sanchez (30)
Rudy Seanez (41)
Justin Speier (36)
Russ Springer (41) - Type B, not offered arb
Julian Tavarez (37)
Luis Vizcaino (35)
Tyler Walker (34)
David Weathers (40) - Type B, not offered arb
Jeff Weaver (33)
Jamey Wright (35)
Tyler Yates (32)

Left-handed relievers
Joe Beimel (32) - Type B, not offered arb
Bruce Chen (33)
Alan Embree (40)
Scott Eyre (38) - Type B, not offered arb
Casey Fossum (32)
Eddie Guardado (39)
Mark Hendrickson (36)
Ron Mahay (39)
Will Ohman (31) - Type B, not offered arb
Darren Oliver (39) - Type A, not offered arb
Horacio Ramirez (30)
Glendon Rusch (35)
Scott Schoeneweis (36)
Brian Shouse (41) - Type B, offered arb
Ken Takahashi (41)
Jack Taschner (32)
Ron Villone (40)
Jamie Walker (38)


*Thanks to MLB Trade Rumors for the list*

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