Free Agent Fever…catch it!
Free agency has replaced drinking as my favorite thing to do in the off season. ESPN has a list of free agents right here, with the guys bolded having filed already.
And here is a list of the top 16 Free Agents:
Mike Cameron cf SEA
Luis Castillo 2b FLA
Bartolo Colon sp ATL
Keith Foulke rp OAK
Eddie Guardado rp MIN
Vladimir Guerrero rf MON
Javy Lopez c ATL
Greg Maddux sp ATL
Kevin Millwood sp PHI
Rafael Palmiero 1b/dh TEX
Andy Pettitte sp NYY
Sidney Ponson sp SFG
Ivan Rodriguez c FLA
Gary Sheffield rf TAM
Shannon Stewart lf MIN
Miguel Tejada ss ANA
There will be some various non-tenders that might shove their way into the top 16, but that seems to be the creme of the free agent crop.
The biggest news of course would be where these 16 warriors of the diamond land. Part of figuring out this mess in the off season is figuring out who can buy. These are the teams that have said that they will add payroll this off season:
Anaheim, Baltimore, San Diego, and Tampa Bay
Add in the rich teams:
Atlanta, Boston, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, New York Yankees, and Seattle
This should get interesting, eh? I’ll probably take a day off tomorrow, but on Thursday, I’ll be back with a vengeance, with who I think will go where, and who the Red Sox should go after.