2009 MLB Free Agents

2009 MLB Free Agents

Presenting...your 2009 free agent class. It's fun to look ahead, even if many of these guys will be off the market a year from now. Just to clarify, the
players below are eligible for free agency after the 2008 season.

I've categorized them by position; the player's 2009 age is in parentheses. If I saw someone as a possibility at more than one position I put them at both.

Updated 5-19-08

Catchers
Rod Barajas (33)
Michael Barrett (32)
Johnny Estrada (33)
Jason Kendall (35) - club option for '09; vests with 110 games played in '08
Paul Lo Duca (37)
Miguel Olivo (30) - $2.7MM club option for '09 with a $0.1MM buyout
Ivan Rodriguez (37)
David Ross (32)
Jason Varitek (37)
Gregg Zaun (38)

First basemen
Ben Broussard (32)
Sean Casey (34)
Tony Clark (37)
Carlos Delgado (37) - $16MM mutual option for '09 with a $4MM buyout
Nomar Garciaparra (35)
Jason Giambi (38) - $22MM club option for '09 with a $5MM buyout
Scott Hatteberg (39)
Eric Hinske (31)
Doug Mientkiewicz (35)
Kevin Millar (37)
Richie Sexson (34)
Mark Teixeira (29)

Second basemen
Ray Durham (37)
Mark Ellis (32)
Marcus Giles (31)
Mark Grudzielanek (39)
Orlando Hudson (31)
Tadahito Iguchi (34)
Jeff Kent (41)
Felipe Lopez (29)
Mark Loretta (37)
Aaron Miles (32)
Jose Valentin (39)

Shortstops
Orlando Cabrera (34)
David Eckstein (34)
Adam Everett (32)
Rafael Furcal (31)
Cristian Guzman (31)
Cesar Izturis (29)
Felipe Lopez (29)
Edgar Renteria (33) - $11MM club option for '09 with a $3MM buyout
Juan Uribe (30)
Omar Vizquel (42) - $5.2MM club option for '09 with a $0.3MM buyout

Third basemen
Casey Blake (35)
Hank Blalock (28) - $6.2MM club option for '09 with a $0.25MM buyout
Joe Crede (31)
Morgan Ensberg (33)
Nomar Garciaparra (35)
Wes Helms (33) - $3.75MM club option for '09
Chipper Jones (37) - $8-11MM vesting option for '09
Dallas McPherson (27)

Left fielders
Moises Alou (42)
Garret Anderson (37) - $14MM club option for '09 with a $3MM buyout
Milton Bradley (31)
Emil Brown (34)
Pat Burrell (32)
Adam Dunn (29)
Cliff Floyd (36) - $2.75MM club option for '09 with a $0.25MM buyout
Luis Gonzalez (41)
Raul Ibanez (37)
Jacque Jones (34)
Kevin Mench (31)
Jason Michaels (33) - $2.6MM club option for '09
Craig Monroe (32)
Jay Payton (36)
Wily Mo Pena (27) - $5MM club option or $2MM player option for '09
Manny Ramirez (37) - $20MM club option for '09
Juan Rivera (30)

Center fielders
Rocco Baldelli (27)
Mike Cameron (36) - $10MM club option for '09 with a $750K buyout
Jim Edmonds (39)
Jacque Jones (34)
Mark Kotsay (33)
Corey Patterson (29)

Right fielders
Bobby Abreu (35)
Casey Blake (35)
Milton Bradley (31)
Cliff Floyd (36) - $2.75MM club option for '09 with a $0.25MM buyout
Brian Giles (38) - $9MM club option for '09 with a $3MM buyout
Ken Griffey Jr. (39) - $16.5MM club option for '09 with a $4MM buyout
Vladimir Guerrero (33) - $15MM club option for '09 with a $3MM buyout
Jacque Jones (34)
Bobby Kielty (32)
Brad Wilkerson (32)

DHs
Milton Bradley (31)
Pat Burrell (32)
Adam Dunn (29)
Cliff Floyd (36) - $2.75MM club option for '09 with a $0.25MM buyout
Jason Giambi (38) - $22MM club option for '09 with $5MM buyout
Vladimir Guerrero (33) - $15MM club option for '09 with a $3MM buyout
Raul Ibanez (37)
Manny Ramirez (37) - $20MM club option for '09
Juan Rivera (30)
Mike Sweeney (35)
Frank Thomas (41) - $10MM option for '09; vests with 376 PAs in '08
Jim Thome (38) - $13MM club option for '09 with $3MM buyout
Jose Vidro (34) - vesting option for '09

Starting pitchers
Jeremy Affeldt (30)
Tony Armas Jr. (31)
Kris Benson (33)
A.J. Burnett (32) - can opt out after '08 season
Paul Byrd (38)
Roger Clemens (46)
Matt Clement (33) - $8.75MM club option for '09 with a $0.25MM buyout
Ryan Dempster (32)
Chad Durbin (31)
Josh Fogg (32)
Jon Garland (29)
Tom Glavine (43)
Mike Hampton (36)
Mark Hendrickson (35)
Livan Hernandez (34)
Orlando Hernandez (43)
Jason Jennings (30)
Randy Johnson (45)
John Lackey (30) - $9MM club option for '09 with a $0.5MM buyout
Jon Lieber (39)
Esteban Loaiza (37) - $7.5MM club option for '09 with a $0.375MM buyout
Braden Looper (34)
Derek Lowe (36)
Greg Maddux (43)
Pedro Martinez (37)
Jamie Moyer (46)
Mark Mulder (31) - $11MM club option for '09 with a $1.5MM buyout
Mike Mussina (40)
Carl Pavano (33) - $13MM club option for '09 with a $1.95MM buyout
Brad Penny (31) - $8.75MM club option for '09 with a $2MM buyout
Odalis Perez (32)
Oliver Perez (27)
Andy Pettitte (37)
Mark Prior (27)
Kenny Rogers (44)
C.C. Sabathia (28)
Curt Schilling (42)
Ben Sheets (30)
John Smoltz (42) - $12MM club option for '09
Brett Tomko (36)
Josh Towers (32)
Steve Trachsel (38)
Tim Wakefield (42) - perpetual $4MM club option
Kip Wells (32)
Woody Williams (42)
Randy Wolf (32)

Closers
Joe Borowski (38)
Brian Fuentes (33)
Eric Gagne (33)
Trevor Hoffman (41)
Jason Isringhausen (36)
Todd Jones (41)
Brad Lidge (32)
Brandon Lyon (29)
Francisco Rodriguez (27)
Kerry Wood (32)

Middle relievers
Jeremy Affeldt (30)
Doug Brocail (42) - club option for '09
Shawn Chacon (31)
Juan Cruz (28)
Alan Embree (39) - $3MM club option for '09
Scott Eyre (37)
Kyle Farnsworth (33)
Keith Foulke (35)
Aaron Fultz (35)
Tom Gordon (41) - $4.5MM club option for '09 with a $1MM buyout
Eddie Guardado (38)
LaTroy Hawkins (36)
Matt Herges (39) - club option for '09
Bob Howry (35)
Steve Kline (36)
Damaso Marte (34) - $6MM club option for '09 with a $0.25MM buyout
Trever Miller (36) - $2MM club option for '09 with a $0.4MM buyout
Guillermo Mota (35)
Will Ohman (31)
Darren Oliver (38)
Al Reyes (38)
Dennys Reyes (32)
Juan Rincon (30)
Russ Springer (40)
Mike Stanton (42)
Mike Timlin (43)
Salomon Torres (37) - $3.75MM club option for '09 with a $0.3MM buyout
David Weathers (39)
Dan Wheeler (31)
Matt Wise (33)

let's get Sean back!

I'll take the same player I've wanted on the Tigers for the last 4 years or so...
Mark Teixeira. Move Cabrera to DH, [scratch]kill[/scratch] do something with Sheffield (e.g., pay him for doing nothing!) and voila! Much better team. Teixeira can hit AND play defense. He's a left-handed bat which we need but to sweeten the deal he swings both ways (that's not some perverted joke).

Oh yeah, we'll take Maddux, too

laprimamirala wrote:

let's get Sean back!

Get A.J. Burnett to fill the hole Willis and Bondo left.

swiss_tiger wrote:

Get A.J. Burnett to fill the hole Willis and Bondo left.

Might as well, he used to be a Marlin!

Marlin-->Tiger

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

swiss_tiger wrote:

Get A.J. Burnett to fill the hole Willis and Bondo left.

Might as well, he used to be a Marlin!

Maybe the Blue Jays want Willis?

Is this an abnormal amount of players for next year? Seems like an awful lot....

Any good catchers there? If not, we will probably see Dane Sardinha or Nick Trzesniak in Detroit.

swiss_tiger wrote:

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

swiss_tiger wrote:

Get A.J. Burnett to fill the hole Willis and Bondo left.

Might as well, he used to be a Marlin!

Maybe the Blue Jays want Willis?

I still say convert Willis into another positional player. The boy can hit...

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

Any good catchers there? If not, we will probably see Dane Sardinha or Nick Trzesniak in Detroit.

They BOTH looked awesome in ST!!!

Keep Pudge!

And the rest of our Tigers!


No more Trades either!


We gonna win a WS with these guys!

If Pudge will sign for less, next year, I agree he he should be signed. He still is a great catcher!

Pudge should retire after this year.

Pudge still has a couple years left in him.



He should finish his career as a Tiger

gs78 wrote:

Pudge still has a couple years left in him.



He should finish his career as a Tiger

After tonight's effort, I think he still has a couple more years in him too!

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

Any good catchers there? If not, we will probably see Dane Sardinha or Nick Trzesniak in Detroit.

Tek...

AHHHHH!!!!!

We need to resign Jonesy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Too bad we prolly wont get Varitek...

But, we NEED to resign Jonesy!!!

mrsrabelo wrote:

Too bad we prolly wont get Varitek...

What is the difference Tek is the same age as Pudge! No improvement there. They want to being down the teams age.

Catcher Miguel Olivo (30), an ex-Marlin, now with KC is interesting.

So hard to think of Pudge not being here.

I agree, and I think he wants to stay. Salary is a big problem. He is no longer worth that much money. Take less Pudge!

I think Pudge knows he's not going to land a big dollar contract. I think he will re-sign with the Tigers at a lower salary if it means extending his career.

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

gs78 wrote:

Pudge still has a couple years left in him.



He should finish his career as a Tiger

After tonight's effort, I think he still has a couple more years in him too!

Ohios#1TigerFan wrote:

I think Pudge knows he's not going to land a big dollar contract. I think he will re-sign with the Tigers at a lower salary if it means extending his career.

He is pretty hot otherwise

And yesterday showed that, if rested, Pudge is still one heck of a good hitter! He had a triple, two singles and a BB! He was ON BASE every time he batted!

And he is no slouch behind home plate either!