Checking in on potential free agents that the Cubs might be interested in

[85Bears4life]

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/04/2013-mlb-free-agents.html

Click link to view pitchers...not posting them



Time to look forward to the offseason. With a shitload of money coming off the books and looking at this upcoming free agency....Let's see who theo may sign...or may not sign

Catchers
Rod Barajas (37) - $3.5MM club option, no buyout
Henry Blanco (41) - $1.24MM mutual option
Ryan Doumit (32)
Chris Iannetta (30) - $5MM club option with a $250K buyout; player can void
Gerald Laird (33)
Russell Martin (30)
Jeff Mathis (30)
Brian McCann (29) - $12MM club option with a $500K buyout
Jose Molina (37) - $1.5MM club option with a $300K buyout
Miguel Montero (29)
Mike Napoli (31)
Dioner Navarro (29)
Wil Nieves (35)
Miguel Olivo (34) - $3MM club option with a $750K buyout
Ronny Paulino (32)
A.J. Pierzynski (36)
Humberto Quintero (33)
David Ross (36)
Carlos Ruiz (34) - $5MM club option with a $500K buyout
Brian Schneider (36)
Kelly Shoppach (33)
Chris Snyder (32) - mutual option
Yorvit Torrealba (34)
Matt Treanor (37)

First basemen
Lance Berkman (36)
Russell Branyan (37)
Jorge Cantu (31)
Jason Giambi (42)
Brad Hawpe (34)
Eric Hinske (35)
Aubrey Huff (36) - $10MM club option with a $2MM buyout
Casey Kotchman (30)
Adam LaRoche (33) - $10MM mutual option with a $1MM buyout
Carlos Lee (37)
James Loney (29)
Xavier Nady (34)
Mike Napoli (31)
Lyle Overbay (36)
Carlos Pena (35)
Ty Wigginton (35) - $4MM club option with a $500K buyout

Second basemen
Jeff Baker (32)
Robinson Cano (30) - $15MM club option with a $2MM buyout
Mike Fontenot (33)
Orlando Hudson (35) - $8MM club option with a $2MM buyout
Maicer Izturis (32)
Kelly Johnson (31)
Adam Kennedy (37)
Jeff Keppinger (33)
Jose Lopez (29)
Freddy Sanchez (35)
Ryan Theriot (33)

Shortstops
Erick Aybar (29)
Jason Bartlett (33) - $5.5MM club option with a $1.5MM buyout; vests with 432 PAs in 2012
Yuniesky Betancourt (31)
Geoff Blum (39)
Ronny Cedeno (30)
Stephen Drew (30) - $10MM mutual option with a $1.35MM buyout
Alex Gonzalez (35) - vesting option
Cesar Izturis (33)
Jhonny Peralta (31) - $6MM club option with a $500K buyout
Marco Scutaro (37)
Ryan Theriot (33)
Omar Vizquel (46)
Jack Wilson (35)

 

[85Bears4life]

Third basemen
Geoff Blum (39)
Miguel Cairo (39)
Jorge Cantu (31)
Eric Chavez (35)
Mark DeRosa (38)
Brandon Inge (36) - $6MM club option with a $500K buyout
Maicer Izturis (32)
Jose Lopez (29)
Placido Polanco (37) - $5.5MM mutual option with a $1MM buyout
Mark Reynolds (29) - $11MM club option with a $500K buyout
Scott Rolen (38)
Mark Teahen (31)
Ty Wigginton (35) - $4MM club option with a $500K buyout
David Wright (30) - $16MM club option with a $1MM buyout
Kevin Youkilis (34) - $13MM club option with a $1MM buyout


Left fielders
Jay Gibbons (36)
Jonny Gomes (32)
Scott Hairston (33)
Josh Hamilton (32)
Willie Harris (35)
Brad Hawpe (34)
Eric Hinske (35)
Conor Jackson (31)
Reed Johnson (36)
Andruw Jones (36)
Austin Kearns (33)
Mark Kotsay (37)
Carlos Lee (37)
Ryan Ludwick (34) - mutual option for 2013
Juan Pierre (35)
Juan Rivera (34) - $4MM club option for 2013 with a $500K buyout
Delmon Young (27)

Center fielders
Alfredo Amezaga (35)
Rick Ankiel (33)
Michael Bourn (30)
Marlon Byrd (35)
Melky Cabrera (28)
Mike Cameron (40)
Curtis Granderson (32) - $13MM club option with a $2MM buyout
Scott Hairston (33)
Angel Pagan (31)
Corey Patterson (33)
Cody Ross (32)
Grady Sizemore (30)
Ryan Spilborghs (33)
B.J. Upton (28)
Shane Victorino (32)

Right fielders
Lance Berkman (36)
Matt Diaz (35)
Andre Ethier (31)
Kosuke Fukudome (36) - $3.5MM club option with a $500K buyout
Willie Harris (35)
Torii Hunter (37)
Andruw Jones (36)
Mark Kotsay (37)
Ryan Ludwick (34) - mutual option for 2013
Xavier Nady (34)
Carlos Quentin (30)
Juan Rivera (34) - $4MM club option for 2013 with a $500K buyout
Cody Ross (32)
Ryan Spilborghs (33)
Ichiro Suzuki (39)
Nick Swisher (32)

 

[Rice Cube]

Who would you realistically sign? Because I'm seeing a lot of old and overrated on this list, y'know.

 

[Uman85]

Where's d3a when you need him?

 

[Rice Cube]

Where's d3a when you need him?

85's on it, no worries

 

[85Bears4life]

Who would you realistically sign? Because I'm seeing a lot of old and overrated on this list, y'know.

Pitching has better FAs than all other positions....

 

[85Bears4life]

Starting pitchers
Scott Baker (31) - $9.25MM club option
Erik Bedard (34)
Joe Blanton (32)
Fausto Carmona (29) - $9MM club option
Bartolo Colon (40)
Aaron Cook (34)
Kevin Correia (32)
Jorge De La Rosa (32) - $11MM player option with a $1MM buyout
Ryan Dempster (36)
R.A. Dickey (38) - $5MM club option with a $300K buyout
Zach Duke (30)
Scott Feldman (29) - $9.25MM club option with a $600K buyout
Jeff Francis (31)
Gavin Floyd (30) - $9.5MM club option
Freddy Garcia (37)
Zack Greinke (28)
Jeremy Guthrie (34)
Cole Hamels (29)
Rich Harden (31)
Dan Haren (32) - $15.5MM club option with a $3.5MM buyout
Livan Hernandez (38)
Tim Hudson (37) - $9MM club option with a $1MM buyout
Edwin Jackson (29)
Hiroki Kuroda (38)
Colby Lewis (33)
Francisco Liriano (29)
Kyle Lohse (34)
Rodrigo Lopez (37)
Derek Lowe (40)
Paul Maholm (31) - $6.5MM club option with a $500K buyout
Shaun Marcum (31)
Jason Marquis (34)
Daisuke Matsuzaka (32)
Brandon McCarthy (29)
Kevin Millwood (38)
Brett Myers (32) - $10MM vesting option with a $3MM buyout
Ramon Ortiz (40)
Carl Pavano (37)
Jake Peavy (31) - $22MM club option with a $4MM buyout
Joel Pineiro (34)
Anibal Sanchez (29)
Jonathan Sanchez (30)
Ervin Santana (30) - $13MM club option with a $1MM buyout
Joe Saunders (32)
James Shields (31) - $9MM club option with a $1.5MM buyout
Chien-Ming Wang (33)
Jake Westbrook (35) - $8.5MM mutual option with a $1MM buyout if club declines
Randy Wolf (36) - $10MM club option with a $1.5MM buyout
Chris Young (34)
Carlos Zambrano (32)

Closers
Jonathan Broxton (29)
Matt Capps (29) - $6MM club option with a $250K buyout
Francisco Cordero (38)
Kyle Farnsworth (37)
Brandon League (30)
Ryan Madson (32) - $11MM mutual option with a $2.5MM buyout
Juan Carlos Oviedo (29)
J.J. Putz (36) - $6.5MM club option with a $1.5MM buyout
Mariano Rivera (43)
Francisco Rodriguez (31)
Joakim Soria (29) - $8MM club option with a $750K buyout
Huston Street (29) - $9MM mutual option with a $500K buyout if club declines
Jose Valverde (35)

Right-handed relievers
David Aardsma (31) - $500K club option
Jeremy Accardo (31)
Mike Adams (34)
Luis Ayala (35)
Grant Balfour (35) - $4.5MM club option with a $350K buyout
Miguel Batista (42)
Dave Bush (33)
Shawn Camp (37)
D.J. Carrasco (36)
Todd Coffey (32) - club option
Jose Contreras (41) - $2.5MM club option with a $500K buyout
Juan Cruz (34)
Octavio Dotel (39)
Chad Durbin (35)
Nelson Figueroa (39)
Jason Frasor (35)
Kevin Gregg (35) - $6MM club/vesting option
LaTroy Hawkins (38)
Aaron Heilman (34)
Clay Hensley (33)
Ryota Igarashi (34)
Bobby Jenks (32)
Brad Lidge (36)
Matt Lindstrom (33) - $4MM club option with a $200K buyout
Scott Linebrink (36)
Mark Lowe (30)
Brandon Lyon (33)
Mike MacDougal (36) - club option
Dustin McGowan (28)
Guillermo Mota (39)
Peter Moylan (34)
Micah Owings (30)
Vicente Padilla (35)
Joel Peralta (37)
Chad Qualls (34)
Ramon Ramirez (31)
Jon Rauch (34)
Chris Ray (31)
Fernando Rodney (36)
Takashi Saito (43)
Rafael Soriano (33) - $14MM player option or a $1.5MM buyout
Yoshinori Tateyama (37)
Robinson Tejeda (31)
Carlos Villanueva (29)
Dan Wheeler (35)
Kerry Wood (36) - $3MM option
Jamey Wright (38)
Michael Wuertz (34)

Left-handed relievers
Jeremy Affeldt (34)
Sean Burnett (30) - $3.5MM mutual option with a $250K buyout
Tim Byrdak (39)
Randy Choate (37)
Pedro Feliciano (35) - $4.5MM club option
Brian Fuentes (37) - $6.5MM club option with a $500K buyout
J.P. Howell (28)
Will Ohman (35)
Darren Oliver (42) - $3MM club option with a $500K buyout
J.C. Romero (37)
Hisanori Takahashi (38)
Dontrelle Willis (31)

 

[nwfisch]

David Wright ray:

 

[Uman85]

David Wright ray:

What's up?

 

[85Bears4life]

Shaun Marcum

 

[nwfisch]

What's up?

Like my new hat?

 

[Uman85]

Like my new hat?

:yeah:


:hi5:

 

[inactiveuser1]

Season just started :facepalm:

 

[DewsSox79]

you guys are already looking for the offseason?????

 

[nwfisch]

:yep: Tired of baseball.

 

[Rice Cube]

you guys are already looking for the offseason?????

I'm actually looking forward to the draft, myself. And enjoying baseball even if it's mediocre at best.

 

[nwfisch]

I would think even if Wright does hit the open market, he'll be out of the Cubs price range.

I do believe Wright would be a good fit in a position of need and that doesn't have a prospect in the pipeline.

Would 4/60M be reasonable for him? That's what I would pay him.

 

[Rice Cube]

I would think even if Wright does hit the open market, he'll be out of the Cubs price range.

I do believe Wright would be a good fit in a position of need and that doesn't have a prospect in the pipeline.

Would 4/60M be reasonable for him? That's what I would pay him.

Depends on whether the Mets extend him.

 

[bleacherbum54]

I really dont want Wright really overrated player IMO

4/60 is overpaying IMO especially considering how bad he was last year.

 

[The Bandit]

Delmon Young, the Melk man, or BJ Upton, bring back Wuertz, and sign Greinke, and/or Anibal Sanchez.