Agencia libre 2010

Adrian Beltre y Cliff Lee son parte de lo mejor que va a aplicar


Victor Martinez

Por
Elvin Castillo

La agencia libre de este año ha estado muy activa desde los US$ 161 millones de C.C. Sabhatia, pasando por los US$ 82 millones de A. J. Burnett, los casi US$ 200 millones que le van a dar a Texeira y el contrato que consiga Manny Ramirez son una demostracion que cuando hay talento no importa que haya reseción economica, los equipos que no se aventuren a firmar en este invierno sus jugadores, no tendran muchas opciones para el 2010 veamos la lista de jugadores agentes libres el proximo año:

Catchers
Rod Barajas (34)
Ramon Castro (34)
Ramon Hernandez (34) - $8.5MM club option with a $1MM buyout
Jason Kendall (36)
Jason LaRue (36)
Victor Martinez (31) - $7MM club option with a $250K buyout
Bengie Molina (35)
Jose Molina (35)
Miguel Olivo (31) - $3.25MM mutual option
Mike Redmond (39)
Brian Schneider (33)
Yorvit Torrealba (31) - $4MM mutual option with a $500K buyout

First basemen
Russell Branyan (34)
Frank Catalanotto (36)
Carlos Delgado (38)
Ross Gload (34) - $2.6MM club option
Nick Johnson (31)
Adam LaRoche (30)
Chad Tracy (30)
Dmitri Young (36) -$6MM option vests with 500 PAs in '09

Second basemen
Ronnie Belliard (35)
Jamey Carroll (36)
Mark DeRosa (35)
Akinori Iwamura (31) - $4.25MM club option with a $250K buyout
Adam Kennedy (34)
Felipe Lopez (30)
Mark Loretta (38)
Placido Polanco (34)
Brian Roberts (32)
Freddy Sanchez (32) - $8MM club option with a $600K buyout

Shortstops
Bobby Crosby (30)
Adam Everett (33)
Alex Gonzalez (32) - $6MM mutual option with a $500K buyout
Khalil Greene (30)
John McDonald (35)
Marco Scutaro (34)
Miguel Tejada (36)
Jack Wilson (32) - $8.4MM club option with a $600K buyout

Third basemen
Adrian Beltre (31)
Geoff Blum (37)
Aaron Boone (37)
Pedro Feliz (35) - $5MM club option with a $500K buyout
Chone Figgins (32)
Troy Glaus (33)
Chipper Jones (38)
Mike Lamb (34)
Melvin Mora (38)
Robb Quinlan (33)

Left fielders
Marlon Anderson (36)
Jason Bay (31)
Carl Crawford (28) - $10MM club option with a $1.25MM buyout
Johnny Damon (36)
David Dellucci (36)
Matt Holliday (30)
Omar Infante (28)
Wily Mo Pena (28)
Dave Roberts (38)
Fernando Tatis (35)

Center fielders
Rick Ankiel (30)
Marlon Byrd (32)
Mike Cameron (37)
Endy Chavez (32)
Coco Crisp (30) - $8MM club option with a $500K buyout
Darin Erstad (36)
Ryan Freel (34)
Reed Johnson (33)
Andruw Jones (33)

Right fielders
Jermaine Dye (36) - $12MM mutual option with a $1MM buyout
Brian Giles (39)
Ken Griffey Jr. (40)
Vladimir Guerrero (34)
Geoff Jenkins (35) - $7.5MM mutual option with a $1.25MM buyout
Austin Kearns (30) - $10MM club option with a $1MM buyout
Jason Michaels (34)
Xavier Nady (31)
Magglio Ordonez (36) - $15MM club/vesting option with a $3MM buyout
Jayson Werth (31)
Randy Winn (36)

Designated hitters
Hank Blalock (29)
Aubrey Huff (33)
Hideki Matsui (36)
Gary Sheffield (41)
Matt Stairs (42)
Jim Thome (39)

Starting pitchers
Danys Baez (32)
Miguel Batista (39)
Josh Beckett (30) - $12MM club option with a $2MM buyout Erik Bedard (31)
Chris Capuano (31)
Jose Contreras (38)
Doug Davis (34)
Justin Duchscherer (32)
Adam Eaton (32) - $9MM mutual option with a $500K buyout
Mike Hampton (37)
Rich Harden (28)
Tim Hudson (34) - $12MM mutual option with a $1MM buyout
John Lackey (31)
Cliff Lee (31) - $8MM club option with a $1MM buyout
Jason Marquis (31)
Kevin Millwood (35) - Rangers can decline $12MM salary for '10 unless he reaches 180 innings in '09
Brian Moehler (38) - mutual option
Brett Myers (29)
Vicente Padilla (32) - $12MM club option with a $1.75MM buyout
Chan Ho Park (37)
Joel Pineiro (31)
Horacio Ramirez (30)
Jason Schmidt (37)
Jarrod Washburn (35)
Brandon Webb (31) - $8.5MM club option with a $500K+ buyout
Todd Wellemeyer (31)

Closers
Mike Gonzalez (32)
Troy Percival (40)
J.J. Putz (33) - $8.6MM club option with a $1MM buyout
Fernando Rodney (33)
Rafael Soriano (30)
Jose Valverde (30)
Billy Wagner (38) - $8MM club option with a $1MM buyout

Right-handed relievers
Joaquin Benoit (32)
Rafael Betancourt (35) - $5.4MM club option
Chad Bradford (35)
Doug Brocail (43) - $2.85MM club option with a $250K buyout
Octavio Dotel (36)
Kelvim Escobar (33)
Ryan Franklin (37) - $2.75MM club option with a $250K buyout
Kevin Gregg (32)
LaTroy Hawkins (37)
Matt Herges (40)
Bob Howry (36)
Jorge Julio (31)
Masahide Kobayashi (36) - $3.25MM club option with a $250K buyout
Ryan Madson (29)
Duaner Sanchez (30)
Luis Vizcaino (35) - $4MM club option with a $500K buyout
Yasuhiko Yabuta (37) - $4MM club option with a $500K buyout

Left-handed relievers
Alan Embree (40) - $3MM club option with a $250K buyout
John Grabow (31)
Ron Mahay (39)
Trever Miller (37)
Hideki Okajima (34)
Scott Schoeneweis (36)
Matt Thornton (33) - $2.25MM club option with a $250K buyout
Jamie Walker (38)

*Nota: Los jugadores en negrita son los que entendemos que pueden jugar un rol protagonico en la agencia libre.