Post by dmaineah on Oct 17, 2012 11:07:15 GMT -5
I think it's a given that the roster will need to be added to for next season either through addition from the minor league system, trades or free agent signings. So if the Red Sox do add a free agent who should it be and at what position?
Here is a list of Potential Free Agents for 2013
www.baseballprospectus.com/compensation/cots/?page_id=177
The following players have contracts expiring or should have the six years of service necessary to become free agents after the 2012 season.
* – player whose current contract includes 2013 option.
First Basemen Lance Berkman, STL Jason Giambi, COL Travis Hafner, CLE * Eric Hinske, ATL Aubrey Huff, SF * Casey Kotchman, CLE Adam LaRoche, WAS * Carlos Lee, MIA James Loney, BOS Xavier Nady, SF Mike Napoli, TEX David Ortiz, BOS Lyle Overbay, ATL Carlos Pena, TB Jim Thome, BAL Ty Wigginton, PHI *
Second Basemen Jeff Baker, ATL Robinson Cano, NYY * Mike Fontenot PHI Orlando Hudson CWS * Maicer Izturis, LAA Kelly Johnson TOR Adam Kennedy, LAD Jeff Keppinger, TB Jose Lopez, CWS Freddy Sanchez, SF Ryan Theriot, SF
Shortstops Jason Bartlett, SD Yuniesky Betancourt, KC Ronny Cedeno, NYM Stephen Drew, OAK * Alex Gonzalez, MIL * Cesar Izturis, WAS Jhonny Peralta, DET * Luis Rodriguez, SEA Marco Scutaro, SF
Third Basemen Geoff Blum, ARI Miguel Cairo, CIN Eric Chavez, NYY Mark DeRosa, WAS Brandon Inge, OAK * Kevin Kouzmanoff, KC Placido Polanco, PHI Mark Reynolds, BAL * Scott Rolen, CIN David Wright, NYM * Kevin Youkilis, CWS *
Catchers Rod Barajas, PIT * Henry Blanco, ARI * Koyie Hill, TEX Gerald Laird, DET Russell Martin, NYY Brian McCann, ATL * Jose Molina, TB * Mike Napoli, TEX Wil Nieves, ARI Miguel Olivo, SEA * Ronny Paulino, BAL A.J. Pierzynski, CWS Humberto Quintero, MIL David Ross, ATL Carlos Ruiz, PHI * Brian Schneider, PHI Kelly Shoppach, NYM Chris Snyder, HOU * Yorvit Torrealba, MIL Matt Treanor, MIL *
Outfielders Bobby Abreu, LAD Alfredo Amezaga, CHC Rick Ankiel, WAS Michael Bourn, ATL Marlon Byrd, BOS Melky Cabrera, SF Johnny Damon, CLE Matt Diaz, ATL Kosuke Fukudome, NYY Jonny Gomes, OAK Curtis Granderson, NYY * Scott Hairston, NYM Josh Hamilton, TEX Torii Hunter, LAA Raul Ibanez, NYY Reed Johnson, ATL Andruw Jones, NYY Ryan Ludwick, CIN * Hideki Matsui, TB Xavier Nady, SF Angel Pagan, SF Juan Pierre, PHI Juan Rivera, LAD * Cody Ross, BOS Luke Scott, TB * Grady Sizemore, CLE Ryan Spilborghs, TEX Ichiro Suzuki, NYY Nick Swisher, NYY B.J. Upton, TB Shane Victorino, LAD Reggie Willits, LAA Delmon Young, DET
Starting Pitchers Scott Baker, MIN * Erik Bedard, PIT Joe Blanton, LAD Bartolo Colon, OAK Aaron Cook, BOS Kevin Correia, PIT Jorge De La Rosa, COL * Ryan Dempster, TEX R.A. Dickey, NYM * Scott Feldman, TEX * Gavin Floyd, CWS * Jeff Francis, COL Freddy Garcia, NYY Zack Greinke, LAA Jeremy Guthrie, KC Rich Harden, OAK Dan Haren, LAA * Roberto Hernandez, CLE* Hisashi Iwakuma, SEA Edwin Jackson, WAS Hiroki Kuroda, NYY Colby Lewis, TEX Francisco Liriano, CWS Kyle Lohse, STL Derek Lowe, NYY Paul Maholm, ATL * Shaun Marcum, MIL Jason Marquis, SD Daisuke Matsuzaka, BOS Brandon McCarthy, OAK Kevin Millwood, SEA Roy Oswalt, TEX Carl Pavano, MIN Jake Peavy, CWS * Anibal Sanchez, DET Jonathan Sanchez, COL Ervin Santana, LAA * Joe Saunders, BAL James Shields, TB * Carlos Villanueva, TOR Chien-Ming Wang, WAS Kip Wells, SD Randy Wolf, BAL Chris Young, NYM Carlos Zambrano, MIA
Relief Pitchers David Aardsma, NYY Jeremy Accardo, OAK Mike Adams, TEX Jeremy Affeldt, SF Luis Ayala, BAL Grant Balfour, OAK * Miguel Batista, ATL Matt Belisle, COL Rafael Betancourt, COL * Jonathan Broxton, CIN Taylor Buchholz, NYM Sean Burnett, WAS * Tim Byrdak, NYM Shawn Camp, CHC Matt Capps, MIN * D.J. Carrasco, ATL Randy Choate, LAD Todd Coffey, LAD * Jose Contreras, PHI * Francisco Cordero, HOU Juan Cruz, PIT Octavio Dotel, DET Chad Durbin, ATL Kyle Farnsworth, TB Pedro Feliciano, NYY * Jason Frasor, TOR Brian Fuentes, STL * Mike Gonzalez, WAS Sean Green, TEX Kevin Gregg, BAL * Jason Grilli, PIT LaTroy Hawkins, LAA Clay Hensley, SF Livan Hernandez, MIL J.P. Howell, TB Hong-Chih Kuo, CHC Casey Janssen, TOR Bobby Jenks, BOS Brandon League, LAD Brad Lidge, WAS Matt Lindstrom, ARI * Mark Lowe, TEX Brandon Lyon, TOR Ryan Madson, CIN Dustin McGowan, TOR Guillermo Mota, SF Peter Moylan, ATL Brett Myers, CWS * Pat Neshek, OAK Will Ohman, CIN Darren Oliver, TOR * Juan Oviedo, MIA Vicente Padilla, BOS Brad Penny, SF Joel Peralta, TB J.J. Putz, ARI * Chad Qualls, PIT Ramon Ramirez, NYM Jon Rauch, NYM Francisco Rodriguez, MIL Mariano Rivera, NYY Fernando Rodney, TB J.C. Romero, BAL Takashi Saito, ARI Joakim Soria, KC * Rafael Soriano, NYY * Hisanori Takahashi, PIT Robinson Tejeda, CLE Jose Valverde, DET Jamey Wright, LAD
Here is a list of Potential Free Agents for 2013
www.baseballprospectus.com/compensation/cots/?page_id=177
The following players have contracts expiring or should have the six years of service necessary to become free agents after the 2012 season.
* – player whose current contract includes 2013 option.
First Basemen Lance Berkman, STL Jason Giambi, COL Travis Hafner, CLE * Eric Hinske, ATL Aubrey Huff, SF * Casey Kotchman, CLE Adam LaRoche, WAS * Carlos Lee, MIA James Loney, BOS Xavier Nady, SF Mike Napoli, TEX David Ortiz, BOS Lyle Overbay, ATL Carlos Pena, TB Jim Thome, BAL Ty Wigginton, PHI *
Second Basemen Jeff Baker, ATL Robinson Cano, NYY * Mike Fontenot PHI Orlando Hudson CWS * Maicer Izturis, LAA Kelly Johnson TOR Adam Kennedy, LAD Jeff Keppinger, TB Jose Lopez, CWS Freddy Sanchez, SF Ryan Theriot, SF
Shortstops Jason Bartlett, SD Yuniesky Betancourt, KC Ronny Cedeno, NYM Stephen Drew, OAK * Alex Gonzalez, MIL * Cesar Izturis, WAS Jhonny Peralta, DET * Luis Rodriguez, SEA Marco Scutaro, SF
Third Basemen Geoff Blum, ARI Miguel Cairo, CIN Eric Chavez, NYY Mark DeRosa, WAS Brandon Inge, OAK * Kevin Kouzmanoff, KC Placido Polanco, PHI Mark Reynolds, BAL * Scott Rolen, CIN David Wright, NYM * Kevin Youkilis, CWS *
Catchers Rod Barajas, PIT * Henry Blanco, ARI * Koyie Hill, TEX Gerald Laird, DET Russell Martin, NYY Brian McCann, ATL * Jose Molina, TB * Mike Napoli, TEX Wil Nieves, ARI Miguel Olivo, SEA * Ronny Paulino, BAL A.J. Pierzynski, CWS Humberto Quintero, MIL David Ross, ATL Carlos Ruiz, PHI * Brian Schneider, PHI Kelly Shoppach, NYM Chris Snyder, HOU * Yorvit Torrealba, MIL Matt Treanor, MIL *
Outfielders Bobby Abreu, LAD Alfredo Amezaga, CHC Rick Ankiel, WAS Michael Bourn, ATL Marlon Byrd, BOS Melky Cabrera, SF Johnny Damon, CLE Matt Diaz, ATL Kosuke Fukudome, NYY Jonny Gomes, OAK Curtis Granderson, NYY * Scott Hairston, NYM Josh Hamilton, TEX Torii Hunter, LAA Raul Ibanez, NYY Reed Johnson, ATL Andruw Jones, NYY Ryan Ludwick, CIN * Hideki Matsui, TB Xavier Nady, SF Angel Pagan, SF Juan Pierre, PHI Juan Rivera, LAD * Cody Ross, BOS Luke Scott, TB * Grady Sizemore, CLE Ryan Spilborghs, TEX Ichiro Suzuki, NYY Nick Swisher, NYY B.J. Upton, TB Shane Victorino, LAD Reggie Willits, LAA Delmon Young, DET
Starting Pitchers Scott Baker, MIN * Erik Bedard, PIT Joe Blanton, LAD Bartolo Colon, OAK Aaron Cook, BOS Kevin Correia, PIT Jorge De La Rosa, COL * Ryan Dempster, TEX R.A. Dickey, NYM * Scott Feldman, TEX * Gavin Floyd, CWS * Jeff Francis, COL Freddy Garcia, NYY Zack Greinke, LAA Jeremy Guthrie, KC Rich Harden, OAK Dan Haren, LAA * Roberto Hernandez, CLE* Hisashi Iwakuma, SEA Edwin Jackson, WAS Hiroki Kuroda, NYY Colby Lewis, TEX Francisco Liriano, CWS Kyle Lohse, STL Derek Lowe, NYY Paul Maholm, ATL * Shaun Marcum, MIL Jason Marquis, SD Daisuke Matsuzaka, BOS Brandon McCarthy, OAK Kevin Millwood, SEA Roy Oswalt, TEX Carl Pavano, MIN Jake Peavy, CWS * Anibal Sanchez, DET Jonathan Sanchez, COL Ervin Santana, LAA * Joe Saunders, BAL James Shields, TB * Carlos Villanueva, TOR Chien-Ming Wang, WAS Kip Wells, SD Randy Wolf, BAL Chris Young, NYM Carlos Zambrano, MIA
Relief Pitchers David Aardsma, NYY Jeremy Accardo, OAK Mike Adams, TEX Jeremy Affeldt, SF Luis Ayala, BAL Grant Balfour, OAK * Miguel Batista, ATL Matt Belisle, COL Rafael Betancourt, COL * Jonathan Broxton, CIN Taylor Buchholz, NYM Sean Burnett, WAS * Tim Byrdak, NYM Shawn Camp, CHC Matt Capps, MIN * D.J. Carrasco, ATL Randy Choate, LAD Todd Coffey, LAD * Jose Contreras, PHI * Francisco Cordero, HOU Juan Cruz, PIT Octavio Dotel, DET Chad Durbin, ATL Kyle Farnsworth, TB Pedro Feliciano, NYY * Jason Frasor, TOR Brian Fuentes, STL * Mike Gonzalez, WAS Sean Green, TEX Kevin Gregg, BAL * Jason Grilli, PIT LaTroy Hawkins, LAA Clay Hensley, SF Livan Hernandez, MIL J.P. Howell, TB Hong-Chih Kuo, CHC Casey Janssen, TOR Bobby Jenks, BOS Brandon League, LAD Brad Lidge, WAS Matt Lindstrom, ARI * Mark Lowe, TEX Brandon Lyon, TOR Ryan Madson, CIN Dustin McGowan, TOR Guillermo Mota, SF Peter Moylan, ATL Brett Myers, CWS * Pat Neshek, OAK Will Ohman, CIN Darren Oliver, TOR * Juan Oviedo, MIA Vicente Padilla, BOS Brad Penny, SF Joel Peralta, TB J.J. Putz, ARI * Chad Qualls, PIT Ramon Ramirez, NYM Jon Rauch, NYM Francisco Rodriguez, MIL Mariano Rivera, NYY Fernando Rodney, TB J.C. Romero, BAL Takashi Saito, ARI Joakim Soria, KC * Rafael Soriano, NYY * Hisanori Takahashi, PIT Robinson Tejeda, CLE Jose Valverde, DET Jamey Wright, LAD