2005-2006 Free Agents

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It is a little early, but these are the main players to look for this Off-Season.

Pitchers:

RHSP:
Paul Abbott (Playing in Indy League)
Jeff D'Amico
Joey Hamilton
Pat Hengten(Retired)
Shane Reynolds
Albie Lopez
Jimmy Haynes
Robert Person (Playing in Atl. League)
Kevin Appier (Retired)
Steve Sparks
Pedro Astacio
Andy Ashby
Woody Williams (Team option)
Matt Morris
Scott Elarton
Ariel Prieto
Elmer Dessens (Mutual Option)
A.J. Burnett
Jeff Weaver
Jason Schmidt (Team Option)
Jeff Suppan (Team Option)
Jason Bere (Retired)
John Thomson (Team Option)
Steve Trachsel (Team Option)
Brett Tomko
Kevin Brown
Jason Johnson
Paul Byrd
Joe Mays (Team Option)
Aaron Myette
Jamey Wright
Jose Lima
Ismael Valdez
Kevin Millwood
Todd Ritchie (Retired)
James Baldwin
Rick Helling
Esteban Loaiza (Mutual Option)
Aaron Sele
Roger Clemens
Scott EricksonRamon Ortiz (Mutual Option) (arb.)
Tony Armas Jr.
Greg Maddux (Vesting Option)

LHSP:
Omar Daal
Denny Neagle
Dennys Reyes
Darren Oliver (Retired)
Kazuhisa Ishii (Team Option)
Tom Glavine (Mutual Option)
Al Leiter
Brian Anderson
Mark Redman (Mutual Option + Player Option)
Jamie Moyer
Kenny Rogers
Kirk Reuter
Ted Lilly
John Halama (Mutual Option)
Shawn Estes
Jarrod Washburn
Glendon Rusch (Player Option)

LHRP:
Lance Painter
Nick Bierbrodt (playing in Atl. League)
Franklin Gracesqui
Mark Guthrie
Rigo Beltran
Nate Bland
Grame Lloyd (Retired)
Eddie Oropesa
John Rocker
John Franco
Jamie Walker (Team option) (arb)
Donovan Osborne
Scott Eyre
Valerio de Los Santos
Mike Stanton
Mike Remlinger
Felix Heredia (Team Option)
Alan Embree
Joey Eischen
Ricardo Rincon
Scott Sauerbeck
Terry Mulholland
Mike Myers
Jason Christiansen (Team Option)
Chris Hammond
John Franco
Mike Matthews
Buddy Groom
B.J. Ryan
Tom Martin
C.J. Nitkowski
Gabe White

RHRP:
Mike Crudale
Dave Burba
Willis Roberts
Mike Jackson (Retired)
Dave Veres
Scott Service (Playing in Atl. League)
Tim Harikkala
Al Levine
Curtis Leskanic (Retired)
Brian Boehringer
Mike Fetters (Retired)
Rod Beck (Retired)
D.J. Mattox
Kevin Frederick
Rich Garces (Agent Jeff Borris)
Josias Manzanillo
Jose Jimenez
Juan Acevedo
Mike James
Seung Song
Luis Pineda
Scott Strickland
Bob Howry
Dan Miceli
Danny Graves (Team Option)
Byung-Hyun Kim
Grant Roberts
Mike DeJean
Kyle Farnsworth
Cal Eldred
Steve Karsay
Russ Springer
Darren Dreifort (Expected to Retire)
Ryan Dempster
Julian Tavarez
Tim Worrell
Felix Rodriguez
Paul Quantrill
Tom Gordon
Mike Timlin
Scott Sullivan (Team or Player Option)
Doug Brocail
Shigetoshi Hasegawa (Vesting Option)
LaTroy Hawkins (Player Option)
Matt Herges
Lou Pote
Rudy Seanez
Jason Grimsley
Todd Jones
Shingo Takatsu (arb)
Al Reyes
David Weathers (Team Option)
Antonio Alfonseca (Vesting Option)
Brian Meadows
Terry Adams
Turk Wendell (Retired)
Chad Fox
Roberto Hernandez
Scott Williamson (Team Option)
Jay Witasick
Antonio Osuna
Ricky Bottalico
Steve Reed (Mutual Option)
Paul Shuey (Retired)
Jay Powell
Jeff Nelson
Jim Mecir
Kerry Ligtenberg

Closer:
Rocky Biddle (Rehab)
Robb Nen (Retired)
Billy Koch
Trevor Hoffman
Octavio Dotel (Rehab)
Braden Looper (Team Option)
Billy Wagner
Jose Mesa (Team Option)
Bob Wickman
Eddie Guardado (Mutual Option + Player Option)
Ugeuth Urbina
Matt Mantei
Danys Baez (Team Option) (arb)


Catchers:
Brook Fordyce
Brent Mayne (Retired) (Agent Barry Meister)
Todd Hundley
J.R. House (Rehab)
Robert Machado
Keith Osik
Bobby Estalella
Andy Dominique
Greg Myers
Charles Johnson
Ken Huckaby
Gary Bennett
Kelly Stinnett
Todd Pratt
Ramon Hernandez
Benito Santiago
John Flaherty
Brad Ausmus
Eddie Perez
Mike Piazza
Alberto Castillo
Dan Wilson (May Retire)
Bengie Molina
Pat Borders
Ivan Rodriguez (Poss. Team Void Option)
Einar Diaz
Todd Greene (Team Option)
Gregg Zaun (Team Option)
Paul Bako
Mike DiFelice


First Base/DH:
Fred McGriff (Agent Jim Krivacs)
David Segui (playing in Indy League)
Ellis Burks (Retired)
Edgar Martinez(Retired)
Robin Ventura(Retired)
Mo Vaughn
Andres Galaragga (Retired)
Phil Hiatt
Dave McCarty (Retired)
Steve Cox
Rafael Palmeiro
Jose Offerman
Frank Thomas (Player + Team option)
J.T. Snow
John Olerud
Dave Hansen
Brad Fullmer
Julio Franco
Tim Salmon
Doug Mientkiewicz (Vesting Option)
Kevin Millar
Paul Konerko
Dimitri Young (Team Option)
Scott Hatteberg (Team Option)
Eduardo Perez
Wil Cordero
Robert Fick
Greg Colbrunn
Mark Sweeney
Tino Martinez (Team Option)
Ruben Sierra
Daryle Ward
Tony Clark
Travis Lee
Olmedo Saenz
Erubiel Durazo
Brian Buchanan


Second Base:
Lou Collier
Homer Bush (Retired)
Ray Durham (Player Option)
Carlos Baerga
Damion Easley
Mark Loretta (Team Option)
Fernando Vina (Expected to retire)
Frank Menechino (Team Option)(arb.)
Tony Graffanino
Bret Boone
Todd Walker (Team + Player options)
Eric Young (Team Option)
Damian Jackson
Manny Alexander
Marlon Anderson
Mark Grudzielanek
Pokey Reese (Team Option)
Miguel Cairo
Roberto Alomar (Retired)
Enrique Wilson
Denny Hocking
Placido Polanco
Dave Berg
Joe McEwing


Third Base:
Herbert Perry
Mike Mordecai (Retired, but could be signed in Sept. to reach 10 years of service to achieve a pension)
Todd Zeile (Retired)
Mark McLemore (Retired)
Shane Halter
Dean Palmer
George Arias
Bill Mueller
Lenny Harris
Abraham O. Nunez
Jared Sandberg
Aaron Boone (Team Option)
Wes Helms
Joe Randa
Chris Stynes
Jeff Cirillo
Geoff Blum
Brandon Larson


Shortstop:
Rey Ordonez (Agent Adam Katz)
Barry Larkin (Retired)
Royce Clayton
Ricky Gutierrez
Jose Vizcaino
Chris Woodward
Alex Gonzalez (FLA)
Nomar Garciaparra
Deivi Cruz
Jose Hernandez
Jose Valentin
Luis Lopez
Ramon Martinez
Alex Gonzalez (TB)
Desi Relaford (Team Option)
Rafael Furcal
Benji Gil
Lou Merloni
Chris Gomez
Rich Aurilia
Rey Sanchez
Neifi Perez


Left Field:
Rickey Henderson (Agent Jeff Borris) (Playing in Indep. League)
Rusty Greer (Retired)
Raul Mondesi
Ray Lankford
Bubba Trammell
Reggie Sanders
Eli Marrero
John Mabry
B.J. Surhoff
Quinton McCracken
Carlos Lee (Team Option)
Bobby Higginson
Rondell White
Randy Winn (Mutual Option)
Jeff Conine
Jeffrey Hammonds (Retired)
Todd Hollandsworth
Marty Cordova (Retired)


Center Field:
Ruben Rivera
Eric Owens
Tom Goodwin
Doug Glanville (Retired)
Chris Singleton (Pursuing broadcasting)
Brian L. Hunter (playing in Indy league)
Michael Coleman
Roger Cedeno
Jacque Jones
Carl Everett (Team Option)
Craig Biggio
Preston Wilson
Kerry Robinson
Jay Payton (Team Option)
Marquis Grissom
Bernie Williams (Team Option)
Kenny Lofton
Curtis Pride
Roosevelt Brown
Johnny Damon
Dee Brown
Peter Bergeron
Trenidad Hubbard


Right Field:
Orlando Merced
Jong-Soo Shim (Agent: John Kim)
John Vander Wal (Retired)
Armando Rios
Darren Bragg (Playing in Atl. League)
Michael Tucker
Sammy Sosa (Team Option)
Larry Walker (Team Option)
Juan Encarnacion
Gabe Kapler
Matt Stairs
Orlando Palmeiro
Jose Cruz Jr.
Jacob Cruz
Richard Hidalgo
Juan Gonzalez
Dustan Mohr (Mutual Option)
Moises Alou (Player Option)
Jeromy Burntiz (Mutual Option)
Danny Bautista (Retired)
Brian Jordan
Matt Lawton
Brian Giles


Managers with expiring contracts:
Jack McKeon
Lloyd McClendon (Team Option)
Ned Yost (Team Option)
Bobby Cox
Jack McKeon
Ken Macha


General Managers with expiring contracts:
Brian Cashman
Theo Epstein
Mike Flanagan and Jim Beattie
John Schuerholz (Team Option)

[Providence A's]

Tim Hudson is not a free agent. He signed a deal when he got traded to the Braves. Where are you getting this information from?

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