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Closers Danys baez- (Option exercised) Octavio Dotel (Rehab) Eddie Guardado (Option picked up) Trevor Hoffman Billy Koch Braden Looper (Option declined) Matt Mantei Jose Mesa (Option declined) Ugeuth Urbina Billy Wagner Bob Wickman

Left handed relievers Armando Almanza Rigo Beltran Chad Bentz Dusty Bergman Nick Bierbrodt Nate Bland Jason Christiansen (Option declined) Doug Creek Vic Darrensbourg Valerio de Los Santos Joey Eischen Alan Embree Scott Eyre Jeff fassero- Resigns with giants 10-28-2005. John Franco Jeremi Gonzalez Franklin Gracesqui Buddy Groom Mark Guthrie Chris Hammond Felix Heredia (Option declined) Carlos Hernandez Tom Martin Mike Matthews Terry Mulholland Mike Myers C.J. Nitkowski Donovan Osborne Eddie Oropesa Mike Stanton Lance Painter Matt Perisho Mike Remlinger Dennys Reyes Ricardo Rincon John Rocker B.J. Ryan David Sanders Victor Santos Scott Sauerbeck- Indians resigned sauerbeck on 11-7-2005. Michael Tejera Justin Thompson Gabe White Jamie walker- ( option picked up) Kelly Wunsch

Right handed relievers Juan Acevedo Antonio Alfonseca (Option declined) Carlos Almanzar Al Reyes (Rehab) Rocky Biddle Chris Booker Ricky Bottalico Doug Brocail Dave Burba Giovanni Carrara Matt Childers Brian Cooper Mike Crudale Mike DeJean- Resigned by rockies 10-27-2005. Darren Dreifort Travis Driskill Brandon Duckworth Cal Eldred Brian Falkenborg Kyle Farnsworth Nate Field- Signed with the rockies 11-8-2005. Kevin Frederick Chad Fox Rich Garces Matt Ginter Tom Gordon Danny Graves (Option declined) Jason Grimsley Tim Harikkala Chad Harville Shigetoshi Hasegawa (Option declined) LaTroy Hawkins (Option picked up) Matt Herges Roberto Hernandez Bob Howry Mike James Jose Jimenez Todd Jones Jason Karnuth Steve Karsay Masao Kida Byung-Hyun Kim Gary Knotts Al Levine Kerry Ligtenberg Josias Manzanillo D.J. Mattox Brian Meadows Jim Mecir Ramiro Mendoza Dan Miceli Jeff Nelson Antonio Osuna Akinori Otsuka- ( Option picked up) Luis Pineda Cliff Politte ( Option picked up) Lou Pote Jay Powell Bret Prinz Paul Quantrill Steve Reed John Riedling Grant Roberts Willis Roberts Felix Rodriguez Evan Rust Julio Santana Rudy Seanez Scott Service Seung Song Tim Spooneybarger Russ Springer Scott Strickland Tanyon Sturtze (Option picked up) Scott Sullivan (Team or Player Option) Julian Tavarez Mike Timlin- Resigned with red sox 11-3-2005. Dave Veres Brandon Villafeurte Ben Weber Rick White Scott Williamson (Option pickedup) Jay Witasick- Resigned with athletics on 11-1-2005. Tim Worrell Keiichi Yabu

Left handed starters Brian Anderson Omar Daal Shawn Estes Tom Glavine (Mutual Option) John Halama Kazuhisa Ishii (Option declined) Al Leiter Jamie Moyer Denny Neagle Mark Redman (Option picked up) Kenny Rogers Kirk Rueter Glendon Rusch- Resigned by the cubs 10-31-2005. Jarrod Washburn

Right handed starters Paul Abbott Tony Armas Jr. Miguel Asencio Andy Ashby Pedro Astacio James Baldwin Kevin Brown A.J. Burnett Paul Byrd Roger Clemens Jeff D'Amico Elmer Dessens (Option declined) Scott Elarton Scott Erickson Joey Hamilton Jimmy Haynes Rick Helling Jason Johnson Jose Lima Esteban Loaiza (Option declined) Albie Lopez Joe Mays Kevin Millwood Brian Moehler Matt Morris Aaron Myette Hideo Nomo Robert Person Ariel Prieto Shane Reynolds Jason Schmidt (Option picked up) Aaron Sele Jeff Suppan (Option picked up) John Thomson (Option picked up) Brett Tomko Steve Trachsel (Option picked up) Jeff Weaver Jamey Wright Ismael Valdez

Right fielders Moises Alou (Option picked up) Darren Bragg Jeromy Burnitz (Option declined) Jacob Cruz Jose Cruz Jr.- Resigned with dodgers on 11-4-2005. Juan Encarnacion Brian Giles Juan Gonzalez Richard Hidalgo Brian Jordan Gabe Kapler Matt Lawton Orlando Merced Dustan Mohr Orlando Palmeiro Armando Rios Jong-Soo Shim Sammy Sosa (Team Option) Michael Tucker Jason Tyner

Centerfielders Peter Bergeron Dee Brown Roosevelt Brown Roger Cedeno Chin-Feng Chen Michael Coleman Johnny Damon Marquis Grissom Tom Goodwin Trenidad Hubbard Brian L. Hunter Jacque Jones Kenny Lofton Eric Owens Curtis Pride Ruben Rivera Kerry Robinson Chris Singleton Bernie Williams Gerald Williams Preston Wilson

Left fielders Jeff Conine Carl Everett ( Option declined) Bobby Higginson Todd Hollandsworth Adam Hyzdu- Resigned with rangers 11-3-2005. Ray Lankford Terrence Long John Mabry Hideki Matsui- Resigned with the yankees 11-15-2005. Eli Marrero Quinton McCracken Raul Mondesi Michael Ryan Reggie Sanders B.J. Surhoff Bubba Trammell Rondell White (Rehab) Randy Winn (Option picked up)

Shortstop Rich Aurilia (Mutual Option) Royce Clayton Deivi Cruz Rafael Furcal Nomar Garciaparra Benji Gil Ricky Gutierrez Alex Gonzalez (FLA) Alex Gonzalez (TB) Jose Hernandez Luis Lopez Ramon Martinez Lou Merloni Rey Ordonez Neifi Perez - signed with cubs 11-8-05. Desi Relaford Eddie Rogers Rey Sanchez Jason smith- signed with the rockies 11-8-05. Jose Valentin Jose Vizcaino Chris Woodward

Third base George Arias Geoff Blum Jeff Cirillo Shane Halter Lenny Harris Wes Helms Brandon Larson Mike Mordeaci Bill Mueller Abraham O. Nunez Tim Olson Dean Palmer Herbert Perry Joe Randa Jared Sandberg Scott Spiezio Chris Stynes Chris Truby Glenn Williams

Second base Brent Abernathy Marlon Anderson Manny Alexander Carlos Baerga Mark Bellhorn Ronnie Belliard (Option picked up) Dave Berg Bret Boone Miguel Cairo Bernie Castro- Washington nationals sign castro 10-27-2005. Lou Collier Keoni DeRenne Ray Durham (Option picked up) Trent Durrington Damion Easley Tony Graffanino Mark Grudzielanek Denny Hocking Aaron Holbert Kevin Hooper Damian Jackson- Washington nationals sign jackson 10-27-2005. D'Angelo Jimenez Chris Magruder David Matranga Joe McEwing Frank Menechino Luis Rivas Pokey Reese (Team Option) Fernando Vina (Expected to retire) Todd Walker - $2.5M Team Option Picked Up by Cubs Enrique Wilson Eric Young (Option declined)

First base/dh Brian Buchanan Greg Colbrunn Wil Cordero Steve Cox Erubial Durazo Robert Fick Julio Franco Brad Fullmer Dave Hansen Scott Hatteberg (Option declined) Phil Hiatt Paul Konerko Travis Lee Matt Lecroy Tino Martinez (Option declined) Doug Mientkiewicz (Option declined) Kevin Millar Jose Offerman John Olerud Rafael Palmeiro Roberto Petagine Eduardo Perez Olmedo Saenz Tim Salmon David Segui J.T. Snow Mark Sweeney Frank Thomas(Option declined) Mo Vaughn Daryle Ward

Catchers Sandy Alomar Jr Paul Bako Gary Bennett Pat Borde Raul Casanovars Alberto Castillo Andy Dominique Einar Diaz Mike DiFelice Bobby Estalella John Flaherty Brook Fordyce Todd Greene Ramon Hernandez A.J. Hinch J.R. House (Rehab) Ken Huckaby Todd Hundley Charles Johnson Mark Johnson Robert Machado Bengie Molina Greg Myers Eddie Perez Mike Piazza Todd Pratt Ivan Rodriguez (Poss. Team Void Option) Benito Santiago Kelly Stinnett Nick Trzesniak- Rangers sign trzesniak on 10-28-2005. Derek Wathan Chris Widger- Resigned with white sox on 11-4-2005. Gregg Zaun (Team Option) This will be the free agent thread. I will highlight anyone i feel is bigger time free agent ( not many this off-season) and will also put in red if a players option has been declined.Then another color for the date they signed and with which team.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Oct 28, 2005 -> 02:46 PM) Timo will be back next year. How the f*** can any Sox fan possibly want to see Bill f***ing Mueller at 3B for the Sox next year? I said this before the playoffs and I'll say it again now; f*** Bill Mueller, give me Crede! We should sign orlando palmeiro. He is the definition of a contact hitter. More walks than strikeouts? The sox would not know what to do with themselves.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Oct 28, 2005 -> 02:45 PM) Assuming we keep Konerko. Our biggest goals this offseason should be holding onto Paulie and getting a few guys to ink to multi-year deals. AJ, Garland, Crede, maybe Contreras if possible? Beyond that, it's just a question of who to plug into the DH role...if someone like an Overbay becomes available for a reasonable price he would work, but if not, there's no reason we can't fill it with some combination of outfielders/Dye like we did this year with Everett. Garland pierzynski will both sign three year deals... nothing more nothing less. Crede getting signed to a multi year deal? This will be his first season of arbitration for crede. The sox only sign those types of players when they put up very good numbers or numbers that exceed their expectations. We are gonna hear an awful lot about thome, overbay, delgado ( who will not be moved), tracy, etc... this year won't we?

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Oct 28, 2005 -> 03:20 AM) Anyone have a video of him throwing that gyroball? http://www.rotoauthority.com/2005/10/daisuke_matsuza.html QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Oct 28, 2005 -> 03:35 AM) Yeah what was the record for him throwing pitches in the one game again? He's got some great stats, but he's gonna be a risk for sure, but he'll definitely be hotly pursued once he comes over. I can see the Mariners really going after him. 250 innings in a 17 inning high school game.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getsp....b20051028j1.htm

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Oct 27, 2005 -> 11:16 PM) I jumped in because you two were having sexual intercourse over the intraweb and it bothered me. When was this and where?

QUOTE(3E8 @ Oct 27, 2005 -> 11:11 PM) I don't think it's Rowland. Rowland is too much of a gym rat, yes that rowland is.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Oct 27, 2005 -> 11:03 PM) You should be. :finger

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Oct 27, 2005 -> 10:50 PM) I already f***ing said that. Try comming up with an original thought. :headshake Sorry sir. :rolly

Realistically if alex sanchez was on steroids anyone on that list could have been.

This was the best preview of the pre-season by far. But i expect nothing less than that from the hardball times. http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/...cago-white-sox/

He made three plays in the matter of two innings that probally no other shortstop makes with screwing up one or two of them. The palmiero play, vizcaino play, and the play in the stands. This goes to show ( furthermore) furcal would be a big waste of money and a big waste overall. But we don't have to worry about anything, he will not be coming here.