Monday, December 31, 2007

There are more fish in the pond...

Here's the list of unsigned free agents as of Dec. 30 - I've bolded all pitchers. Who do you think the Reds should pursue?

AMERICAN LEAGUE
BALTIMORE Paul Bako, c; Kris Benson, rhp; Corey Patterson, of.
BOSTON Royce Clayton, ss; Matt Clement, rhp; Eric Hinske, 1b-of; Bobby Kielty, of; Doug Mirabelli, c.
CHICAGO Mike Myers, lhp.
CLEVELAND Keith Foulke, rhp; Kenny Lofton, of; Trot Nixon, of.
DETROIT Sean Casey, 1b; Neifi Perez, ss.
KANSAS CITY Odalis Perez, lhp; Reggie Sanders, of; Mike Sweeney, dh; John Thomson, rhp.
LOS ANGELES Bartolo Colon, rhp.
MINNESOTA Rondell White, of.
NEW YORK Roger Clemens, rhp; Doug Mientkiewicz, 1b; Ron Villone, lhp.
OAKLAND Mike Piazza, c; a-Shannon Stewart, of.
SEATTLE Chris Reitsma, rhp; Arthur Rhodes, lhp; Jeff Weaver, rhp.
TAMPA BAY Greg Norton, dh; Josh Paul, c.
TEXAS Jerry Hairston, 2b-of; Sammy Sosa, of; Brad Wilkerson, of; Jamey Wright, rhp.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
ARIZONA Jeff Cirillo, 3b; Tony Clark, 1b; a-Livan Hernandez, rhp; Bob Wickman, rhp.
ATLANTA Octavio Dotel, rhp; Julio Franco, 1b; Chris Woodward, ss.
CHICAGO Steve Trachsel, rhp.
CINCINNATI Eddie Guardado, lhp; Eric Milton, lhp.
COLORADO Jeremy Affeldt, lhp; Elmer Dessens, rhp; Josh Fogg, rhp; Jorge Julio, rhp; Rodrigo Lopez, rhp.
FLORIDA Armando Benitez, rhp; Byung-Hyun Kim, rhp.
HOUSTON Craig Biggio, 2b; Jason Jennings, rhp; a-Trever Miller, lhp; Brian Moehler, rhp; Orlando Palmeiro, of.
LOS ANGELES Luis Gonzalez, of; Mike Lieberthal, c; Ramon Martinez, 2b; Rudy Seanez, rhp; Mark Sweeney, 1b; David Wells, lhp.
MILWAUKEE Tony Graffanino, inf; Corey Koskie, 3b; Damian Miller, c.
NEW YORK Sandy Alomar, c; Jeff Conine, 1b; Mike DiFelice, c; Shawn Green, of; Aaron Sele, rhp; Jose Valentin, 2b.
PHILADELPHIA Antonio Alfonseca, rhp; Rod Barajas, c; Freddy Garcia, rhp; Jon Lieber, rhp; Kyle Lohse, rhp; Jose Mesa, rhp; Abraham Nunez, 3b.
PITTSBURGH Tony Armas, rhp; Shawn Chacon, rhp.
ST. LOUIS Russell Branyan, 3b; Miguel Cairo, inf; Kelly Stinnett, c; Preston Wilson, of.
SAN DIEGO a-Mike Cameron, of; Brett Tomko, rhp.
SAN FRANCISCO Barry Bonds, of; a-Pedro Feliz, 3b; Ryan Klesko, 1b; Mike Matheny, c; Russ Ortiz, rhp.
WASHINGTON Robert Fick, 1b.

I'll update with my thoughts later.

2 comments:

ohioredsfan said...

Laura
Think maybe we could get Clemens if we tell him we can get a bulk discount on steroids/HGH through Canadian pharmacy. Think he would sign with us at a discount then. LOL

Norris Krueger said...

Interesting list... I thought some of those guys were dead, let alone on a roster, LOL

Cheers & HNY!!!