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2009 MLB Free Agents

Potential Free Agents for 2009-2010:

Catchers:
Josh Bard BOS
Michael Barrett TOR
Henry Blanco SD
Ramon Castro CWS
Jason Kendall MIL
Jason LaRue STL
Chad Moeller BAL
Bengie Molina SF
Jose Molina NYY
x-Miguel Olivo KC
Mike Redmond MIN
Brian Schneider NYM
x-Gregg Zaun TB

First-Basemen:
Hank Blalock TEX
Russell Branyan SEA
Carlos Delgado NYM
Nomar Garciaparra OAK
Jason Giambi COL
Aubrey Huff DET
Nick Johnson WAS
Adam LaRoche ATL
Kevin Millar TOR
Greg Norton ATL
Robb Quinlan LAA
Matt Stairs PHI
Mike Sweeney SEA
Jim Thome LAD
Chad Tracy ARZ

Second Basemen:
Marlon Anderson NYM
Ron Belliard LAD
Jamey Carroll CLE
David Eckstein SD
Orlando Hudson LAD
Felipe Lopez MIL
Mark Loretta LAD

Third Basemen:
Adrian Beltre SEA
Geoff Blum HOU
Joe Crede MIN
Mark DeRosa STL
Pedro Feliz PHI
Chone Figgins LAA
Troy Glaus STL
Jerry Hairston NYY
Mike Lamb MIL
Melvin Mora BAL
Juan Uribe SF

Shortstops:
Orlando Cabrera MIN
Juan Castro LAD
Alex Cora NYM
Khalil Greene STL
Ramon Martinez LAD
Miguel Tejada HOU

Corner Outfielders:
Garret Anderson ATL
Rocco Baldelli BOS
Jason Bay BOS
Frank Catalanotto TEX
Endy Chavez SEA
Johnny Damon NYY
David Dellucci CLE
Jermaine Dye CWS
Darin Erstad HOU
Cliff Floyd SD
Brian Giles SD
Vladimir Guerrero LAA
Eric Hinske NYY
Matt Holliday STL
x-Geoff Jenkins PHI
Reed Johnson CHC
Gabe Kapler TB
x-Austin Kearns WAS
Jason Michaels CLE
Xavier Nady NYY
Gary Sheffield NYM
Fernando Tatis NYM
Randy Winn SF

Centerfielders:
Rick Ankiel STL
Marlon Byrd TEX
Coco Crisp KC
Ryan Freel TEX
Mark Kotsay CHW

Starting Pitchers:
Brandon Backe HOU
Erik Bedard SEA
Daniel Cabrera ARZ
Bartolo Colon CWS
Jose Contreras COL
Doug Davis ARZ
Justin Duchscherer OAK
Adam Eaton COL
Kelvim Escobar LAA
x-Jon Garland LAD
Mike Hampton HOU
Livan Hernandez WAS
Randy Johnson SF
Braden Looper MIL
Jason Marquis COL
Pedro Martinez PHI
Brett Myers PHI
x-Vicente Padilla LAD
Carl Pavano MIN
Odalis Perez WAS
Joel Pineiro STL
Sidney Ponson KC
Jason Schmidt LAD
John Smoltz STL
Jarrod Washburn DET
Todd Wellemeyer STL

Relief Pitchers:
Luis Ayala FLA
Danys Baez BAL
Miguel Batista SEA
Joe Beimel COL
Joaquin Benoit TEX
Chad Bradford BAL
x-Doug Brocail HOU
Kiko Calero FLA
Elmer Dessens NYM
Brendan Donnelly FLA
Octavio Dotel CWS
Alan Embree COL
Scott Eyre PHI
Josh Fogg COL
Chad Fox CHC
Gary Glover WAS
Mike Gonzalez ATL
Tom Gordon ARZ
Kevin Gregg CHC
Eddie Guardado TEX
Mark Hendrickson BAL
Matt Herges COL
Trevor Hoffman MIL
Bobby Howry SF
Jason Isringhausen TB
x-Masahide Kobayashi CLE
Ron Mahay MIN
Gary Majewski WAS
Guillermo Mota LAD
x-Will Ohman LAD
Darren Oliver LAA
Chan Ho Park PHI
Troy Percival TB
Juan Rincon COL
Fernando Rodney DET
Duaner Sanchez NYM
Scott Schoeneweis ARZ
x-Brian Shouse TB
Russ Springer TB
Brett Tomko OAK
Jose Valverde HOU
Claudio Vargas MIL
Ron Villone WAS
x-Luis Vizcaino COL
Jamie Walker BAL
Jeff Weaver LAD
Kip Wells CIN
Jamey Wright KC

x-Notates players that have an option on their contract.

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