baseball6791 wrote: Then again, most of the SP signings have been overpaid IMO
Completely agree. Total insanity out there right now with some of these contracts.
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I know this is off-topic a bit, but does anyone know the top pitching FA's next yr? Maybe the Rangers should save their money, trade one of their OF's for pitching this yr, and go out into the market the next yr.
RHSP: Paul Wilson (Team Option) Wade Miller Jon Garland Tomo Ohka Gil Meche Greg Maddux Jason Schmidt Jeff Suppan Rick Helling Woody Williams Brad Radke Kerry Wood (Mutual Option) Mike Mussina (Team Option) Cory Lidle Kelvim Escobar Joel Piniero arb? Chan Ho Park Jose Contreras Ryan Franklin Orlando Hernandez Jaret Wright (Team + Player Void options) Kip Wells Jason Marquis Vicente Padilla Adam Eaton Tim Wakefield (Annual Team Renew Option) LHSP: Ted Lilly Mark Redman Tom Glavine Andy Pettitte Mark Mulder Barry Zito Doug Davis Randy Wolf Mark Buerhle (Team Option) David Wells Wilson Alvarez (Retired) Darrell May Eric Milton (Void Option) LHRP: Arthur Rhodes Bruce Chen Aaron Fultz C.J. Nitkowski Scott Sauerbeck (Team Option) Rheal Cormier(Team Option) Ray King (Team Option) Justin Speier Kent Mercker Steve Kline Scott Schoenweis Damaso Marte (Team Option) (arb.) J.C. Romero (Team Option) Ron Villone Trever Miller RHRP: Solomon Torres Jim Brower David Riske LaTroy Hawkins Chad Bradford Mike Lincoln Russ Springer Carlos Almanzar David Weathers Mike Timlin Tanyon Sturtze Scott Strickland Terry Adams Julio Santana (possibly arb.) Mike DeJean (Mutual Option) Esteban Yan Ron Mahay (Team Option) Chris Reitsma Guillermo Mota Dan Kolb CL: Mariano Rivera (Team Option) Troy Percival Francisco Cordero (Team Option) Keith Foulke (Mutual + Player Option) Dustin Hermanson (Team option) John Smoltz (Team Option) Eric Gagne (Team Option + Player Void Option) Eddie Guardado
RHSP: Paul Wilson (Team Option) Wade Miller Jon Garland Tomo Ohka Gil Meche Greg Maddux Jason Schmidt Jeff Suppan Rick Helling Woody Williams Brad Radke Kerry Wood (Mutual Option) Mike Mussina (Team Option) Cory Lidle Kelvim Escobar Joel Piniero arb? Chan Ho Park Jose Contreras Ryan Franklin Orlando Hernandez Jaret Wright (Team + Player Void options) Kip Wells Jason Marquis Vicente Padilla Adam Eaton Tim Wakefield (Annual Team Renew Option) LHSP: Ted Lilly Mark Redman Tom Glavine Andy Pettitte Mark Mulder Barry Zito Doug Davis Randy Wolf Mark Buerhle (Team Option) David Wells Wilson Alvarez (Retired) Darrell May Eric Milton (Void Option) LHRP: Arthur Rhodes Bruce Chen Aaron Fultz C.J. Nitkowski Scott Sauerbeck (Team Option) Rheal Cormier(Team Option) Ray King (Team Option) Justin Speier Kent Mercker Steve Kline Scott Schoenweis Damaso Marte (Team Option) (arb.) J.C. Romero (Team Option) Ron Villone Trever Miller RHRP: Solomon Torres Jim Brower David Riske LaTroy Hawkins Chad Bradford Mike Lincoln Russ Springer Carlos Almanzar David Weathers Mike Timlin Tanyon Sturtze Scott Strickland Terry Adams Julio Santana (possibly arb.) Mike DeJean (Mutual Option) Esteban Yan Ron Mahay (Team Option) Chris Reitsma Guillermo Mota Dan Kolb CL: Mariano Rivera (Team Option) Troy Percival Francisco Cordero (Team Option) Keith Foulke (Mutual + Player Option) Dustin Hermanson (Team option) John Smoltz (Team Option) Eric Gagne (Team Option + Player Void Option) Eddie Guardado
There aren't really that many great free agent starters next year, but I highlighted what I believe to be the best ones, and the ones worth the most money next year on the market.
Last edited by mweir145 on Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:09 am, edited 1 time in total.
Thanks for the list eftda. Wow, next year looks to be a much better year to get some FA starters. Schmidt and Pettitte will likely get some insane contracts.
There are a lot of potential steals though, I mean guys like Randy Wolf, Wade Miller, Kip Wells, Gil Meche, and Vicente Padilla all have some upside if they could just put it all together and/or stay healthy.
Any chance the Rangers will look to deal one of their LFs (Mench's name has been tossed around a lot) to the Braves for some help with SP? Horacio Ramirez should be available (if they want to go down that road...) or perhaps John Thomson.
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George_Foreman wrote:Any chance the Rangers will look to deal one of their LFs (Mench's name has been tossed around a lot) to the Braves for some help with SP? Horacio Ramirez should be available (if they want to go down that road...) or perhaps John Thomson.
Haven't heard a word mentioned about the Braves and Texas, but either of those two would help the Ranger's staff (or lack of staff). I wouldn't mind seeing something like that happen.
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George_Foreman wrote:Any chance the Rangers will look to deal one of their LFs (Mench's name has been tossed around a lot) to the Braves for some help with SP? Horacio Ramirez should be available (if they want to go down that road...) or perhaps John Thomson.
Haven't heard a word mentioned about the Braves and Texas, but either of those two would help the Ranger's staff (or lack of staff). I wouldn't mind seeing something like that happen.
I think SF would be his best fit. Vet pitcher. Hopefully they don't have a SP breakdown with Schmidt and Morris, but they could help along Cain and Lowry.
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by Madison » Sat Dec 10, 2005 11:57 pm 
Some very good options on that list.
