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UPDATED: 11/03/12 (8:10pm ET - Ortiz and Boston reach 2-year deal, Haren FA, Colon and A's reach 1-yr deal)
The World Series had barely ended when baseball’s “third season”. Below 137 players became free agents pursuant to Article XX B (2) of the Basic Agreement.
Free agent players are eligible to negotiate and sign with any Club beginning 12:01 AM EST Saturday, November 3. We’ll be tracking the signings. Below this table of 137 are players that have club, player, or mutual options. See whether those are being picked up or declined, along with contract details.
| PLAYER |
TEAM |
SIGNED WITH |
DEAL |
| Baker, Jeff |
AT |
|
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| Batista, Miguel |
AT |
|
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| Bourn, Michael |
AT |
|
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| Diaz, Matt |
AT |
|
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| Durbin, Chad |
AT |
|
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| Hinske, Eric |
AT |
|
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| Johnson, Reed |
AT |
|
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| Overbay, Lyle |
AT |
|
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| Ross, Dave |
AT |
|
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| Sheets, Ben |
AT |
|
|
|
|
|
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| Saito, Takashi |
AZ |
|
|
|
|
|
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| Chavez, Endy |
BA |
|
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| Hall, Bill |
BA |
|
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| Johnson, Nick |
BA |
|
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| McLouth, Nate |
BA |
|
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| Saunders, Joe |
BA |
|
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| Thome, Jim |
BA |
|
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| Wolf, Randy |
BA |
|
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|
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| Cook, Aaron |
BO |
|
|
| Loney, James |
BO |
|
|
| Matsuzaka, Daisuke |
BO |
|
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| Ortiz, David |
BO |
BO |
2/$26M |
| Padilla, Vicente |
BO |
|
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| Podsednik, Scott |
BO |
|
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| Ross, Cody |
BO |
|
|
|
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|
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| Hudson, Orlando |
CWS |
|
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|
|
|
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| Camp, Shawn |
CC |
|
|
|
|
|
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| Broxton, Jonathan |
CI |
|
|
| Cairo, Miguel J. |
CI |
|
|
| Navarro, Dioner |
CI |
|
|
| Rolen, Scott |
CI |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Kotchman, Casey |
CL |
|
|
| Sizemore, Grady |
CL |
|
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|
|
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| Francis, Jeff |
CO |
|
|
| Giambi, Jason |
CO |
|
|
| Sanchez, Jonathan |
CO |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Bruney, Brian |
CWS |
|
|
| Liriano, Francisco |
CWS |
|
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| Lopez, Jose |
CWS |
|
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| Pierzynski, A.J. |
CWS |
|
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| Wise, DeWayne |
CWS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Laird, Gerald |
DE |
|
|
| Sanchez, Anibal |
DE |
|
|
| Valverde, Jose |
DE |
|
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| Young, Delmon |
DE |
|
|
|
|
|
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| Guthrie, Jeremy |
KC |
|
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|
|
|
|
| Greinke, Zack |
LAA |
|
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| Hawkins, LaTroy |
LAA |
|
|
| Hunter, Torii K. |
LAA |
|
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| Isringhausen, Jason |
LAA |
|
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| Izturis, Maicer |
LAA |
|
|
|
|
|
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| Abreu, Bobby |
LAD |
|
|
| Blanton, Joe |
LAD |
|
|
| Choate, Randy |
LAD |
|
|
| Kennedy, Adam |
LAD |
|
|
| League, Brandon |
LAD |
LAD |
3/$22.5M
|
| Victorino, Shane |
LAD |
|
|
| Wright, Jamey |
LAD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Gaudin, Chad |
MIA |
|
|
| Kearns, Austin |
MIA |
|
|
| Lee, Carlos |
MIA |
|
|
| Oviedo, Juan |
MIA |
|
|
| Zambrano, Carlos |
MIA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Marcum, Shaun |
MIL |
|
|
| Rodriguez, Francisco |
MIL |
|
|
| Gonzalez, Alex |
MIL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Capps, Matt |
MN |
|
|
| Pavano, Carl |
MN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Byrdak, Tim |
NYM |
|
|
| Cedeno, Ronny |
NYM |
|
|
| Hairston, Scott |
NYM |
|
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| Ramirez, Ramon |
NYM |
|
|
| Rauch, Jon |
NYM |
|
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| Shoppach, Kelly |
NYM |
|
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| Young, Chris |
NYM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Chavez, Eric C. |
NYY |
|
|
| Feliciano, Pedro |
NYY |
|
|
| Garcia, Freddy Antonio |
NYY |
|
|
| Ibanez, Raul J. |
NYY |
|
|
| Jones, Andruw |
NYY |
|
|
| Kuroda, Hiroki* |
NYY |
|
|
| Lowe, Derek |
NYY |
|
|
| Martin, Russell |
NYY |
|
|
| Pettitte, Andy |
NYY |
|
|
| Rivera, Mariano |
NYY |
|
|
| Suzuki, Ichiro |
NYY |
|
|
| Swisher, Nick |
NYY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Colon, Bartolo |
OA |
OA |
1/$3M |
| Gomes, Jonny |
OA |
|
|
| Inge, Brandon |
OA |
|
|
| McCarthy, Brandon |
OA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Pierre, Juan |
PH |
|
|
| Schneider, Brian |
PH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Correia, Kevin |
PI |
|
|
| Grilli, Jason |
PI |
|
|
| Qualls, Chad |
PI |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Marquis, Jason |
SD |
|
|
|
|
|
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| Millwood, Kevin |
SE |
|
|
| Olivo, Miguel |
SE |
|
|
| Perez, Oliver |
SE |
|
|
| Sherrill, George |
SE |
|
|
|
|
|
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| Affeldt, Jeremy |
SF |
|
|
| Cabrera, Melky |
SF |
|
|
| Mota, Guillermo |
SF |
|
|
| Nady, Xavier |
SF |
|
|
| Pagan, Angel |
SF |
|
|
| Penny, Brad |
SF |
|
|
| Sanchez, Freddy |
SF |
|
|
| Scutaro, Marco |
SF |
|
|
| Theriot, Ryan |
SF |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Berkman, Lance |
SL |
|
|
| Fuentes, Brian |
SL |
|
|
| Lohse, Kyle |
SL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Farnsworth, Kyle L. |
TB |
|
|
| Howell, J.P. |
TB |
|
|
| Keppinger, Jeff |
TB |
|
|
| Pena, Carlos |
TB |
|
|
| Peralta, Joel |
TB |
|
|
| Upton, B.J. |
TB |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Adams, Mike |
TE |
|
|
| Dempster, Ryan S. |
TE |
|
|
| Hamilton, Josh |
TE |
|
|
| Lewis, Colby |
TE |
|
|
| Lowe, Mark |
TE |
|
|
| Napoli, Mike |
TE |
|
|
| Oswalt, Roy |
TE |
|
|
| Uehara, Koji* |
TE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Frasor, Jason |
TO |
|
|
| Johnson, Kelly |
TO |
|
|
| Lyon, Brandon |
TO |
|
|
| Villanueva, Carlos |
TO |
|
|
| Vizquel, Omar |
TO |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| De Rosa, Mark |
WA |
|
|
| Duke, Zach |
WA |
|
|
| Gonzalez, Mike |
WA |
|
|
| Jackson, Edwin |
WA |
|
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The following players are eligible for free agency pending option provisions in their Uniform Players Contract (UPC):
| PLAYER |
TEAM |
Exercised |
| Hudson, Tim |
AT |
1/$9M |
| Jones, Chipper |
AT |
Retiring |
| Maholm, Paul |
AT |
1/$6.5M |
| McCann, Brian |
AT |
1/$12M |
|
|
|
| Blanco, Henry |
AZ |
|
| Lindstrom, Matthew |
AZ |
|
|
|
|
| Ayala, Luis |
BA |
1/$1M |
|
|
|
| Ludwick, Ryan |
CI |
|
| Madson, Ryan |
CI |
|
|
|
|
| Hafner, Travis |
CL |
Club Declined, FA |
| Hernandez, Roberto |
CL |
Club Declined, FA |
| Jimenez, Ulbaldo |
CL |
1/$5.75M |
|
|
|
| De La Rosa, Jorge |
CO |
Player exercises option, $11M |
|
|
|
| Floyd, Gavin |
CWS |
|
| Myers, Brett |
CWS |
|
| Peavy, Jacob |
CWS |
2/$29M |
| Youkilis, Kevin |
CWS |
|
|
|
|
| Dotel, Octavio E. |
DE |
1/$3.5M |
| Peralta, Jhonny |
DE |
1/$6M |
|
|
|
| Snyder, Chris |
HO |
Club declined, $500K buyout, FA |
|
|
|
| Soria, Joakim |
KC |
Club Decline, $750K Buyout, FA |
|
|
|
| Haren, Danny |
LAA |
LAA unable to trade with CHC for Marmol, $3.5M buyout, FA |
| Santana, Ervin |
LAA |
1/$13M, then trade with cash to Royals for minor leaguer LHP Brandon Sisk on 12/31 |
|
|
|
| Coffey, Todd |
LAD |
Club Decline, FA |
| Rivera, Juan |
LAD |
Club Decline, FA |
| Treanor, Matt |
LAD |
Club Decline, FA |
|
|
|
| Baker, Scott |
MN |
Club Decline, FA |
|
|
|
| Wright, David |
NYM |
1/$16M |
| Dickey, R.A. |
NYM |
1/$5M |
|
|
|
| Aardsma, David |
NYY |
1/$500K |
| Cano, Robinson |
NYY |
1/$15M |
| Granderson, Curtis |
NYY |
1/$15M |
| Soriano, Rafael |
NYY |
Player Decline, FA |
|
|
|
| Balfour, Grant |
OA |
1/$4.5M |
| Drew, Stephen |
OA |
Club Decline, FA |
|
|
|
| Contreras, Jose |
PH |
|
| Polanco, Placido |
PH |
|
| Ruiz, Carlos |
PH |
|
| Wigginton, Ty |
PH |
|
|
|
|
| Barajas, Rod |
PI |
|
| Alvarez, Pedro |
PI |
1/$700K |
|
|
|
| Huff, Aubrey |
SF |
Club Decline, $2M buyout, FA |
|
|
|
| Molina, Jose |
TB |
|
| Rodney, Fernando |
TB |
|
| Scott, Luke |
TB |
|
| Shields, James |
TB |
|
|
|
|
| Feldman, Scott |
TE |
Club Decline, FA |
|
|
|
| Oliver, Darren |
TO |
1/$3M |
|
|
|
| Burnett, Sean |
WA |
Player declines mutual option, FA |
| LaRoche, Adam |
WA |
Player declines mutual option, FA |
Source: MLBPA, Biz of Baseball research
 Maury Brown is the Founder and President of the Business of Sports Network, which includes The Biz of Baseball, The Biz of Football, The Biz of Basketball and The Biz of Hockey. He writes for Baseball Prospectus and is a contributor to Forbes. He is available as a freelance writer. Brown's full bio is here. He looks forward to your comments via email and can be contacted through the Business of Sports Network (select his name in the dropdown provided).
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