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Free Agent News
 Free agent pitching market will be bare The NY Post is reporting In the last week, it became more important that Mike Pelfrey matures into a top-flight starter for the Mets, and Phil Hughes does the same for the Yankees. In the last week, it became more problematic that Jenrry Mejia is in the bullpen — and maybe Joba Chamberlain, too. Former M's Corey Patterson opts for free agencyThe Everett Herald is reporting The Seattle Mariners had Corey Patterson(notes) apparently headed to the minors and the 30-year-old outfielder obviously wasn't happy about it because he decided to opt out of his contract and become a free agent, according to the Everett Herald. In the major leagues' new economy, many free agents are listed year to yearThe LA Times is reporting Big-money, multiyear contracts are becoming increasingly rare, with more and more players settling for one-year deals and often having to wait until late winter to sign. Clubs say it's just a sign of more austere times, but some players and agents harbor suspicions. Free Agent Talk: Who's available? Fielding a team of free agentsUSA Today is reporting With the holiday shopping season behind us, it is time for general managers to open their checkbooks for the large and talented group of free agents still available. USA TODAY takes a position-by-position look at players seeking jobs — and where they could land — as 2010 approaches: Cards, O's reportedly offer Holliday well over $100MThe Sporting News is reporting Free-agent outfielder Matt Holliday has received nine-figure contract offers from the St. Louis Cardinals and Baltimore Orioles, FOXSports.com reports. 2010 Potential Free Agent List Player Club First Basemen Carlos Delgado NYM Ross Gload * KC Aubrey Huff BAL Nick Johnson WAS Adam LaRoche PIT Robb Quinlan LAA Matt Stairs PHI Second Basemen Marlon Anderson NYM Ron Belliard WAS Jamey Carroll CLE Mark DeRosa CHC Omar Infante ATL Placido Polanco DET Brian Roberts BAL Freddy Sanchez * PIT Shortstops Bobby Crosby OAK Alex Gonzalez * CIN Khalil Greene STL John McDonald TOR Marco Scutaro TOR Miguel Tejada HOU Jack Wilson * PIT Third Basemen Adrian Beltre SEA Hank Blalock TEX Geoff Blum HOU Pedro Feliz * PHI Chone Figgins LAA Chipper Jones ATL Mike Lamb MIL Melvin Mora * BAL Chad Tracy ARZ Catchers Josh Bard BOS Henry Blanco SD Ramon Castro NYM Ramon Hernandez * CIN Jason Kendall MIL Victor Martinez * CLE Benji Molina SF Jose Molina NYY Miguel Olivo * KC Mike Redmond MIN Brian Schneider NYM Yorvit Torrealba * COL Outfielders Rick Ankiel STL Jason Bay BOS Marlon Byrd TEX Frank Catalanotto TEX Endy Chavez SEA Coco Crisp * KC Carl Crawford * TB Johnny Damon NYY David Dellucci CLE Jermaine Dye * CWS Ryan Freel BAL Brian Giles SD Vladimir Guerrero LAA Matt Holliday OAK Geoff Jenkins * PHI Reed Johnson CHC Andruw Jones TEX Austin Kearns * WAS Hideki Matusi NYY Jason Michaels CLE Xavier Nady NYY Magglio Ordonez * DET Dave Roberts SF Gary Sheffield DET Randy Winn SF Starting Pitchers Brandon Backe HOU Miguel Batista SEA Josh Beckett * BOS Erik Bedard SEA Jose Contreras CWS Doug Davis ARZ Justin Duchscherer OAK Adam Eaton * PHI Kelvim Escobar LAA Rich Harden CHC Tim Hudson * ATL John Lackey LAA Cliff Lee * CLE Braden Looper * MIL Jason Marquis CHC Brett Myers PHI Vicente Padilla * TEX Brad Penny BOS Joel Pineiro STL Jason Schmidt LAD Jarrod Washburn SEA Brandon Webb * ARZ Todd Wellemeyer STL Relief Pitchers Danys Baez BAL Joaquin Benoit TEX Rafael Betancourt * CLE Chad Bradford BAL Doug Brocail * HOU Kiko Calero FLA Octavio Dotel CWS Gary Glover WAS Mike Gonzalez ATL Tom Gordon ARZ John Grabow PIT Kevin Gregg CHC Matt Herges CLE Masahide Kobayashi * CLE Ron Mahay KC Hideki Okajima BOS J.J. Putz * NYM Fernando Rodney DET Duaner Sanchez NYM Scott Schoeneweis ARZ Rafael Soriano ATL Matt Thornton * CWS Jose Valverde HOU Luis Vizcaino * COL Billy Wagner NYM Jamie Walker BAL This list is from http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/2001/05/2010-free-agents.html
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