Perez, Easley, Wise file for free agency today
Here's the complete list of today's filings. The free-agent filing period begins today and runs through Nov. 13.
Arizona
Cruz, Juan (RP); Eckstein, David (SS)
Atlanta
Norton, Greg (OF); Ohman, Will (RP); Tavarez, Julian (RP)
Baltimore
Millar, Kevin (1B); Payton, Jay (OF)
Boston
Cora, Alex (SS); Ross, Dave (C); Varitek, Jason (C)
Chicago Cubs
Dempster, Ryan (SP); Edmonds, Jim (OF); Fox, Chad (RP); Howry, Bob (RP)
Chicago White Sox
Crede, Joe (3B); Uribe, Juan (2B)
Cincinnati
Affeldt, Jeremy (RP); Lincoln, Michael (RP)
Cleveland
* Donnelly, Brendan (RP)
Colorado
Detroit Tigers
Garcia, Freddy Antonio (SP); Jones, Todd (RP)
Florida
LoDuca, Paul (C)
Houston
Loretta, Mark (2B)
Kansas City
Grudzielanek, Mark (2B)
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Anderson, Garret (OF); Garland, Jon (SP); Teixeira, Mark (1B)
Los Angeles Dodgers
Beimel, Joe (RP); Blake, Casey (3B); Lowe, Derek (SP); Maddux, Greg (SP); Ramirez, Manny (OF)
Milwaukee
Gagne, Eric (RP); Kapler, Gabe (OF); Lamb, Michael (3B); Sheets, Ben (SP); Shouse, Brian (RP)
Minnesota
Guardado, Eddie (RP); Punto, Nick (SS); Reyes, Dennys (RP)
NY Mets
Easley, Damion (2B); Perez, Oliver (SP); Wise, Matt (RP)
NY Yankees
Abreu, Bob (OF); Moeller, Chad (C); Ponson, Sidney (SP); Rodriguez, Ivan (C)
Oakland
Brown, Emil (OF)
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Gomez, Chris (3B); Mientkiewicz, Doug (1B)
St. Louis
Izturis, Cesar (SS); LaRue, Jason (C); Looper, Braden L. (SP); Lopez, Felipe (2B); Springer, Russ (RP); Villone, Ron (RP)
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Bloomquist, Willie (OF); Cairo, Miguel (1B); Ibanez, Raul (OF)
Tampa Bay
Toronto
Texas
+ Blalock, Hank (3B); Bradley, Milton (DH); Jennings, Jason (SP); Vazquez, Ramon (3B); Wright, Jamey (RP)
Washington
Wilkerson, Brad (OF)
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Comments (2)
Not too many attractive names on that list.
Derek Lowe is intriguing, but he getting up there in age.
Raul Ibanez would have been a good deadline acquisition, but not as a permanent replacement.
Manny would be good for a 2 year deal, but he's like to get 3-4 from someone.
Oli Perez seems like the most attractive pitcher on that list--which is strange.
I would be intrigued by Mark Teixeira, but will the Mets shell out that kind of cash? Probably not.
Regarding Tatis: Everyone has made such a big deal when comparing the Mets to the Philies that the Philies have all these hard-nosed scrappy players that pushed them over the edge. I'm not sure I buy that. Tatis was one of those players for the Mets, as was Murphy, Pagan, Easley, etc. The Mets had those players--that wasn't the problem.
Above poster was I, the Candyman. What a great day today--my national holiday.