Big Name MLB Free Agents Still Available as of 1/17/2012
On February 29th, Major League Baseball will begin it’s Spring training schedule. With the opening of training camp less then a month away there a lot of big name free agents out there who haven’t been signed. Here are just some of the few sorted by each position
PITCHERS
Francisco Cordero
Brad Lidge
Roy Oswalt
Vicente Padilla
Javier Vazquez
CATCHER
Ronny Paulino
Jason Kendall
FIRST BASE
Prince Fielder
Carlos Pena
Derrek Lee
Casey Kotchman
SECOND BASE
Kelly Johnson
Brooks Conrad
THIRD BASE
Eric Chavez
SHORTSTOP
Ryan Theriot
LEFT FIELD
Juan Pierre
Cody Ross
CENTER FIELD
Rick Ankiel
RIGHT FIELD
Kosuke Fukudome
J.D. Drew
Magglio Ordonez
DESIGNATED HITTER
David Ortiz
Vladimir Guerrero
According to ESPN.COM here is the amount that each team has spent on free agency this off-season. This could play into why certain teams have not made anymore moves.
LA Angels $330,500,000
Miami $191,000,000
Philadelphia $93,400,058
LA Dodgers $43,900,000
St. Louis $40,750,000
Milwaukee $40,250,000
Colorado $39,900,000
Minnesota $38,500,000
Arizona $35,800,000
Baltimore $20,988,000
Pittsburgh $20,750,000
Chicago Cubs $18,900,000
NY Mets $16,600,000
Kansas City $15,925,000
Texas $14,500,000
Oakland $14,000,000
Tampa Bay $9,500,000
Cincinnati $8,500,000
Cleveland $5,000,000
Washington $4,800,000
Detroit $4,500,000
Boston $4,350,000
NY Yankees $4,000,000
Toronto $4,000,000
Seattle $2,600,000
San Francisco $1,600,000
San Diego $1,250,000
Atlanta $1,000,000
Chicago Sox $0
Houston $0
Miami $191,000,000
Philadelphia $93,400,058
LA Dodgers $43,900,000
St. Louis $40,750,000
Milwaukee $40,250,000
Colorado $39,900,000
Minnesota $38,500,000
Arizona $35,800,000
Baltimore $20,988,000
Pittsburgh $20,750,000
Chicago Cubs $18,900,000
NY Mets $16,600,000
Kansas City $15,925,000
Texas $14,500,000
Oakland $14,000,000
Tampa Bay $9,500,000
Cincinnati $8,500,000
Cleveland $5,000,000
Washington $4,800,000
Detroit $4,500,000
Boston $4,350,000
NY Yankees $4,000,000
Toronto $4,000,000
Seattle $2,600,000
San Francisco $1,600,000
San Diego $1,250,000
Atlanta $1,000,000
Chicago Sox $0
Houston $0
So as you can see a lot of teams have not spent that much money the two top teams spent a fortune. I wonder how the Marlins and Angels will do. As we have seen in the past, the Marlins will build these mega teams, win a World Series, and then break the team up. The Angels have always been committed to winning and now with Albert Pujols there they have a much better chance of doing so. Will we see a Marlins vs. Angels World Series? Only time will tell.
