Free Agent Targets

by peoples27 on Oct 24, 2005 9:04 PM EDT

Using the "Next Relevant Tigers Team" as a guide who should we target as the Free Agent Market opens up? Here is the "Relevant Team" so far

C -- Ivan Rodriguez
1B -- Chris Shelton
2B -- Placido Polanco
3B -- Brandon Inge
SS -- Carlos Guillen
LF -- [open]
CF -- Curtis Granderson
RF -- Magglio Ordonez
DH -- [open]

SP -- [open]
SP -- Jeremy Bonderman
SP -- [open]
SP -- Nate Robertson
SP -- [open]

RP -- [open]
RP -- Franklyn German
RP -- Jamie Walker
RP -- Fernando Rodney
RP -- [open]
RP -- [open]

Here is a quick summary of the Top 50 FA's

# Johnny Damon-CF:
# Ramon Hernandez-C:
# Billy Wagner-CL:
# Brian Giles-OF:
# A.J. Burnett-SP:
# Jarrod Washburn- LHSP:
# Paul Konerko- 1B:
# B.J. Ryan-CL:
# Roger Clemens-RHSP:
# Rafael Furcal-SS:
# Jeff Weaver-RHSP:
# Kevin Millwood-RHSP:
# Alex Gonzalez-SS:
# Matt Morris:
# Tom Gordon-RHRP:
# Bengie Molina-C:
# Scott Eyre:
# Trevor Hoffman-CL:
# Paul Byrd-RHSP:
# Juan Encarnacion-OF:
# Jacque Jones-OF:
# Kyle Farnsworth-RHRP:
# Ugueth Urbina-RHRP:
# Matt Lawton:
# Todd Jones-CL:
# John Thomson-RHSP:
# Jason Johnson- RHSP:
# Bob Wickman- CL:
# Mike Timlin-RHRP:
# Jamie Moyer:
# Bob Howry-RHRP:
# Reggie Sanders:
# Kenny Rogers:
# Mark Grudzielanek:
# Preston Wilson-CF:
# Joe Randa-3B:
# Erubiel Durazo:
# Bill Mueller:
# Scott Hatteberg-1B:
# Kevin Millar- 1B:
# Mike Piazza-C:
# Daryle Ward-1B:
# Craig Biggio- 2B:
# Brad Ausmus-C:
# Ronnie Belliard-2B:
# Abraham O. Nunez-INF:
# Rondell White-OF:
# Rudy Seanez-RHRP:
# Julian Tavarez-RHRP:

So here we go - if we were able to fill all our holes with Free Agents and stopgaps from this years team, this is what our team could look like in 2006

C -- Ramon Hernandez (FA-Longterm)
1B -- Chris Shelton (Longterm)
2B -- Placido Polanco (Longterm)
3B -- Brandon Inge (Stopgap)
SS -- Carlos Guillen (Longterm)
LF -- Brian Giles (FA-Stopgap)
CF -- Curtis Granderson (Longterm)
RF -- Magglio Ordonez (Longterm)
DH -- Dmitri Young (Stopgap)

SP -- A.J. Burnett (FA-Longterm)
SP -- Jeremy Bonderman (Longterm)
SP -- Kenny Rogers (FA-Stopgap)
SP -- Matt Morris (FA-Longterm)
SP -- Mike Maroth (Longterm)

CL -- Troy Percival (Stopgap)
RP -- Franklyn German (Longterm)
RP -- Julian Tavarez (FA-Longterm)
RP -- Fernando Rodney (Longterm)
RP -- Nate Robertson (Longterm)
RP -- Bob Howry (FA-Stopgap)

* FA = Free Agent, Longterm means in the plans for the future, Stopgap means in the plans for the present, Top 50 rankings were found at this site: http://www.mlb4u.com/top50.html

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I like some of the ideas you're running with on this one. I happen to be a fan of Brian Giles coming here. He's mostly a doubles kind of guy that would get around 20-25 HR's here. He's a solid, professional player too.
I don't really want to see us pursue Burnett too hard. I think he is over-rated and will get way too much money on the free agent market. I'd rather see us use Morris as a stop gap in our rotation. Then bring back Farnsworth for the pen. He brings a bit of edge to the group that they seemed to lack after he was traded.
If I went wishlisting, I'd like to see us bring back Jeff Weaver for the rotation, but I suspect he'd pretty much fall down laughing if we called after how he was ushered out of town. Naturally, I wouldn't complain about us making a run for a younger talent like Furcal. We could use an emerging star versus someone on the backside of his career.
On that subject,we're stuck with Pudge's contract unless we take on someone else's really crappy contract. At least Pudge gives us a fairly decent defensive catcher for the next couple of years. We'll have to hope for somone then.

by chrvoel on Oct 25, 2005 11:01 AM EDT reply actions