MLB Trade Rumors latest 2014 Free Agent List.

[Redskins Rick]

When you look at free agants you have to wonder how much the Yankees will be in there. They have so much money with Arod contract and all the free agents they have comming up this season. It will be intersting what they have on their roster comming April. Will they resign guys like Cano, Granderson, Kuroda Hughes, Youk.

Paying top dollar for FAs, doesn't always buy you a championship team.

[Redskins Rick]

Depends on how cheap. I think Lincecum is still going to get a pretty good contract this year, not the $20M he's making now, but I could see someone offering a 2-3 year deal.

If he's cheap and 1-2 years, sure, but I don't think he'll be too cheap. His delivery is concerning. It was the reason he slipped so far in the draft, but it may also be what caused him to be so effective when he was.

Lincecum got a new 2 year deal.

http://forum.orioleshangout.com/forums/showthread.php/117999-SF-Giants-Sign-Lincecum-for-2yr-40-5M

[crawjo]

There's not a lot of value in that list. A lot depends on how they evaluate their prospects in the offseason, but going into next year they are going to need to be looking for a second baseman, a left fielder and a designated hitter. I'd be interested in Beltran on a one-year deal.

[Crazysilver03]

Lincecum got a new 2 year deal.

http://forum.orioleshangout.com/forums/showthread.php/117999-SF-Giants-Sign-Lincecum-for-2yr-40-5M

Umm...look at the date of creation of that thread.

[Redskins Rick]

Umm...look at the date of creation of that thread.

yikes, thanks.

[mcneck]

I would love to get Beltran. His age would somewhat limit his contract but he is very productive and you could put him at DH to rest him so he may do better in the AL.

[Camden_yardbird]

I think any deal over 15 million will be to an inhouse extension and not a FA.

[HokieOs]

If he could be had cheap, does anyone else think that Tim Lincecum could be a worthy reclamation prospect? He's still relatively young.

I was thinking the same thing going through the list. I don't want to bet the farm, but a moderately priced 2 or 3 year contract would be worth the gamble IMO. Certainly not worth $20 mil a year. But a 2/18 or 3/21 or something in that neighborhood would be intriguing.

[Roll Tide]

Ellsbury would be a nice consolation prize if they can't resign McLouth. Of course it wouldn't even make sense that if they can't afford Nate that they could sign Ellsbury. I can't see them signing any of them.

Scott Feldman

Jason Hammel

Jim Johnson

Nate McLouth

Brian Roberts

Francisco Rodriguez

Tsuyoshi Wada

They also have some of these guys to work on as well.

Nate is a guy they we will resign IMO I don see Johnson returning and the others guys aren't worth bringing back also Betemits option won't vest and they won't bring him back unless he explodes during his stint later this season.

[joedogg9999]

Shin soo choo for the love of god. I wanted him this past offseason. Hes exactly what we need. Other than matt garza obviously, id take a chance on tim lincecum

[SerenityNow]

I still think the team made a big mistake not making a splash for Hamilton. Ohh nevermind call me when he's not hitting .221

[skanar]

I never realized how bad Choo's defense had gotten. He was average, or better, up until last year.

Choo is playing CF this year instead of RF.

[LayzieDES]

Jim Johnson is not a free agent.

Feldman, Hammel, McLouth, Roberts, and Rodriguez are free agents.

Wada, Betemit, and Casilla have options.

Johnson, Hunter, Norris, Matusz, Patton, Wieters, Davis, Teagarden, Reimold, and Pearce are arbitration eligible.

Tillman, Gonzo, Flaherty, McFarland, Valencia, Machado, and Urrutia are 0-3 guys.

O'Day, Chen, Hardy, Markakis, and Jones are locked in long-term.

Ah good catch on JJ & Wada. Was living up to my name and just looked quickly at Sportrac's 2014 free agents.

Must spread rep...

[HokieOs]

I still think the team made a big mistake not making a splash for Hamilton. Ohh nevermind call me when he's not hitting .221

The dangers of the mega-contracts that some of these prime-time guys sign. Sometimes (or almost always), you don't get anywhere near what you paid. I don't particularly want to see us pay up any $20 million contracts right now. We're still several players away from being a true World Series contender (mainly pitching). But we do need to be more active this year with the B-list type guys.

Granted, I'm sure we tried to be active last year and it just didn't work out too much. But it's apparent now that last year wasn't a fluke. This is actually a good team... a good nucleus to build onto. We need to get more pieces.

[JTrea81]

Count me in as another vote for Choo. This team needs more in the P/PA and OBP department. With a career OBP of .386 and P/PA of 4.01, Choo certainly fits the bill.

I'm a fan of McLouth, but Choo is the better player.

He could be our Johnny Damon.