The calendar has officially flipped to February. Most baseball fans see the excitement and anticipation building to when pitchers and catchers report. However, there are some people that are not necessarily excited. One of the interesting phenomena from the past several years has been the disappearing market for aging players.
Every year, all kinds of publications release their top 50 free agents and most of them are down to the final three. There is one more prominent free agent that also is without a job. Unfortunately for them, the list of available jobs is also dwindling. None of us were in the room when these players were negotiating with teams, so we don’t necessarily know every deal they have turned down, but suffice it to say, they probably wish they took some of them at this point.
Roy Oswalt
Possible Destinations: St. Louis, Boston
Reportedly, Roy Oswalt turned down a one year offer from the Tigers for ten million dollars. The Tigers would only confirm that t...
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PLAYERS:
Roy Oswalt,
Johnny Damon,
Scott Boras,
Andruw Jones,
Vladimir Guerrero,
Jermaine Dye,
Pedro Martinez,
Miguel Cabrera,
Wilson Betemit,
Brandon Allen,
Derrek Lee,
Casey Kotchman
TEAMS: St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers
TEAMS: St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers
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