With all this excitement surround the Yankees and all of the free agent players they acquired, it made me think about what will happen after the 2009 season. Molina, Damon, Nady, and Matsui are all up for free agency after next season.
Here are a few guys that are available for free agency next year that might interest the Yankees. The Yankees will have LF, RF, and the DH position opened.
Jason Bay (31), Carl Crawford (28) – $10MM club option with a $1.25MM buyout, Matt Holliday (30), Rick Ankiel (30), Jermaine Dye (36) – $12MM mutual option with a $1MM buyout, Vladimir Guerrero (34), Magglio Ordonez (36) – $15MM club/vesting option with a $3MM buyout, Randy Winn (36), Aubrey Huff (33)
The rest of the 2010 MLB Free Agents list can be seen on MLB Trade Rumors.
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Catcher
Jose Molina (35)
Left fielder
Johnny Damon (36)
Right fielder
Xavier Nady (31)
Designated hitter
Hideki Matsui (36)
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Spring Training traveling guide / G.I. Joe moves up the tenure list
from MurrayChass.com:
Via his blog, Murray Chass reports that Mark Teixeira didn’t sign with the Red Sox because “he just didn’t want to go to Boston.”
Kevin Rozell
M. B. Rozell
Ray Rothfeldt
Eduardo Perez
Carl Crawford is the one guy I would like to land. His contract may be to much for them to pick up…they will not get any money from the Yankees next year. They may even go for a trade this year but, I wouldn’t give up to much for him. He may be a better player on a better hitting team then he was in TB.
Crawford would be a terrific replacement for Johnny D. He’s fast, can leadoff, has power, and plays the same position. I just hope he doesn’t lose valuable time to injuries like Damon did.
Holliday or Bay would be nice to fill in the RF hole, and A-Jax can step in for CF. Vladdy is a fine hitter, but I don’t know that he fits into the team.