OK, a few of you have asked me about what I would like to see the Phillies do in the off-season. I’m also pretty curious what you all would like to see.
Here is a list of all the free agents coming up in 2012. The players with asterisks after their names have options for 2012.
Starting Pitchers
Mark Buehrle CWS
Chris Carpenter STL *
Aaron Cook COL *
Kyle Davies KC
Zach Duke PIT
Chad Gaudin OAK
Edwin Jackson CHW
Scott Kazmir LAA *
Hiroki Kuroda LAD
Brandon McCarthy OAK
John Maine NYM
Paul Maholm PIT
Jason Marquis WAS
Scott Olsen WAS
Roy Oswalt PHI *
Oliver Perez NYM
Joel Pineiro LAA
CC Sabathia NYY**
Brian Tallet TOR
Tim Wakefield BOS
Chien-Ming Wang WAS
C.J. Wilson TEX
Relief Pitchers
Danys Baez PHI
Matt Belisle COL
Heath Bell SD
Rafael Betancourt COL
Jonathan Broxton LAD
Brian Bruney WAS
Shawn Camp TOR
Matt Capps WAS
Todd Coffey MIL
Clay Condrey MIN
Francisco Cordero CIN *
Lance Cormier TB
Ryan Franklin STL
Mike Gonzalez TEX
John Grabow CHC
LaTroy Hawkins MIL
Bobby Jenks CWS
Brad Lidge PHI *
Scott Linebrink CWS
Javier Lopez PIT
Ryan Madson PHI
Damaso Marte NYY *
Sergio Mitre NYY
Joe Nathan MIN *
Jonathan Papelbon BOS
Chris Ray SF
Francisco Rodriguez NYM *
Takashi Saito ATL
George Sherrill LAD
Carlos Silva CHC *
Jose Valverde DET
Tyler Walker WAS
Michael Wuertz OAK
Joel Zumaya DET
Catchers
Jason Kendall KC
Ryan Doumit PIT
Ramon Hernandez CIN
Russ Martin NYY
Yadier Molina STL *
Dionar Navarro TB
Jorge Posada NYY
Ivan Rodriguez WAS
Brian Schneider PHI
Kelly Shoppach TB *
Chris Snyder ARZ *
First Basemen
Prince Fielder MIL
Ross Gload PHI
Todd Helton COL *
David Ortiz BOS
Carlos Pena CHI
Albert Pujols STL
Casey Kotchman TB
Second Basemen
Clint Barmes COL
Robinson Cano NYY *
Jamey Carroll LAD
Luis Castillo NYM
Aaron Hill ARZ *
Kelly Johnson TOR
Brandon Phillips CIN *
Freddy Sanchez SF
Rickie Weeks MIL
Third Basemen
Casey Blake LAD *
Wilson Betemit DET
Mark DeRosa SF
Greg Dobbs FLA
Edwin Encarnacion TOR
Aramis Ramirez CHC
Shortstops
Jason Bartlett TB
Jimmy Rollins PHI
Jose Reyes NYM
Yuniesky Betancourt KC *
Rafael Furcal LAD
John McDonald TOR
Augie Ojeda ARZ
Ramon Santiago DET
Marco Scutaro BOS *
Jack Wilson SEA
Outfielders
Bobby Abreu LAA *
Carlos Beltran SF
Milton Bradley SEA
Mike Cameron BOS
Ronny Cedeno PIT
Ryan Church PIT
Coco Crisp OAK
Michael Cuddyer MIN
Matt Diaz ATL
J.D. Drew BOS
Jonny Gomes CIN
Gabe Gross OAK
Carlos Guillen DET
Corey Hart MIL
Jeremy Hermida BOS
Raul Ibanez PHI
Conor Jackson BOS
Jason Kubel MIN
Ryan Ludwick STL
Gary Matthews Jr. NYM
Nate McLouth ATL *
Juan Pierre CWS
Juan Rivera LAD
Cody Ross FLA
Grady Sizemore CLE *
Nick Swisher NYY *
Josh Willingham OAK
Credit to chickenfriedbaseball.com who compiled this list.
Well if Olswalt dosent stay theres other quality pitchers out there that can be brought in. Let Jimmy go and go after Reyes please. And let Ibanez go and start Mayberry Jr in left or perhaps D. Brown!
Oswalt is a goner. No doubt about it.