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Updated List of Free Agents as of October 31, 2006

by Joe Hamrahi on Tue 31 Oct 2006 11:42 PM EST

Here are the 122 players who have filed for free agency. Eligible players may file through Nov. 11 (c-filed provisionally pending decision by club on 2007 option):

AMERICAN LEAGUE

BALTIMORE (3) — Chris Gomez, ss; LaTroy Hawkins, rhp; Kevin Millar, 1b; Russ Ortiz, rhp; Chris Widger, c.

BOSTON (5) — Alex Gonzalez, ss; Gabe Kapler, of; Mark Loretta, 3b; Doug Mirabelli, c; Trot Nixon, of.

CHICAGO (2) — Sandy Alomar Jr., c; David Riske, rhp.

CLEVELAND (2) — Aaron Boone, 3b; Lou Merloni, 2b.

DETROIT (2) — Matt Stairs, of; Jamie Walker, lhp.

KANSAS CITY (2) — Paul Bako, c; Doug Mientkiewicz, 1b.

LOS ANGELES (3) — Darin Erstad, c; Adam Kennedy, 2b; J.C. Romero, lhp.

MINNESOTA (3) — Phil Nevin, 1b; Shannon Stewart, of; Rondell White, of.

NEW YORK (4) — Miguel Cairo, 2b; Octavio Dotel, rhp; Tanyon Sturtze, rhp; Craig Wilson, of.

OAKLAND (2) — Jay Payton, of; Frank Thomas, 1b.

SEATTLE (1) — Gil Meche, rhp.

TAMPA BAY (1) — Tomas Perez, ss.

TEXAS (7) — Rod Barajas, c; Mark DeRosa, ss; Adam Eaton, rhp; Carlos Lee, of; Gary Matthews Jr., of; Vicente Padilla, rhp; Eric Young, 2b.

TORONTO (4) — Frank Catalanotto, of; Ted Lilly, lhp; Justin Speier, rhp; Gregg Zaun, c.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

ARIZONA (4) — Miguel Batista, rhp; Craig Counsell, 2b; Damion Easley, 2b; Luis Gonzalez, of.

ATLANTA (4) — Danys Baez, rhp; Todd Pratt, c; John Thomson, rhp; Daryle Ward, 1b.

CHICAGO (5) — Henry Blanco, c; Wade Miller, rhp; Juan Pierre, of; Aramis Ramirez, 3b; Kerry Wood, rhp.

CINCINNATI (6) — Royce Clayton, ss; Ryan Franklin, rhp; Todd Hollandsworth, of; Jason Johnson, rhp; David Weathers, rhp; c-Paul Wilson, rhp.

COLORADO (2) — c-Ray King, lhp; Tom Martin, lhp.

FLORIDA (4) — Joe Borowski, rhp; Wes Helms, 3b; Matt Herges, rhp; Brian Moehler, rhp.

HOUSTON (2) — Aubrey Huff, 3b; Russ Springer, rhp.

LOS ANGELES (5) — Einar Diaz, c; Nomar Garciaparra, 1b; Julio Lugo, ss; Ramon E. Martinez, 2b; Aaron Sele, rhp.

MILWAUKEE (5) — David Bell, 3b; Jeff Cirillo, 3b; Tony Graffanino, 2b; Rick Helling, rhp; Tomo Ohka, rhp.

NEW YORK (11) — Chad Bradford, rhp; Cliff Floyd, of; Orlando Hernandez, rhp; Roberto Hernandez, rhp; c-Yusaku Iriki, rhp; Ricky Ledee, of; Guillermo Mota, rhp; Steve Trachsel, rhp; Michael Tucker, rf; Jose Valentin, 2b; Chris Woodward, ss.

PHILADELPHIA (5) — Aaron Fultz, lhp; Mike Lieberthal, c; Arthur Rhodes, lhp; Rick White, rhp; Randy Wolf, lhp.

PITTSBURGH (1) — Joe Randa, 3b.

ST. LOUIS (5) — Ronnie Belliard, 2b; Gary Bennett, c; Jason Marquis, rhp; Scott Spiezio, 1b; Jose Vizcaino, ss.

SAN DIEGO (8) — Geoff Blum, 3b; Doug Brocail, rhp; Alan Embree, lhp; Shawn Estes, lhp; Dave Roberts, of; Rudy Seanez, rhp; Todd Walker, 2b; Woody Williams, rhp.

SAN FRANCISCO (8) — Moises Alou, rf; Barry Bonds, lf; Ray Durham, 2b; Todd Greene, c; Shea Hillenbrand, 1b; Steve Kline, lhp; Jason Schmidt, rhp; Mike Stanton, lhp.

WASHINGTON (4) — Tony Armas Jr., rhp; Robert Fick, 1b; Jose Guillen, of; Alfonso Soriano, 2b.

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Elias National League Rankings

by Joe Hamrahi on Tue 31 Oct 2006 11:21 PM EST

Designated hitters, first basemen and outfielders

1 Albert Pujols 100.000 A
2 Jason Bay 96.000 A
3 Matt Holliday 95.111 A
4 Lance Berkman 89.565 A
5 Moises Alou 86.444 A
6 Pat Burrell 85.778 A
7 J.D. Drew 85.111 A
8 Todd Helton 84.348 A
9 Brian Giles 83.333 A
10 Derrek Lee 82.609 A
11 Andruw Jones 80.667 A
12 Geoff Jenkins 80.556 A
13 Carlos Beltran 80.444 A
14 Alfonso Soriano 80.222 A
15 Ryan Howard 80.000 A
16 Carlos Delgado 79.130 A
17 Adam Dunn 78.889 A
18 Ken Griffey Jr. 78.000 A
19 Nick Johnson 77.391 A
20 Luis Gonzalez 75.778 A
21 Brad Hawpe 75.556 A
22 Shawn Green 73.556 A
23 Randy Winn 73.222 A
24t Brady Clark 72.000 A
24t Jim Edmonds 72.000 A
26t Mike Cameron 71.333 A
26t Cliff Floyd 71.333 A
28 Aubrey Huff 70.889 A
29 Juan Encarnacion 70.667 A
30 Barry Bonds 70.000 A
31 Jacque Jones 67.111 A
32 Matt Murton 66.889 A
33 David Dellucci 66.333 A
34 Dave Roberts 66.000 A
35 Austin Kearns 65.444 A
36 Kenny Lofton 64.444 B
37 Josh Willingham 63.111 B
38 Ryan Church 62.000 B
39 Ryan Freel 61.333 B
40 Aaron Rowand 61.111 B
41 Jeff Conine 60.889 B
42 Preston Wilson 60.778 B
43 Nomar Garciaparra 60.000 B
44 Jeff Francoeur 58.889 B
45t Kevin Mench 58.444 B
45t Xavier Nady 58.444 B
47 Juan Pierre 58.111 B
48 Jose Guillen 57.556 B
49 Andre Ethier 55.889 B
50 Shea Hillenbrand 54.783 B
51 Ryan Klesko 53.778 B
52 Chris Duncan 53.444 B
53 Marlon Anderson 53.222 B
54 Adam LaRoche 53.043 B
55 Willy Taveras 52.222 B
56 Luke Scott 52.111 B
57t Jeromy Burnitz 51.111 B
57t Matt Diaz 51.111 B
59 Jason Lane 49.778 C
60 Ryan Langerhans 49.333 C
61 Eric Byrnes 49.222 C
62 Scott Hatteberg 48.696 C
63 So Taguchi 48.333 C
64 Adrian Gonzalez 48.261 C
65 Shane Victorino 48.000 C
66t Alex Escobar 47.556 C
66t Cory Sullivan 47.556 C
68 Chris Burke 47.111 C
69 Jeff DaVanon 46.222 C
70 Tony Clark 46.087
71 Gabe Gross 42.778
72 Steve Finley 40.889
73 Wes Helms 40.870
74 Endy Chavez 39.556
75 Jayson Werth 38.889
76 Conor Jackson 38.261
77 Prince Fielder 36.957
78 Chris Duffy 36.667
79 Olmedo Saenz 36.522
80 Jeremy Hermida 36.222
81 Ryan Spilborghs 35.333
82 Kelly Johnson 34.889
83 Todd Hollandsworth 33.111
84 Mike Lamb 33.043
85 Jose Bautista 32.667
86 Mike Jacobs 31.304
87 Corey Hart 29.889
88 Chris Denorfia 29.444
89 Jason Repko 29.333
90 Carlos Quentin 28.889
91 Orlando Palmeiro 28.556
92 John Mabry 27.000
93 Nate McLouth 26.000
94 Mark Sweeney 25.217
95 Alfredo Amezaga 24.111
96 Michael Tucker 23.333
97 Brian Jordan 21.778
98 Daryle Ward 21.739
99 Cody Ross 21.556
100 Joe Borchard 21.444
101 Larry Bigbie 20.667
102 Jody Gerut 19.111
103 Julio Franco 18.261
104 Laynce Nix 18.000
105 Angel Pagan 17.556
106 Freddie Bynum 16.000
107 Todd Linden 13.000
108 Terrmel Sledge 12.222
109 Jeff Bagwell 11.304
110 Chris Young 10.444
111 Reggie Abercrombie 9.889
112 Choo Freeman 9.667
113 Jose Hernandez 2.609
114 Chris Roberson 0.778
115 Rajai Davis 0.556

Catchers

1 Michael Barrett 87.546 A
2 Brian McCann 79.487 A
3 Johnny Estrada 78.022 A
4 Paul Lo Duca 77.106 A
5 Mike Piazza 76.923 A
6 Damian Miller 72.527 A
7t Mike Lieberthal 71.429 A
7t Brian Schneider 71.429 A
9 Jason LaRue 69.231 A
10 Brad Ausmus 67.949 A
11 Mike Matheny 67.766 A
12 Yadier Molina 65.934 A
13 Russell Martin 60.623 B
14 Toby Hall 59.707 B
15 Ronny Paulino 56.960 B
16t Miguel Olivo 56.410 B
16t Javier Valentin 56.410 B
18 Josh Bard 54.762 B
19 Chris Snyder 53.480 B
20 David Ross 53.114 B
21 Yorvit Torrealba 52.381 C
22t Henry Blanco 52.015 C
22t Ramon Castro 52.015 C
24 Chris Coste 46.154 C
25 Ryan Doumit 42.857
26 Chris Iannetta 39.927
27 Robert Fick 39.560
28 Humberto Cota 38.828
29 Eliezer Alfonzo 38.645
30 Todd Greene 38.095
31 Rob Bowen 35.897
32 Mike Rivera 34.799
33 Todd Pratt 33.150
34 Brandon Harper 30.220
35 Matt Treanor 24.542
36 Gary Bennett 23.626
37 Carlos Ruiz 19.597
38 Humberto Quintero 16.117
39 Mike Rose 3.846
40 Mike DiFelice 0.916

Second basemen, third basemen and shortstops

1 Chase Utley 87.446 A
2 Jeff Kent 85.281 A
3 Rafael Furcal 84.127 A
4 Jimmy Rollins 82.804 A
5 Miguel Cabrera 82.609 A
6 Ray Durham 82.251 A
7 David Eckstein 82.011 A
8 David Wright 78.882 A
9 Garrett Atkins 78.261 A
10 Aramis Ramirez 77.019 A
11 Chipper Jones 76.398 A
12 Marcus Giles 76.190 A
13 Morgan Ensberg 75.776 A
14 Jose Reyes 75.132 A
15 Orlando Hudson 74.459 A
16 Edgar Renteria 72.487 A
17 Omar Vizquel 72.222 A
18 Ronnie Belliard 71.645 A
19 Rich Aurilia 71.429 A
20 Todd Walker 70.996 A
21 Jose Vidro 70.346 A
22 Felipe Lopez 69.048 A
23 Bill Hall 67.725 A
24 Julio Lugo 67.196 A
25 Tony Graffanino 66.667 A
26t Scott Rolen 64.596 B
26t Freddy Sanchez 64.596 B
28 Craig Biggio 64.502 B
29 Craig Counsell 64.069 B
30 Jamey Carroll 63.420 B
31 Khalil Greene 62.434 B
32 Jack Wilson 61.905 B
33 Adam Everett 61.111 B
34 Dan Uggla 59.307 B
35 Jose Castillo 58.442 B
36 Rickie Weeks 55.411 B
37 Pedro Feliz 54.658 B
38 Ryan Zimmerman 54.348 B
39 Chad Tracy 54.037 B
40 Jose Valentin 53.030 B
41 Clint Barmes 52.381 B
42 Bill Mueller 52.174 B
43 Stephen Drew 51.852 B
44 Hanley Ramirez 51.058 C
45 Joe Randa 50.311 C
46 J.J. Hardy 50.265 C
47 Corey Koskie 49.689 C
48 Ryan Theriot 49.567 C
49 Josh Barfield 49.134 C
50 David Bell 48.758 C
51 Royce Clayton 48.677 C
52 Aaron Miles 45.022 C
53 Brandon Phillips 44.156
54t Juan Castro 42.328
54t Cesar Izturis 42.328
56 Jeff Cirillo 40.994
57 Mark Bellhorn 40.693
58 Kaz Matsui 38.961
59 Edwin Encarnacion 37.888
60 Ramon Martinez 37.879
61 Damion Easley 35.979
62 Wilson Betemit 34.783
63 Abraham Nunez 31.677
64 Troy Tulowitzki 30.952
65 Brendan Harris 29.870
66 Cristian Guzman 29.630
67 Ronny Cedeno 29.365
68 Willy Aybar 27.950
69 Tomas De La Rosa 26.720
70 Russell Branyan 26.708
71 Chris Woodward 25.974
72 Pete Orr 25.108
73 Andy Green 23.593
74 Jose Vizcaino 23.280
75 Martin Prado 22.944
76 Eric Bruntlett 22.511
77 Geoff Blum 22.360
78 Bernie Castro 20.130
79 Anderson Hernandez 19.264
80 Joe Thurston 16.450
81 Tony Pena 16.402
82 Scott Spiezio 15.528
83 Kevin Frandsen 13.853
84 Robert Andino 5.820
85 Henry Mateo 4.762
86 Manny Alexander 0.000

Starting pitchers

1 Chris Carpenter 97.222 A
2 Roy Oswalt 96.487 A
3 John Smoltz 93.873 A
4 Dontrelle Willis 91.748 A
5 Carlos Zambrano 91.585 A
6 Brandon Webb 90.196 A
7 Andy Pettitte 89.624 A
8 Pedro Martinez 86.111 A
9 Chris Capuano 84.641 A
10 Derek Lowe 83.987 A
11 Tim Hudson 83.824 A
12 Bronson Arroyo 83.742 A
13 Brett Myers 82.925 A
14 Aaron Harang 82.843 A
15 Livan Hernandez 80.310 A
16 Jason Schmidt 78.431 A
17t Tom Glavine 78.023 A
17t Jake Peavy 78.023 A
19 Jon Lieber 76.634 A
20 Brad Penny 76.144 A
21 Jeff Suppan 75.735 A
22 Chris Young 75.490 A
23 Greg Maddux 75.327 A
24 Doug Davis 75.000 A
25 Roger Clemens 70.098 A
26 Matt Morris 68.464 A
27 Jamie Moyer 68.382 A
28 Woody Williams 68.137 A
29 Noah Lowry 67.402 A
30 Ben Sheets 66.176 A
31 Jeff Francis 65.523 A
32 Mark Mulder 63.889 B
33 David Wells 60.458 B
34 Orlando Hernandez 60.294 B
35 Jeff Weaver 60.049 B
36 John Patterson 59.804 B
37t Jason Jennings 59.641 B
37t Jason Marquis 59.641 B
39 Claudio Vargas 57.843 B
40 Chan Ho Park 57.680 B
41 Zach Duke 57.026 B
42t Tomo Ohka 54.739 B
42t Ramon Ortiz 54.739 B
44 Brett Tomko 54.575 B
45 Aaron Cook 54.248 B
46 Dave Bush 53.513 B
47 Mark Prior 52.614 B
48 Horacio Ramirez 52.451 B
49 Mark Hendrickson 52.288 B
50 Matt Cain 51.634 B
51 Eric Milton 49.755 B
52 Josh Johnson 48.938 B
53 Brandon Backe 48.039 C
54 Shawn Chacon 47.876 C
55t Tony J. Armas 47.059 C
55t Steve Trachsel 47.059 C
57 Scott Olsen 46.895 C
58 Josh Fogg 45.915 C
59 Byung-Hyun Kim 45.507 C
60 Ian Snell 44.935 C
61 Chuck James 44.608 C
62 Randy Wolf 44.444 C
63 Anibal Sanchez 44.036
64 Brandon Claussen 43.791
65 Mike Hampton 43.382
66 Wandy Rodriguez 40.605
67 Kyle Lohse 39.542
68 Paul Maholm 38.399
69 Jamey Wright 37.255
70 Brian Moehler 37.173
71 Cole Hamels 37.010
72 Chad Billingsley 36.683
73 Pedro Astacio 34.477
74 Victor Zambrano 34.314
75 Oliver Perez 33.660
76 Victor Santos 32.680
77 Brad Hennessey 32.190
78 John Maine 31.863
79 Aaron Sele 31.291
80 Kerry Wood 30.801
81 John Thomson 29.902
82 Brian Lawrence 29.739
83 Ricky Nolasco 29.493
84 Shawn Estes 29.330
85 Ryan O'Malley 27.288
86 Kyle Davies 26.471
87 Wade Miller 23.448
88 Ryan Drese 19.771
89 Rich Hill 19.199
90 Billy Traber 18.464
91 Sean Marshall 17.729
92 Tom Gorzelanny 14.706
93 Carlos Marmol 13.480
94 Enrique Gonzalez 11.683
95 Shawn Hill 11.438
96 Jason Hirsh 11.193
97 Zach Day 10.948
98 Paul Wilson 9.314
99 Juan Mateo 8.007
100 Angel Guzman 6.046
101t Rick Ankiel 0.980
101t Grant Balfour 0.980
101t Vince Perkins 0.980

Relief pitchers

1 Billy Wagner 94.397 A
2 Chad Cordero 89.865 A
3 Bob Howry 88.549 A
4 Dan Wheeler 86.497 A
5 Tom Gordon 86.436 A
6 Brian Fuentes 85.073 A
7 Scott Linebrink 84.231 A
8 Trevor Hoffman 83.298 A
9 Brad Lidge 82.058 A
10 Aaron Heilman 79.608 A
11 Francisco Cordero 79.363 A
12 Mike Gonzalez 77.557 A
13 Duaner Sanchez 77.128 A
14 Chad Qualls 76.240 A
15 Takashi Saito 75.536 A
16 Salomon Torres 74.617 A
17 Scott Eyre 72.229 A
18 Bob Wickman 72.168 A
19 Jason Isringhausen 72.137 A
20 Jose Valverde 71.341 A
21 Jon Rauch 70.729 A
22 David Weathers 69.994 A
23 Matt Wise 69.871 A
24 Danys Baez 69.810 A
25 Roberto Hernandez 69.473 A
26 Derrick Turnbow 69.259 A
27 Eric Gagne 69.106 A
28 Joe Borowski 68.402 A
29 Ryan Dempster 68.034 A
30 Aaron Fultz 67.697 A
31 Eddie Guardado 66.656 A
32 Michael Wuertz 66.626 A
33 Geoff Geary 65.064 A
34 Luis Vizcaino 65.034 A
35 Russ Springer 63.595 A
36 Trever Miller 63.533 A
37 Will Ohman 63.457 A
38 Rudy Seanez 63.319 A
39 Jonathan Broxton 63.166 A
40 Jorge Julio 63.105 A
41 Chad Bradford 62.890 A
42 Clay Hensley 61.482 A
43 Cla Meredith 61.436 A
44 Damaso Marte 61.084 B
45 Ryan Madson 59.675 B
46 Luis Ayala 59.186 B
47 Gary Majewski 59.063 B
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