Free Agent Stock Watch: Ben Sheets

It looks like Ben Sheets made the right decision by signing a four-year contract with the Brewers after his spectacular 2004 season. The then-25-year-old tossed 237 innings to the tune of a 2.70 ERA, striking out 264 to just 32 walks, with a WHIP below 1.00. Those are absolutely insane numbers, but because his team was lousy, he finished just eighth in the Cy Young voting. (To be fair, Randy Johnson should have won it, with Sheets a close second.) Since then, Sheets hasn't pitched more than 157 innings in a season due to a number of injuries. He's still...

Sheets & Sabathia Head Next Year's Free Agent Class

A couple nice nuggets to confirm what we already suspect regarding a couple big fish on the 2009 Starting Pitcher Free Agents list. As MLBTR covered here, this should be Ben Sheets' last year with the Brewers. Further affirming the inevitable, Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says, If the 29-year-old right-hander finally has a healthy season and puts up impressive numbers, the Brewers would be hard-pressed to meet his asking price on what has been a runaway pitching market in recent years. And, should Sheets break down again and turns his four-year, $38.5 million contract into a complete...

2009 MLB Free Agents List

Our trusty 2009 MLB Free Agents list is back (players who are free agents after the '08 season). The link has also returned to the sidebar for easy reference. Have a look. Thoughts on the shape of the market, or corrections to the list?

2009 MLB Free Agents

Presenting...your 2009 free agent class. It's fun to look ahead, even if many of these guys will be off the market a year from now. Just to clarify, the players below are eligible for free agency after the 2008 season. I've categorized them by position; the player's 2009 age is in parentheses. If I saw someone as a possibility at more than one position I put them at both. Updated 4-25-08 Catchers Rod Barajas (33) Michael Barrett (32) Johnny Estrada (33) Jason Kendall (35) - club option for '09; vests with 110 games played in '08 Paul Lo Duca (37)...