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Interesting Non-Tenders

By our unofficial count, 50 players were non-tendered yesterday.  You can sort the decisions by team in our non-tender tracker.  Those that reached our playing time requirements have been added to the 2011 free agents list, which is robust at the moment.  Let's take a look at some of the more interesting non-tenders.

• Bobby Jenks, RP.  There are plenty of good right-handed relievers available, but if you take Mariano Rivera and Rafael Soriano off the board, Jenks might be the best closer.  Jenks throws hard and posted huge strikeout and groundball rates this year, so he should find multiple years and at least $5MM per.
• Russell Martin, C.  Martin was once one of the game's best catchers, but his performance waned and he's recovering from a hip fracture.  There aren't a ton of starting catching gigs available, however.  The Yankees nearly acquired Martin on Thursday for Francisco Cervelli, tweets Michael S. Schmidt of the New York Times.
• Jack Cust, LF/RF/DH.  Cust doesn't impress defensively, but not too many free agents can match a .395 OBP.
• Edwin Encarnacion, 3B.  Another defensively-challenged player, Encarnacion hit 21 home runs in 367 plate appearances this year.  Someone will give him a shot in a weak market for third basemen.
• Andrew Miller, SP.  The former first-round pick is a project at this point, with his velocity down and walks up.
• Joel Peralta, RP.  He's not a hard-thrower but it's difficult to argue with a 2.02 ERA, 9.0 K/9, and 1.7 BB/9.  He is an extreme flyball pitcher though.
• Jose Veras, RP.  Veras has control issues, but he did rack up strikeouts this year and averaged 94.4 mph on his fastball.
• Fourth outfielder types: Matt Diaz, Ryan Church, Tony Gwynn, Lastings Milledge, and Scott Hairston.
• Former setup types: Manny Delcarmen, Hideki Okajima, and George Sherrill.
• Interesting pitchers coming back from shoulder surgery: J.P. Howell, John Maine, Chien-Ming Wang.

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