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24 Free Agents Offered Arbitration

By Tim Dierkes | December 2, 2008 at 12:40am CDT

All of the arbitration offers are in.  Here’s a list of which free agents were offered arbitration.  If these players decline the offer and sign elsewhere, the original club will get one or two draft picks.  There’s an additional "tax" on these Type A free agents, as you have to give up a pick to sign one.  For more about the process, click here.  For the full up-to-date free agent list, click here.

Type A (15 players)
A.J. Burnett
Orlando Cabrera
Juan Cruz
Brian Fuentes
Orlando Hudson
Raul Ibanez
Derek Lowe
Darren Oliver
Oliver Perez
Manny Ramirez
Francisco Rodriguez
C.C. Sabathia
Ben Sheets
Mark Teixeira
Jason Varitek

Type B (9 players)
Casey Blake
Milton Bradley
Paul Byrd
Jon Garland
Mark Grudzielanek
Brandon Lyon
Dennys Reyes
Brian Shouse
David Weathers

Surprisingly not offered arbitration:
Bobby Abreu
Joe Beimel
Pat Burrell
Adam Dunn
Braden Looper
Jamie Moyer
Randy Wolf
Kerry Wood

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