A thin free-agent market across the board won't stop the Seattle Mariners from getting involved in talks for any body that can help tunr the club's woes into a different kind of "W" - so to speak.
Below is a list of the better names in each area in which the Mariners may see a need immediate upgrades. The players are not ranked and there could be others added to this list, depending on how arbitration cases work themselves out.
The M's are not restricted to free agency, however, and the trade targets are for another day - soon.
| STARTING PITCHERS |
| PLAYER |
AGE |
STATISTICS |
'05 $$ |
| A.J. Burnett, RHP |
29 |
3.44 ERA, .237 BAA, 198 SO |
$3.65m |
| Roger Clemens, RHP |
42 |
1.89 ERA, .197 BAA, 180 SO |
$18.0m |
| Kevin Millwood, RHP |
31 |
2.86 ERA, .248 BAA, 146 SO |
$7.0m |
| Jarrod Washburn, LHP |
31 |
3.23 ERA, .277 BAA, 93 SO |
$6.5m |
| Jeff Weaver, RHP |
29 |
4.22 ERA, .256 BAA, 157 SO |
$9.25m |
| Matt Morris, RHP |
31 |
3.94 ERA, .272 BAA, 114 SO |
$5.5m |
| Paul Byrd, RHP |
35 |
3.74 ERA, .272 BAA, 102 SO |
$5.0m |
| Kenny Rogers, LHP |
41 |
3.46 ERA, .271 BAA, 87 SO |
$3.8m |
| Kevin Brown, RHP |
41 |
6.50 ERA, .341 BAA, 50 SO |
$15.0m |
| Jason Johnson, RHP |
32 |
4.54 ERA, .285 BAA, 93 SO |
$4.0m |
| Scott Elarton, RHP |
30 |
4.51 ERA, .265 BAA, 102 SO |
$850K |
OPTIONS: Jason Schmidt, RHP (T); Joe Mays, RHP (T); Mark Redman, LHP (M); Jeff Suppan, RHP (T), John Thomson, RHP (T);
| RELIEF PITCHERS |
| PLAYER |
AGE |
STATISTICS |
'05 $$ |
| Billy Wagner, LHP |
34 |
1.53 ERA, .168 BAA, 37 S |
$9.00m |
| Kyle Farnsworth, RHP |
29 |
2.22 ERA, .182 BAA, 16 S |
$1.98m |
| B.J. Ryan, LHP |
30 |
2.43 ERA, .208 BAA, 36 S |
$2.6m |
| Ugueth Urbina, RHP |
32 |
3.65 ERA, .201 BAA, 10 S |
$2.67m |
| Julian Tavarez, RHP |
32 |
3.48 ERA, .279 BAA, 4 S |
$2.6m |
| Scott Sauerbeck, LHP |
34 |
4.04 ERA, .259 BAA, .162* |
$500k |
| Todd Jones, LHP |
37 |
1.75 ERA, .217 BAA, 40 S |
$1.1m |
| Scott Eyre, LHP |
33 |
2.63 ERA, .200 BAA, .182* |
$1.45m |
| Ricardo Rincon, LHP |
34 |
4.34 ERA, .246 BAA, .250* |
$1.95m |
| Tom Gordon, RHP |
38 |
2.57 ERA, .203 BAA, 2 S |
$3.75m |
* Versus left-handed batters
OPTIONS: Braden Looper, RHP (T); LaTroy Hawkins, RHP (P).
| RUN PRODUCERS |
| PLAYER |
AGE |
B/T |
STATISTICS |
'05 $$ |
| Paul Konerko |
30 |
R/R |
.283/.375/.534, 40 HR, 24-2B |
$8.75m |
| Jacque Jones |
30 |
L/L |
.249/.319/.438, 23 HR, 22-2B |
$5.0m |
| Hideki Matsui* |
31 |
L/L |
.304/.366/.494, 23 HR, 44-2B |
$8.0m |
| Brian Giles |
35 |
L/L |
.301/.423/.483, 15 HR, 38-2B |
$7.0m |
| Preston Wilson |
31 |
R/R |
.260/.326/.466, 25 HR, 29-2B |
$12.0m |
| Mike Piazza |
37 |
R/R |
.253/.328/.456, 19 HR, 23-2B |
$15.0m |
| Reggie Sanders |
38 |
R/R |
.268/.338/.533, 20 HR, 13-2B |
$4.0m |
| Matt Lawton |
34 |
L/L |
.255/.352/.421, 13 HR, 30-2B |
$7.5m |
| Larry Walker |
39 |
L/L |
.288/.384/.502, 15 HR, 20-2B |
$12.5m |
* Yankees have until Nov. 15 to renew contract, avoiding free agency
OPTIONS: Carlos Lee (T); Carl Everett (T).
| BACKSTOPS |
| PLAYER |
AGE |
B/T |
STATISTICS |
'05 $$ |
| Ramon Hernandez |
29 |
R/R |
.290/.322/.451, 12 HR, 19-2B |
$2.38m |
| Ben Molina |
31 |
R/R |
.295/.336/.446, 15HR, 17-2B |
$3.0m |
| Brad Ausmus |
36 |
R/R |
.261/.355/.334, 3 HR, 19-2B |
$3.0m |
| BENCH BATS |
| PLAYER |
AGE |
B/T |
STATISTICS |
'05 $$ |
| Jose Cruz |
29 |
B/R |
.252/.362/.464, 18 HR, 19-2B |
$3.5m |
| Wes Helms |
29 |
R/R |
.299/.358/.461, 4 HR, 13-2B |
$2.7m |
| Michael Tucker |
34 |
L/L |
.239/.313/.359, 5 HR, 16-2B |
$1.75m |
| Eduardo Perez |
36 |
R/R |
.255/.368/.497, 11 HR, 6-2B |
$950k |
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