Potential free agents following the 2009 season
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| Player | Team | Position | Roster | Service | Agent | Age | Opt |
| Rick Ankiel | St. Louis Cardinals | LF | 25-man | 3.152 | Scott Boras | 30 | |
| Miguel Asencio | Houston Astros | RHRP | 40-man | 3.079 | 29 | ||
| Brandon Backe | Houston Astros | RHSP | 15-Day | 3.088 | 31 | ||
| Danys Baez | Baltimore Orioles | RHRP | 25-man | 5.102 | Greg Genske, Scott Parker (fired Joe Cubas after Cubas was disbarred by MLBPA) | 32 | |
| Grant Balfour | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | RHRP | 25-man | 3.069 | Trevor Jarrett | 32 | |
| Josh Bard | San Diego Padres | C | 25-man | 3.133 | Alan Nero | 31 | |
| Miguel Batista | Seattle Mariners | RHSP | 25-man | 9.045 | Martin Arburua | 39 | |
| Rick Bauer | Philadelphia Phillies | RHRP | Minors | 3.143 | 33 | ||
| Jason Bay | Pittsburgh Pirates | LF | 25-man | 3.08 | Joe Urbon | 31 | |
| Josh Beckett | Boston Red Sox | RHSP | 25-man | 5.03 | Mike Moye | 29 | T |
| Erik Bedard | Baltimore Orioles | LHSP | 25-man | 3.171 | Mark Pieper | 31 | |
| Ronnie Belliard | Washington Nationals | 2B | 25-man | 7.162 | Dominic Torres | 34 | |
| Adrian Beltre | Seattle Mariners | 3B | 25-man | 8.096 | Scott Boras | 30 | |
| Rafael Betancourt | Cleveland Indians | RHRP | 25-man | 3.079 | Bill Rego, Mitch Frankel | 34 | |
| Hiram Bocachica | San Diego Padres | CF | Minors | 3.038 | 34 | ||
| Chad Bradford | Baltimore Orioles | RHRP | 25-man | 6.075 | Rex Gary | 35 | |
| Miguel Cabrera | Florida Marlins | 3B | 25-man | 3.101 | Arn Tellem, Fernando Cuza (fired agent Scott Boras and Andy Mota in 2005 and fired Reich, Katz, Landis in Nov. 2006) | 26 | |
| Kiko Calero | Oakland Athletics | RHRP | 25-man | 3.15 | SFX | 35 | |
| Chris Capuano | Milwaukee Brewers | LHSP | 25-man | 3.045 | 31 | ||
| Lance Carter | Orix Blue Wave | RHRP | Japan | 3.021 | Scott Boras | 35 | |
| Jose Castillo | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2B | 25-man | 3 | Alan Nero | 28 | |
| Frank Catalanotto | Texas Rangers | LF | 25-man | 8.171 | Alan Nero | 35 | T |
| Raul Chavez | New York Yankees | C | Minors | 3.023 | 36 | ||
| Randy Choate | Arizona Diamondbacks | LHRP | 15-Day | 3.085 | 34 | ||
| Jesus Colome | Washington Nationals | RHRP | 15-Day | 3.166 | Rob Plummer | 32 | |
| Jose Contreras | Chicago White Sox | RHSP | 25-man | 3.152 | Jamie Torres | 38 | |
| Chad Cordero | Washington Nationals | CL | 25-man | 3.03 | Larry Reynolds | 27 | |
| Humberto Cota | Pittsburgh Pirates | C | Minors | 3.093 | Eric Goldschmidt | 31 | |
| Neal Cotts | Chicago Cubs | LHRP | 40-man | 3.027 | Joe Bick | 29 | |
| Coco Crisp | Boston Red Sox | CF | 25-man | 3.158 | Steve Comte | 30 | T |
| Bobby Crosby | Oakland Athletics | SS | 15-Day | 3.029 | Paul Cohen | 30 | |
| Michael Cuddyer | Minnesota Twins | RF | 25-man | 3.157 | 30 | ||
| Johnny Damon | New York Yankees | CF | 25-man | 11.051 | Scott Boras | 36 | |
| Jason Davis | Seattle Mariners | RHRP | Minors | 3.027 | 29 | ||
| Doug Davis | Arizona Diamondbacks | LHSP | 25-man | 5.138 | Steve Canter | 34 | |
| Zach Day | Kansas City Royals | RHSP | Minors | 3.052 | 31 | ||
| David Dellucci | Cleveland Indians | LF | 60-Day | 8.097 | Joe Longo, Matt Walker (previously Gregg Clifton) | 36 | |
| Mark DeRosa | Chicago Cubs | 2B | 25-man | 6.061 | Lonnie Cooper | 35 | |
| Justin Duchscherer | Oakland Athletics | RHRP | 60-Day | 3.051 | 32 | ||
| Brandon Duckworth | Kansas City Royals | RHSP | 15-Day | 3.161 | 34 | ||
| Adam Eaton | Philadelphia Phillies | RHSP | 25-man | 6.125 | Jim Lindell | 32 | M |
| Alex Escobar | Washington Nationals | CF | 60-Day | 3.161 | Arn Tellem | 31 | |
| Kelvim Escobar | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | RHSP | 25-man | 9.04 | Peter Greenberg | 33 | |
| Lew Ford | Minnesota Twins | RF | 40-man | 3.123 | 33 | ||
| Wayne Franklin | Kansas City Royals | LHRP | Minors | 3.032 | 36 | ||
| Ryan Franklin | St. Louis Cardinals | RHRP | 25-man | 6.022 | Jay Franklin and Jeff Frye | 37 | T |
| Ryan Freel | Cincinnati Reds | CF | 15-Day | 3.14 | Tommy Tanzer | 34 | |
| Jody Gerut | Pittsburgh Pirates | RF | FA | 3.156 | Reich, Katz and Landis | 32 | |
| Jay Gibbons | Baltimore Orioles | RF | 25-man | 6 | Sam and Seth Levinson | 33 | |
| Ross Gload | Kansas City Royals | 1B | 25-man | 3.055 | 33 | ||
| Mike Gonzalez | Atlanta Braves | LHRP | 15-Day | 3.014 | 31 | ||
| Alex Gonzalez | Cincinnati Reds | SS | 25-man | 8.034 | Eric Goldschmidt | 33 | M |
| John Grabow | Pittsburgh Pirates | LHRP | 25-man | 3.016 | Arn Tellem (previously Tom O'Connell) | 31 | |
| Khalil Greene | San Diego Padres | SS | 25-man | 3.027 | SFX | 30 | |
| Kevin Gregg | Florida Marlins | RHRP | 25-man | 3.002 | 31 | ||
| Danny Haren | Oakland Athletics | RHSP | 25-man | 2.154 | Greg Landry | 29 | T |
| Willie Harris | Atlanta Braves | CF | 25-man | 3.158 | Dave Stewart, Daryl Buford | 31 | |
| Chad Harville | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | RHRP | NRI | 3.062 | Darek Braunecker | 33 | |
| Ramon Hernandez | Baltimore Orioles | C | 25-man | 7.099 | Lon Babby (fired Eric Goldschmidt in early July 2005 and reportedly considered or did hire and then immeadilately fired Scott Boras) | 33 | |
| Yoslan Herrera | Pittsburgh Pirates | RHSP | 40-man | 0 | Jamie Torres | 28 | |
| Matt Holliday | Colorado Rockies | LF | 25-man | 3 | Scott Boras (fired Jot Hartley after 2005 season) | 30 | |
| Tim Hudson | Atlanta Braves | RHSP | 25-man | 7.119 | Paul Cohen | 34 | M |
| Aubrey Huff | Baltimore Orioles | LF | 25-man | 6.003 | Sam and Seth Levinson | 33 | |
| Omar Infante | Detroit Tigers | 2B | 25-man | 3.12 | Alan Nero | 28 | |
| Reed Johnson | Toronto Blue Jays | LF | 25-man | 3.145 | Arn Tellem | 33 | |
| Nick Johnson | Washington Nationals | 1B | 60-Day | 6.041 | Rex Gary | 31 | |
| Austin Kearns | Washington Nationals | RF | 25-man | 4.145 | SFX | 29 | T |
| Adam Kennedy | St. Louis Cardinals | 2B | 25-man | 7.045 | Paul Cohen | 34 | |
| Mike Koplove | Cleveland Indians | RHRP | 40-man | 3.108 | Don Mitchell | 33 | |
| Jason Lane | Houston Astros | RF | 25-man | 3.1 | 33 | ||
| Adam LaRoche | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1B | 25-man | 3 | SFX | 30 | |
| Cliff Lee | Cleveland Indians | LHSP | 40-man | 3.124 | Darek Braunecker | 31 | T |
| Colby Lewis | Oakland Athletics | RHSP | Minors | 3.032 | Alan Nero | 30 | |
| Mike MacDougal | Chicago White Sox | RHRP | 25-man | 3.104 | Rex Gary | 33 | T |
| Ryan Madson | Philadelphia Phillies | RHSP | 15-Day | 3.027 | 29 | ||
| Jason Marquis | Chicago Cubs | RHSP | 25-man | 6.012 | Sam and Seth Levinson, Keith Miller | 31 | |
| Victor Martinez | Cleveland Indians | C | 25-man | 3.114 | Scott Pucino, Alan Nero | 31 | T |
| Kaz Matsui | Colorado Rockies | 2B | 25-man | 3 | John Kim | 34 | |
| Hideki Matsui | New York Yankees | LF | 25-man | 4 | Arn Tellem | 35 | |
| Seth McClung | Milwaukee Brewers | RHSP | 40-man | 3.07 | Scott Boras | 29 | |
| Aaron Miles | St. Louis Cardinals | 2B | 25-man | 3.027 | Alan Nero | 33 | |
| Kevin Millwood | Texas Rangers | RHSP | 25-man | 9 | Scott Boras | 35 | |
| Bengie Molina | San Francisco Giants | C | 25-man | 7.077 | SFX (previously Alan Nero) | 35 | |
| Melvin Mora | Baltimore Orioles | 3B | 25-man | 7.088 | Lon Babby | 38 | |
| Brett Myers | Philadelphia Phillies | RHRP | 25-man | 4.068 | Reich, Katz and Landis | 29 | |
| Xavier Nady | Pittsburgh Pirates | RF | 25-man | 3.059 | Scott Boras | 31 | |
| Miguel Ojeda | Texas Rangers | C | FA | 3.028 | 35 | ||
| Miguel Olivo | Florida Marlins | C | 25-man | 3.171 | 31 | ||
| Luis Ordaz | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2B | Minors | 3.023 | 34 | ||
| Magglio Ordonez | Detroit Tigers | RF | 25-man | 9.032 | Scott Boras | 36 | T |
| Akinori Otsuka | Texas Rangers | CL | 15-Day | 3 | Don Nomura | 38 | |
| Vicente Padilla | Texas Rangers | RHSP | 15-Day | 6.105 | Paul Kinzer, Fernando Cuza? | 32 | T |
| John Patterson | Washington Nationals | RHSP | 15-Day | 3.126 | Casey Close | 32 | |
| Carlos Pena | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 1B | 25-man | 3.098 | Mike Fischlin (Scott Boras) | 31 | |
| Placido Polanco | Detroit Tigers | 2B | 25-man | 8.064 | Sam and Seth Levinson | 34 | |
| J.J. Putz | Seattle Mariners | RHRP | 25-man | 3.022 | Reich, Katz and Landis | 33 | T |
| Robb Quinlan | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 3B | 25-man | 3.04 | Joe Speed | 32 | |
| Tim Redding | Washington Nationals | RHSP | 25-man | 3.077 | 32 | ||
| Brian Roberts | Baltimore Orioles | 2B | 25-man | 4.131 | Mark Pieper | 32 | |
| Dave Roberts | San Francisco Giants | CF | 25-man | 6.036 | John Boggs | 37 | |
| Nate Robertson | Detroit Tigers | LHSP | 25-man | 3.065 | 32 | ||
| Fernando Rodney | Detroit Tigers | RHRP | 25-man | 3.137 | Bill Rego | 32 | |
| Kirk Saarloos | Cincinnati Reds | RHRP | Minors | 3.135 | Don Mitchell | 30 | |
| Duaner Sanchez | New York Mets | RHRP | 60-Day | 3.075 | Joe Rosario, Peter Vescovo, Bean Stringfellow | 30 | |
| Freddy Sanchez | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2B | 25-man | 3.052 | Matt Sosnick | 32 | |
| Ramon Santiago | Detroit Tigers | SS | 40-man | 3.05 | Bill Rego | 30 | |
| Victor Santos | Cincinnati Reds | RHSP | 25-man | 3.065 | 33 | ||
| Jason Schmidt | Los Angeles Dodgers | RHSP | 15-Day | 11.063 | Randy and Alan Hendricks (fired Randy and Alan Hendricks in early 2006 and hired Michael Moye and Scott Sanderson in March 2006 and then fired them in November 2006) | 37 | |
| Brian Schneider | Washington Nationals | C | 25-man | 5.125 | Ron Shapiro | 33 | |
| Scott Schoeneweis | New York Mets | LHRP | 25-man | 7.111 | Scott Boras | 36 | |
| Marco Scutaro | Oakland Athletics | 2B | 25-man | 3.138 | 34 | ||
| Jae Seo | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | RHSP | Minors | 3.053 | 32 | ||
| Gary Sheffield | Detroit Tigers | RF | 25-man | 18.031 | Himself (contract), Rufus Williams (PR) and Mead Chasky (marketing) and Scott Boras (former agent) | 41 | |
| Aaron Small | Seattle Mariners | RHRP | Retired | 3.041 | 38 | ||
| Chris Snelling | Oakland Athletics | LF | 60-Day | 3.027 | Mike Seal, Trevor Jarrett | 28 | |
| Kyle Snyder | Boston Red Sox | RHRP | 25-man | 3.028 | Gregg Clifton, Terry Bross | 32 | |
| So Taguchi | St. Louis Cardinals | LF | 25-man | 3.079 | Alan Nero | 41 | T |
| Miguel Tejada | Baltimore Orioles | SS | 25-man | 9.033 | Fernando Cuza, Pat Rooney, Diego Bentz | 33 | |
| Josh Towers | Toronto Blue Jays | RHRP | 25-man | 3.057 | Arn Tellem | 33 | |
| Chad Tracy | Arizona Diamondbacks | RF | 25-man | 3 | Alan Nero | 29 | T |
| Jose Valverde | Arizona Diamondbacks | RHRP | 25-man | 3.09 | 30 | ||
| Claudio Vargas | Milwaukee Brewers | RHSP | 25-man | 3.157 | Bean Stringfellow (previously Alan Nero) | 31 | |
| Ramon Vazquez | Texas Rangers | 2B | 25-man | 3.133 | Alan Nero | 33 | |
| Billy Wagner | New York Mets | LHRP | 25-man | 10.139 | Bean Stringfellow | 38 | T |
| Pete Walker | New York Yankees | RHSP | Minors | 3.126 | 40 | ||
| Jamie Walker | Baltimore Orioles | LHRP | 25-man | 6.125 | Phil Tannenbaum | 38 | |
| Jarrod Washburn | Seattle Mariners | LHSP | 25-man | 7.131 | Scott Boras | 35 | |
| Brandon Webb | Arizona Diamondbacks | RHSP | 25-man | 3.158 | Jonathan Maurer | 30 | T |
| Todd Wellemeyer | St. Louis Cardinals | RHRP | 15-Day | 3.009 | 31 | ||
| Jayson Werth | Philadelphia Phillies | RF | 25-man | 3.102 | 30 | ||
| Ty Wigginton | Houston Astros | 3B | 25-man | 3.169 | 32 | ||
| Dontrelle Willis | Florida Marlins | LHSP | 25-man | 3.143 | Matt Sosnick | 28 | |
| Jack Wilson | Pittsburgh Pirates | SS | 25-man | 5.147 | Page Odle | 32 | T |
| Randy Winn | San Francisco Giants | CF | 25-man | 8 | Craig Landis | 35 | |
| Dmitri Young | Washington Nationals | 1B | 25-man | 9.022 | Adam Katz | 36 | T |
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