Free Agent Picks

As many of you know, at the beginning of the year, MLB.com had a game called Free Agent Frenzy. You would pick which teams you thought would sign certain free agents and the level of confidence you had in that. Some of my picks were spot on, but others weren't unfortunately. Anyways, here are my picks along with my current picks (you can't change your picks anymore):

(Confidence level 15 high 1 low, player name, team)

15. CC Sabathia NYY-signed with NYY

14. Mark Teixeira NYY-signed with NYY

13. Ryan Dempster CHC-signed with CHC

12. Derek Lowe BOS-Mets appear to be the front-runners as the Red Sox have very little interest in bringing back Lowe

11. A.J. Burnett LAA-signed with NYY, stupid decision on my part.

10. Oliver Perez NYM-Mets have the most interest of any team but do not want to pay Perez what he an agent, Scott Boras, are looking for.

9. Manny Ramirez LAA-I meant to say he'd go to LAD but I accidently hit LA instead.

8. Pat Burrell LAA-Same as above although it appears he's going to neither of them.

7. Adam Dunn TB-Rays have interest in Dunn, although if the Dodgers don't get Manny, they become the front-runners.

6. Kerry Wood CHC-Signed with CLE, I made that decision before the Cubs got Kevin Gregg.

5. Francisco Rodriguez NYM-Signed with NYM

4. Bobby Abreu NYM-No team has really expressed a lot of interest in Abreu but there have been a lot of nibbles including some from the Mets.

3. Rafael Furcal LAA-Signed with LAD, same as with Manny and Burrell, why can't there just be one LA team??!

2. Milton Bradley OAK-Almost definitely headed to the Cubs.

1. Ben Sheets STL-Don't ask. Also no team has really expressed much interest now that the Rangers have all but dropped out.

Other free agents that weren't on the list:

Jason Giambi OAK-no team wants to go anywhere near the 3-year deal he's asking for, but if he were willing to except a 1-year deal, expect Billy Beane and the A's to pounce.

Brian Fuentes LAA-signed with LAA and that's been a given pretty much since K-Rod left.

Ken Griffey Jr. SEA-no team has really even mentioned Ken Griffey Jr. but the general sense around baseball is that he'll have a Seattle return (maybe indicating who he'll go in the HOF as).

*Also this is my first post of 2009! Happy New Year Everybody!