Non-Tender Candidates

[Angrioter]

Non-Tender Candidates

By Tim Dierkes [November 7, 2013 at 9:29am CST]

By my count, 213 players are currently arbitration eligible. More than 50 of those can be considered non-tender candidates. The deadline for teams to decide is December 2nd. Non-tendering a player makes him a free agent. Below is my subjective list of non-tender candidates. Please note that not all of them will actually be non-tendered. Click here for MLBTR's projected salaries for these players, if they are tendered contracts.

 

Position Players

Tony Abreu

Darwin Barney

Daric Barton

Mike Baxter

Drew Butera

Tyler Flowers

Sam Fuld

Mat Gamel

Chris Getz

Jesus Guzman

Brett Hayes

Paul Janish

Garrett Jones

Don Kelly

George Kottaras

Lou Marson

John Mayberry

Michael McKenry

Chris Nelson

Jayson Nix

Nolan Reimold

Adam Rosales

Justin Ruggiano

Scott Sizemore

Seth Smith

Travis Snider

Chris Stewart

Drew Stubbs

 

Pitchers

Scott Atchison

John Axford

Andrew Bailey

Daniel Bard

Mitchell Boggs

Phil Coke

Scott Elbert

Juan Gutierrez

Tommy Hanson

Frank Herrmann

Daniel Hudson

Kevin Jepsen

Cristhian Martinez

Luis Mendoza

Jose Mijares

Jeff Niemann

Felipe Paulino

Fernando Rodriguez

Esmil Rogers

Tony Sipp

Joe Thatcher

Josh Tomlin

Jonny Venters

Jerome Williams

Blake Wood

 

 

 

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/11/non-tender-candidates.html

[Angrioter]

George Kottaras in, JPA out lol

[G-Snarls]

Yeah I looked at this yesterday and couldn't believe JP wasn't on the list

[G-Snarls]

Poor Snider

[Angrioter]

Poor Snider

 

Can Snider hit from the right side?

[eastcoastjaysfan]

George Kottaras in, JPA out lol

 

Would love to see Kottaras here as the backup. Guy has a fantastic eye at the plate.

[Angrioter]

Would love to see Kottaras here as the backup. Guy has a fantastic eye at the plate.

 

Kottaras and Daric Barton the same type of player; excellent players to the Jays bench.

[Muck Bartinez]

Always liked Niemann as a pitcher if he could ever stay healthy, but if the Rays couldn't get anything out of him I can't see how we would be able to.

 

And thoughts on Ruggiano as a DH platoon partner with Lind / 4th OF? Career .360 wOBA vs L, 127 wRC+, and that's on a .287 BABIP. Better than Old Man Derosa.

[Angrioter]

Nolan Reimold someone?

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Kottaras and Daric Barton the same type of player; excellent players to the Jays bench.

 

Makes the DeRosa signing look even dumber.

[G-Snarls]

Makes the DeRosa signing look even dumber.

 

When does he decide if he's back for 2014 or not??

[G-Snarls]

JPA will be non tendered.

 

I sure think so too

 

We can't waste 2.5 to 3.0M on the s*** bag

 

Bring back Mathis

[G-Snarls]

I wish we didn't have to possibly wait until Dec. 2 to know.

 

Obviously this situation puts pressure on AA to nab a new catcher within the next month. If he doesn't he may not be willing to non-tender JP by Dec. 2.

[G-Snarls]

We're not running the team though. JPA will be brought back and will be given "one last chance".

 

No

 

Just no

[G-Snarls]

Certainly we can find someone better then Mathis. However sadly he is an upgrade over JPA. Kottaras as a backup would be a good option. But the focus needs to be on a starter and Carlos Ruiz remains the top option for me. His hamstring doesn't overly concern me it. Was a grade 2 strain. Nothing was torn.

 

I meant Mathis for backup. Should have specified.

[G-Snarls]

It's to bad Thole forgot how to hit. It once looked like he had some promise with the bat. Perhaps new hitting coach can help tap into that.

 

I know! First two years with the Mets he was a .800-.900 OPS guy.

[DuckDuckGose]

When you're only seeing game action every 5 to 6 days, it's kind of tough to get into any type of groove.

 

Or he just sucks.

[DuckDuckGose]

I think they want to keep the Thole/Dickey combo together.

 

God, I hope not. It's not like Thole is the only person on the planet that can catch a knuckleball.

[G-Snarls]

God, I hope not. It's not like Thole is the only person on the planet that can catch a knuckleball.

 

Exactly. Pretty sure Ruiz or Ramos can learn to catch it for us.

[DuckDuckGose]

Exactly. Pretty sure Ruiz or Ramos can learn to catch it for us.

 

I know I shouldn't but, I'm still holding out hope for McCann.