Projected Cubs Free-Agents through 2009
There was some surprise expressed yesterday on another thread that Mark Prior won't be a free-agent until after 2008, so here is the list of projected Cubs free-agents through 2009 that I posted a while back:
FREE-AGENTS AFTER 2006 SEASON:
Henry Blanco
Jerry Hairston, Jr
Derrek Lee
John Mabry
Greg Maddux (ìno tradeî through 2006 season)
Juan Pierre
Aramis Ramirez (player option for 2007)
Todd Walker
Scott Williamson
Kerry Wood (club option to pay $13m salary in 2007 or $3m buy-out - also ìno tradeî through 2006 season)
FREE-AGENTS AFTER 2007:
Michael Barrett
Scott Eyre (player option for 2008)
Corey Patterson
Neifi Perez
Glendon Rusch
Carlos Zambrano
Kerry Wood (if Cubs decline buy-out after 2006)
FREE-AGENTS AFTER 2008:
Ryan Dempster
Scott Eyre (if player option is not exercised after 2007)
Bob Howry
Jacque Jones
Will Ohman
Mark Prior
Aramis Ramirez (mutual option for 2009, or vesting option for 2009 if 270 GAMES PLAYED 2007-08)
FREE-AGENT AFTER 2009:
Jerome Williams
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