Article:Here ya go GM's of the world!

I know that the MLB baseball season is far from over...but I heard today Austin Kearns was shipped to Zona. So keeping that in mind I am going to put all of you out there in the GM position for your favorite team. Below you will find a list of the Class of 2009, the current list of players that are eligible for free agency after this season. Your job? Tell me if you would make any moves for your team this year or tell me whom you would like to go after to either fortify your team if it is strong already or help build it up if you think it sucks. Get at it, and let's see what everyone out there is thinking. Sorry I haven't posted in a while...I have rheumatoid arthritis and my health has even forced me to put my sports-talk show on hiatus since April. But I'm feeling much better now and it is time to get back to work! It's great to be back with the community again...I missed you guys!

2009 Free Agents
The following players have contracts expiring or should have the six years of service necessary to become free agents after the 2008 season. * - player whose contract includes 2009 option

Player Club First Basemen Rich Aurilia SF Ben Broussard TEX Carlos Delgado * NYM Nomar Garciaparra LAD Jason Giambi * NYY Wes Helms PHI Kevin Millar BAL Richie Sexson NYY Mark Teixeira LAA Frank Thomas OAK Jim Thome CWS Daryle Ward CHC

Second Basemen Jamey Carroll * CLE Ray Durham MIL Mark Ellis OAK Marcus Giles COL Mark Grudzielanek KC Orlando Hudson ARZ Jeff Kent LAD Felipe Lopez WAS D’Angelo Jimenez STL Pablo Ozuna LAD Nick Punto MIN Jose Valentin NYM Jose Vidro * SEA

Shortstops Orlando Cabrera CWS Alex Cintron CWS Alex Cora BOS Craig Counsell * MIL Adam Everett MIN Rafael Furcal LAD Cesar Izturis STL Ramon Martinez LAD Edgar Renteria * DET Juan Uribe CWS

Third Basemen Hank Blalock * TEX Joe Crede CWS Morgan Ensberg NYY Chipper Jones * ATL Corey Koskie MIL Greg Norton TB

Catchers Rod Barajas TOR Henry Blanco * CHC Johnny Estrada WAS Toby Hall * CWS Adam Melhuse TEX Mike Redmond * MIN Ivan Rodriguez NYY David Ross * CIN Javier Valentin CIN Jason Varitek BOS Vance Wilson DET Gregg Zaun * TOR

Outfielders Bobby Abreu NYY Moises Alou NYM Garret Anderson * LAA Rocco Baldelli TB Willie Bloomquist SEA Emil Brown OAK Pat Burrell PHI Endy Chavez NYM Carl Crawford * TB Adam Dunn CIN Jim Edmonds CHC Cliff Floyd TB Brian Giles * SD Ken Griffey Jr. * CWS Vladimir Guerrero * LAA Raul Ibanez SEA Jacque Jones DET Mark Kotsay ATL Rob Mackowiak WAS Kevin Mench TOR Jason Michaels * CLE Craig Monroe MIN Jay Payton BAL Scott Podsednik COL Manny Ramirez * LAD Juan Rivera LAA Rondell White MIN

Starting Pitchers Kris Benson PHI A.J. Burnett TOR (may opt out) Paul Byrd CLE Ryan Dempster CHC Jon Garland LAA Tom Glavine ATL Mike Hampton * ATL Rich Harden * CHC Orlando Hernandez NYM Jason Jennings TEX Randy Johnson ARZ John Lackey * LAA Esteban Loaiza CHW Braden Looper STL Derek Lowe LAD Pedro Martinez NYM Mike Mussina NYY Jamie Moyer PHI Mark Mulder * STL Carl Pavano NYY Brad Penny * LAD Odalis Perez WAS Oliver Perez NYM Andy Pettitte NYY Mark Prior SD Horatio Ramirez KC C.C. Sabathia MIL Ben Sheets MIL John Smoltz * ATL Julian Tavarez ATL Steve Trachsel BAL Brett Tomko SD Claudio Vargas MIL Randy Wolf HOU

Relief Pitchers Jeremy Affeldt CIN Tony Armas Jr. PIT Luis Ayala WAS Joe Beimel LAD Joe Borowski CLE Juan Cruz ARZ Brendan Donnelly BOS Scott Downs TOR Alan Embree * OAK Scott Eyre CHC Kyle Farnsworth DET Casey Fossum TB Brian Fuentes COL Aaron Fultz CLE Tom Gordon * PHI LaTroy Hawkins HOU Mark Hendrickson LAD Trevor Hoffman SD Bobby Howry CHC Jason Isringhausen STL Steve Kline SF Brandon Lyon ARZ Damaso Marte * NYY Tom Martin COL Julio Mateo PHI Guillermo Mota MIL Will Ohman CHC Hideki Okajima * BOS Darren Oliver LAA John Parrish SEA Chris Reitsma SEA Dennys Reyes MIN Juan Rincon CLE Francisco Rodriguez LAA Brian Shouse MIL Rafael Soriano ATL Jorge Sosa NYM Mike Stanton * CIN Salomon Torres * MIL Derrick Turnbow MIL Oscar Villarreal ATL David Weathers CIN Dan Wheeler TB Dave Williams NYM Matt Wise NYM Jay Witasick TB