Do any of you know which starting pitchers are possible FA's this offseason?

Google is a wonderful thing. Looks like the top FA pitcher is going to be C.J. Wilson (Rangers). Mark Buehrle is also a FA. Others listed are:

Chris Carpenter (option), Edwin Jackson, Roy Oswalt (option), Wandy Rodriguez, Adam Wainwright (option).

Ugh.

http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/200...-for-2012.html


Mark Buehrle CWS
Chris Carpenter STL *
Bruce Chen KC
Aaron Cook COL *
Kyle Davies KC
Ryan Dempster CHC *
Justin Duchscherer OAK
Zach Duke ARI *
Jeff Francis KC
Freddy Garcia NYY
Jon Garland LAD *
Aaron Harang SD
Rich Harden OAK
Livan Hernandez WAS
Edwin Jackson CWS
Kenshin Kawakami ATL
Scott Kazmir LAA
Hiroki Kuroda LAD
Rodrigo Lopez CHC
Paul Maholm PIT
John Maine COL
Jason Marquis WAS
Kevin Millwood NYY
Scott Olsen PIT *
Roy Oswalt PHI *
Brad Penny DET
Oliver Perez NYM
Joel Pineiro LAA
CC Sabathia NYY (may opt out)
Carlos Silva NYY
Javier Vazquez FLA
Adam Wainwright STL *
Tim Wakefield BOS
Chien-Ming Wang WAS
Brandon Webb ARI
C.J. Wilson TEX
Chris Young NYM

It's just George's schtick...trust me he is watching & loving this team much more than he probably has in years! Can you imagine this team with some actual starting pitching?

Hochevar seems to have it finally figured out. Paulino definitely has potential. Duffy should keep improving. It's going to be the biggest question for the Royals this offseason....STARTING PITCHING!

What will DM do?:hmmm:

I could live with any of those guys.:thumb:

I'd take a run at Edwin Jackson or Mark Buehrle. I'd be interested in C.J. Wilson but he's going to get a HUGE deal this year.

Not sure what the Cardinals' deal with Wainwright is, but I'd take him in a heartbeat.

There's a link to an article back some pages in here in which DM says they will be agressive in getting at least 1, maybe 2 front line starters... through either trades of prospects or free agency. Hope it turns out true.

Agreed. There's some guys there who could help us immediately. Ftr theyve said they'd like to re-sign Chen for 1 or possibly even 2 more years.

I'd take Chen if he came cheap, but I would be disappointed if he was the big "get" of FA this season.

1. Trade prospects for front-line #1/2 starter.
2. Sign Zack Greinke to FA contract in 2013
3. Bring up Bubba Starling to dominate in CF.
4. Win division.

See, after 20 years, "The Plan" is down to a three step process! :)

From what the article said they have bigger fish to hopefully catch besides Chen.... they just appreciate how solid he's been and would like to keep him around. He should be pretty cheap.

heh yes... but DM hasn't been around all that time. I know... I'm the Royals homer... I can't help believing...

Just thought I'd bump this thread to remind everybody, for the time being we are officially out of last place in the central. Suck it Twinkies!

Woot... and one more loss/Detroit win to be mathematically eliminated from the post season.

WE CAN STILL DO THIS!

So you're saying we're still in the pennant race!