With Sabathia signed elsewhere and Sheets not likely to re-sign, you're probably like me, wondering how exactly we're going to shore up our pitching staff. The fine folks at mlbtraderumors.com made a list of 2009 free agents, updated as of this afternoon. Click on the link to see all of the players; I'll list the FA starting pitchers and closers below. I'm betting our 2009 closer will not be an "elite" closer from 2008, so I'll also include the list of middle relievers too. The number in parentheses is the pitcher's age in 2009.
Starting pitchers
Kris Benson (33)
A.J. Burnett (32) - Type A, offered arb
Paul Byrd (38) - Type B, offered arb
Roger Clemens (46)
Matt Clement (33)
Bartolo Colon (36)
Shawn Estes (36)
Josh Fogg (32)
Freddy Garcia (33)
Jon Garland (29) - Type B, offered arb
Tom Glavine (43)
Mark Hendrickson (35)
Livan Hernandez (34)
Orlando Hernandez (43)
Jason Jennings (30)
Randy Johnson (45) - Type B, not offered arb
Kenshin Kawakami (34)
Jon Lieber (39)
Braden Looper (34) - Type B, not offered arb
Rodrigo Lopez (33)
Derek Lowe (36) - Type A, offered arb
Pedro Martinez (37)
Jamie Moyer (46) - Type A, not offered arb
Mark Mulder (31)
John Parrish (31)
Carl Pavano (33)
Brad Penny (31) - Type B, not offered arb
Odalis Perez (32)
Oliver Perez (27) - Type A, offered arb
Andy Pettitte (37) - Type A, not offered arb
Sidney Ponson (32)
Mark Prior (27)
Kenny Rogers (44)
Glendon Rusch (34)
Curt Schilling (42)
Ben Sheets (30) - Type A, offered arb
John Smoltz (42) - Type B, not offered arb
Koji Uehara (34)
Kip Wells (32)
Randy Wolf (32) - Type B, not offered arbClosers
Chad Cordero (27)
Brian Fuentes (33) - Type A, offered arb
Eric Gagne (33) - Type B, not offered arb
Eddie Guardado (38)
Trevor Hoffman (41) - Type A, not offered arb
Jason Isringhausen (36) - Type B, not offered arb
Brandon Lyon (29) - Type B, offered arb
Kerry Wood (32) - Type A, not offered arbMiddle relievers
Luis Ayala (31) - Type B, not offered arb
Joe Beimel (32) - Type B, not offered arb
Joe Borowski (38)
Shawn Chacon (31)
Juan Cruz (30) - Type A, offered arb
Elmer Dessens (37)
Brendan Donnelly (37)
Scott Elarton (33)
Kyle Farnsworth (33)
Casey Fossum (31)
Keith Foulke (35)
Tom Gordon (41)
Mark Hendrickson (35)
Matt Herges (39)
Jon Lieber (39)
Jason Johnson (35)
Guillermo Mota (35)
Will Ohman (31)
Chan Ho Park (36)
Horacio Ramirez (29)
Al Reyes (38)
Dennys Reyes (32) - Type B, offered arb
Arthur Rhodes (39) - Type B, not offered arb
Juan Rincon (30)
Ricardo Rincon (39)
Glendon Rusch (34)
Rudy Seanez (40) - Type B, not offered arb
Brian Shouse (40) - Type B, offered arb
Russ Springer (40) - Type A, not offered arb
Ken Takahashi (41)
Julian Tavarez (36)
Mike Timlin (43)
Ron Villone (39)
Kip Wells (32)
Matt Wise (33)
Jamey Wright (34)
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