Potential free agents following the 2009 season
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| Player | Team | Position | Roster | Service | Agent | Age | Opt |
| Marlon Anderson | New York Mets | 2B | 40-man | 7.076 | 34 | ||
| Miguel Asencio | Houston Astros | RHRP | MFA | 3.079 | 27 | ||
| Danys Baez | Baltimore Orioles | RHRP | 25-man | 5.102 | Greg Genske, Scott Parker (fired Joe Cubas after Cubas was disbarred by MLBPA) | 30 | |
| Josh Bard | San Diego Padres | C | 25-man | 3.133 | Alan Nero | 30 | |
| Miguel Batista | Seattle Mariners | RHSP | 25-man | 9.045 | Martin Arburua | 37 | |
| Jason Bay | Pittsburgh Pirates | LF | 25-man | 3.08 | Joe Urbon | 29 | |
| Josh Beckett | Boston Red Sox | RHSP | 25-man | 5.03 | Mike Moye | 28 | T |
| Erik Bedard | Seattle Mariners | LHSP | 40-man | 3.171 | Mark Pieper | 29 | |
| Ronnie Belliard | Washington Nationals | 2B | 25-man | 7.162 | Dominic Torres | 33 | |
| Adrian Beltre | Seattle Mariners | 3B | 25-man | 8.096 | Scott Boras | 29 | |
| Joaquin Benoit | Texas Rangers | RHRP | 25-man | 4.054 | Sam and Seth Levinson (previously Alan Nero) | 30 | |
| Rafael Betancourt | Cleveland Indians | RHRP | 25-man | 3.079 | Bill Rego, Mitch Frankel | 33 | T |
| Chad Bradford | Baltimore Orioles | RHRP | 25-man | 6.075 | Rex Gary | 33 | |
| Chris Capuano | Milwaukee Brewers | LHSP | 25-man | 3.045 | 29 | ||
| Ramon Castro | New York Mets | C | 40-man | 5.152 | Sam and Seth Levinson | 32 | |
| Frank Catalanotto | Texas Rangers | LF | 25-man | 8.171 | Alan Nero | 34 | T |
| Endy Chavez | New York Mets | CF | 40-man | 4.065 | Chris Leible | 30 | |
| Jose Contreras | Chicago White Sox | RHSP | 25-man | 3.152 | Jamie Torres | 36 | |
| Chad Cordero | Washington Nationals | CL | 25-man | 3.03 | Larry Reynolds | 26 | |
| Coco Crisp | Boston Red Sox | CF | 25-man | 3.158 | Steve Comte | 28 | T |
| Bobby Crosby | Oakland Athletics | SS | 40-man | 3.029 | Paul Cohen | 28 | |
| Johnny Damon | New York Yankees | CF | 25-man | 11.051 | Scott Boras | 34 | |
| Doug Davis | Arizona Diamondbacks | LHSP | 25-man | 5.138 | Steve Canter | 32 | |
| Zach Day | Kansas City Royals | RHSP | MFA | 3.052 | 30 | ||
| David Dellucci | Cleveland Indians | LF | 25-man | 8.097 | Joe Longo, Matt Walker (previously Gregg Clifton) | 34 | |
| Mark DeRosa | Chicago Cubs | 2B | 25-man | 6.061 | Lonnie Cooper | 33 | |
| Octavio Dotel | Chicago White Sox | RHRP | 40-man | 7.113 | Danny Horwits | 34 | |
| Jermaine Dye | Chicago White Sox | RF | 25-man | 10.084 | Bob Bry | 34 | M |
| Adam Eaton | Philadelphia Phillies | RHSP | 25-man | 6.125 | Jim Lindell | 30 | M |
| Kelvim Escobar | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | RHSP | 25-man | 9.04 | Peter Greenberg | 32 | |
| Chone Figgins | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | CF | 25-man | 3.145 | Tommy Tanzer | 30 | |
| Wayne Franklin | Kansas City Royals | LHRP | MFA | 3.032 | 34 | ||
| Ryan Franklin | St. Louis Cardinals | RHRP | 25-man | 6.022 | Jay Franklin and Jeff Frye | 35 | T |
| Ryan Freel | Cincinnati Reds | CF | 40-man | 3.14 | Tommy Tanzer | 32 | |
| Kaz Fukumori | Texas Rangers | RHRP | 40-man | 0 | Alan Nero | 33 | T |
| Jay Gibbons | Baltimore Orioles | RF | 40-man | 6 | Sam and Seth Levinson | 31 | |
| Ross Gload | Kansas City Royals | 1B | 25-man | 3.055 | 32 | T | |
| Alex Gonzalez | Cincinnati Reds | SS | 25-man | 8.034 | Eric Goldschmidt | 31 | M |
| Mike Gonzalez | Atlanta Braves | LHRP | 25-man | 3.014 | 30 | ||
| John Grabow | Pittsburgh Pirates | LHRP | 25-man | 3.016 | Arn Tellem (previously Tom O'Connell) | 29 | |
| Khalil Greene | San Diego Padres | SS | 25-man | 3.027 | Mike Milchin | 28 | |
| Kevin Gregg | Florida Marlins | RHRP | 25-man | 3.002 | 30 | ||
| Kevin Gryboski | Pittsburgh Pirates | RHRP | MFA | 3.136 | 34 | ||
| Dan Haren | Arizona Diamondbacks | RHSP | 25-man | 2.154 | Greg Landry | 27 | T |
| Chad Harville | Arizona Diamondbacks | RHRP | MFA | 3.062 | Darek Braunecker | 31 | |
| Ramon Hernandez | Baltimore Orioles | C | 25-man | 7.099 | Lon Babby (fired Eric Goldschmidt in early July 2005 and reportedly considered or did hire and then immediately fired Scott Boras) | 32 | |
| Yoslan Herrera | Pittsburgh Pirates | RHSP | 40-man | 0 | Jamie Torres | 27 | |
| Matt Holliday | Colorado Rockies | LF | 25-man | 3 | Scott Boras (fired Jot Hartley after 2005 season) | 28 | |
| Tim Hudson | Atlanta Braves | RHSP | 25-man | 7.119 | Paul Cohen | 33 | M |
| Aubrey Huff | Baltimore Orioles | LF | 25-man | 6.003 | Sam and Seth Levinson | 31 | |
| Omar Infante | Atlanta Braves | 2B | 25-man | 3.12 | Alan Nero | 26 | |
| Akinori Iwamura | Tampa Bay Rays | 3B | 25-man | 0 | Alan Nero | 29 | T |
| Geoff Jenkins | Philadelphia Phillies | RF | 40-man | 8.109 | Damon Lapa (previously Don Lozano) | 34 | M |
| Nick Johnson | Washington Nationals | 1B | 40-man | 6.041 | Rex Gary | 29 | |
| Andruw Jones | Los Angeles Dodgers | CF | 40-man | 10.047 | Scott Boras | 31 | |
| Austin Kearns | Washington Nationals | RF | 25-man | 4.145 | SFX | 28 | T |
| Adam Kennedy | St. Louis Cardinals | 2B | 25-man | 7.045 | Paul Cohen | 32 | |
| Mike Lamb | Minnesota Twins | 1B | 40-man | 5.168 | Sam and Seth Levinson | 32 | T |
| Adam LaRoche | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1B | 25-man | 3 | SFX | 28 | |
| Cliff Lee | Cleveland Indians | LHSP | 25-man | 3.124 | Darek Braunecker | 29 | T |
| Colby Lewis | Kansas City Royals | RHSP | Japan | 3.032 | Alan Nero | 28 | |
| Mike MacDougal | Chicago White Sox | RHRP | 25-man | 3.104 | Rex Gary | 31 | T |
| Ryan Madson | Philadelphia Phillies | RHSP | 40-man | 3.027 | 27 | ||
| Ron Mahay | Kansas City Royals | LHRP | 40-man | 5.137 | Lonnie Cooper | 37 | |
| Jason Marquis | Chicago Cubs | RHSP | 25-man | 6.012 | Sam and Seth Levinson, Keith Miller | 29 | |
| Victor Martinez | Cleveland Indians | C | 25-man | 3.114 | Scott Pucino, Alan Nero | 29 | T |
| Hideki Matsui | New York Yankees | LF | 25-man | 4 | Arn Tellem | 34 | |
| John McDonald | Toronto Blue Jays | SS | 25-man | 5.118 | SFX | 33 | |
| Kevin Millwood | Texas Rangers | RHSP | 25-man | 9 | Scott Boras | 33 | |
| Jose Molina | New York Yankees | C | 40-man | 5.026 | Sam and Seth Levinson (previously Alan Nero) | 33 | |
| Bengie Molina | San Francisco Giants | C | 25-man | 7.077 | SFX (previously Alan Nero) | 34 | |
| Melvin Mora | Baltimore Orioles | 3B | 25-man | 7.088 | Lon Babby | 36 | |
| Brett Myers | Philadelphia Phillies | RHRP | 25-man | 4.068 | Reich, Katz and Landis | 27 | |
| Xavier Nady | Pittsburgh Pirates | RF | 25-man | 3.059 | Scott Boras | 29 | |
| Miguel Ojeda | Texas Rangers | C | FA | 3.028 | 33 | ||
| Miguel Olivo | Kansas City Royals | C | 40-man | 3.171 | 30 | T/P | |
| Luis Ordaz | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2B | MFA | 3.023 | 32 | ||
| Magglio Ordonez | Detroit Tigers | RF | 25-man | 9.032 | Scott Boras | 34 | T |
| Akinori Otsuka | Texas Rangers | CL | FA | 3 | Joe Urbon, Don Nomura | 36 | |
| Vicente Padilla | Texas Rangers | RHSP | 25-man | 6.105 | Paul Kinzer, Fernando Cuza? | 30 | T |
| Troy Percival | Tampa Bay Rays | RHRP | 40-man | 13 | Paul Cohen | 38 | |
| Jason Phillips | Florida Marlins | C | Minors | 3.11 | 31 | ||
| Joel Pineiro | St. Louis Cardinals | CL | 25-man | 5.144 | Arn Tellem | 29 | |
| Placido Polanco | Detroit Tigers | 2B | 25-man | 8.064 | Sam and Seth Levinson | 32 | |
| J.J. Putz | Seattle Mariners | RHRP | 25-man | 3.022 | Reich, Katz and Landis | 31 | T |
| Robb Quinlan | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 3B | 25-man | 3.04 | Joe Speed | 31 | |
| Brian Roberts | Baltimore Orioles | 2B | 25-man | 4.131 | Mark Pieper | 30 | |
| Dave Roberts | San Francisco Giants | CF | 25-man | 6.036 | John Boggs | 36 | |
| Fernando Rodney | Detroit Tigers | RHRP | 25-man | 3.137 | Bill Rego | 31 | |
| Kirk Saarloos | Cincinnati Reds | RHRP | MFA | 3.135 | Don Mitchell | 29 | |
| Freddy Sanchez | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2B | 25-man | 3.052 | Matt Sosnick | 30 | T |
| Ramon Santiago | Detroit Tigers | SS | 25-man | 3.05 | Bill Rego | 28 | |
| Victor Santos | Baltimore Orioles | RHSP | 25-man | 3.065 | 31 | ||
| Jason Schmidt | Los Angeles Dodgers | RHSP | 25-man | 11.063 | Randy and Alan Hendricks (fired Randy and Alan Hendricks in early 2006 and hired Michael Moye and Scott Sanderson in March 2006 and then fired them in November 2006) | 35 | |
| Brian Schneider | New York Mets | C | 25-man | 5.125 | Ron Shapiro | 31 | |
| Scott Schoeneweis | New York Mets | LHRP | 25-man | 7.111 | Scott Boras | 34 | |
| Marco Scutaro | Toronto Blue Jays | 2B | 25-man | 3.138 | 32 | ||
| Gary Sheffield | Detroit Tigers | RF | 25-man | 18.031 | Himself (contract), Rufus Williams (PR) and Mead Chasky (marketing) and Scott Boras (former agent) | 39 | |
| Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi | Hanshin Tigers | LHRP | Japan | 0 | Scott Boras | 40 | |
| Terrmel Sledge | Nippon Ham Fighters | LF | Japan | 2.061 | 31 | ||
| Aaron Small | Seattle Mariners | RHRP | Retired | 3.041 | 36 | ||
| Kyle Snyder | Boston Red Sox | RHRP | 25-man | 3.028 | Gregg Clifton, Terry Bross | 30 | |
| Rafael Soriano | Atlanta Braves | RHRP | 25-man | 4.057 | 28 | ||
| Matt Stairs | Toronto Blue Jays | RF | 25-man | 11.077 | Bob Garber | 40 | |
| So Taguchi | Philadelphia Phillies | LF | 40-man | 3.079 | Alan Nero, Yoshinori Hasegawa | 39 | T |
| Miguel Tejada | Houston Astros | SS | 25-man | 9.033 | Fernando Cuza, Pat Rooney, Diego Bentz | 32 | |
| Yorvit Torrealba | Colorado Rockies | C | 40-man | 5.03 | Alan Nero, Melvin Roman, Ed Setlik | 30 | M |
| Chad Tracy | Arizona Diamondbacks | RF | 25-man | 3 | Alan Nero | 28 | T |
| Jose Valverde | Houston Astros | RHRP | 25-man | 3.09 | Bill Rego | 29 | |
| Claudio Vargas | Milwaukee Brewers | RHSP | 25-man | 3.157 | Bean Stringfellow (previously Alan Nero) | 30 | |
| Oscar Villareal | Houston Astros | RHRP | 25-man | 4 | 26 | T | |
| Luis Vizcaino | Colorado Rockies | RHRP | 40-man | 5.14 | Bean Stringfellow | 33 | T |
| Billy Wagner | New York Mets | LHRP | 25-man | 10.139 | Bean Stringfellow | 36 | T |
| Pete Walker | New York Yankees | RHSP | Minors | 3.126 | 39 | ||
| Kevin Walker | Colorado Rockies | LHRP | MFA | 3.151 | 31 | ||
| Jamie Walker | Baltimore Orioles | LHRP | 25-man | 6.125 | Phil Tannenbaum | 37 | |
| Jarrod Washburn | Seattle Mariners | LHSP | 25-man | 7.131 | Scott Boras | 33 | |
| Brandon Webb | Arizona Diamondbacks | RHSP | 25-man | 3.158 | Jonathan Maurer | 29 | T |
| Todd Wellemeyer | St. Louis Cardinals | RHRP | 25-man | 3.009 | 29 | ||
| Ty Wigginton | Houston Astros | 3B | 25-man | 3.169 | 30 | ||
| Jack Wilson | Pittsburgh Pirates | SS | 25-man | 5.147 | Page Odle | 30 | T |
| Randy Winn | San Francisco Giants | CF | 25-man | 8 | Craig Landis | 34 | |
| Yasuhiko Yabuta | Kansas City Royals | RHRP | 40-man | 0 | Don Nomura | 35 | T |
| Dmitri Young | Washington Nationals | 1B | 25-man | 9.022 | Adam Katz | 34 | T |
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