[Operation Shutdown]

Pirates Offseason
First off, we go with the coaches signing period. The Pirates lost pitching coach Spin Williams and A Manager Dave Clark. The Pirates signed Rick Anderson, rated outstanding, as their new pitching coach for $889k for four years, and Tom Lawless, rated outstanding in hitting and good at pitching, for $925k for three years.

The Pirates lost INF Abraham Nunez, SP Jeff Suppan, MR Dennys Reyes, RF Matt Stairs, SP Jeff D'Amico, MR Mike Holtz, 3B Robin Ventura, and 2B Pat Meares to free agency. Here's a quick preview as to how the Pirates are going to look heading into next season before free agency. The Pirates also made a few roster moves this offseason. They released relievers Mike Lincoln and Duaner Sanchez as they had run out of option years. They also moved JJ Davis, Ryan Vogelsong, and Dave Williams to the 25-man roster, as they are also out of options. The Pirates then added MR Ben Shaffar, SP Justin Reid, RF BJ Barns, and RF Jorge Cortez to the 40-man roster, as their fifth year of playing pro baseball had ended.

The starting rotation lost Suppan and D'Amico. Dave Williams will replace D'Amico as the #5 starter this season, and they hope to be able to go out and pick up a big name starting pitcher to be the ace of the staff, moving the rest of the starters down a notch in the rotation. The Pirates will return the majority of their bullpen, with the only change being Vogelsong replacing Reyes as the mop-up reliever. The catching position will remain the same with House and Cota splitting time, but they need to be careful as Doumit, a 3.5 star prospect, is just waiting for a chance in AAA. First base will return with Craig Wilson getting the majority of the starts. Second base will see Bobby Hill returning as the starter. Mackowiak will return to third base this season, though he has to watch his back as Henson, a five star prospect, is waiting in AAA for a chance to start. Jose Castillo and Marshall McDougall will battle things out in spring training for a chance at the starting shortstop position. Leftfield will see Xavier Nady returning, and the Pirates hope to get more pop out of his bat this season. Team MVP Mark Kotsay will return to start in CF. In rightfield, JJ Davis will get his final chance to prove that he belongs on a major league roster, as he is out of option years. The bench will include 1B Carlos Rivera, 2B/SS Jack Wilson, OF Tony Alvarez, and a player to backup Mackowiak at third base that the Pirates plan on signing in free agency.

Free Agency
First of all the Pirates signings for the year. The Pirates on Day 4, signed SP Sidney Ponson to $8.75M for five years. On Day 5, they signed 3B Dean Palmer for $900k for one year. In arbitration, Sauerbeck got $1,008,929; Josh Fogg got $570,000; Rob Mackowiak got $1,479,286; Jack Wilson got $318,929; Craig Wilson got $2,436,072; Humberto Cota got $300,000; Joe Beimel got $369,143; Jim Mann got $1,601,429; and Mark Corey got $685,357. The rest of the signings this offseason include:

Day 1 :

Day 2 :

St. Louis : SS Miguel Tejada, 8,095,200 per year, for 5 years.
Kansas City : 3B Placido Polanco, 718,300 per year, for 4 years.
Montreal : P Joel Pineiro, 902,700 per year, for 3 years.
Chicago (N) : P Blake Stein, 1,318,100 per year, for 3 years.

Day 3 :

San Francisco : P Pedro Martinez, 11,307,400 per year, for 7 years.
Chicago (A) : P Bartolo Colon, 7,360,800 per year, for 5 years.
Texas : 1B Brad Fullmer, 6,128,100 per year, for 4 years.
Tampa Bay : P Kevin Millwood, 6,667,100 per year, for 4 years.
Pittsburgh : P Sidney Ponson, 8,750,000 per year, for 5 years.
Minnesota : LF Todd Hollandsworth, 4,744,600 per year, for 3 years.
Milwaukee : CF Juan Encarnacion, 2,215,400 per year, for 3 years.
Baltimore : RF Reggie Sanders, 1,642,100 per year, for 5 years.
Atlanta : 3B Robin Ventura, 682,300 per year, for 3 years.
Philadelphia : CF Ricky Ledee, 885,400 per year, for 3 years.
Tampa Bay : P Cory Lidle, 2,141,700 per year, for 3 years.
Chicago (A) : SS Alex Gonzalez, 674,600 per year, for 3 years.
Colorado : P Omar Daal, 922,500 per year, for 3 years.
Tampa Bay : C Doug Mirabelli, 442,800 per year, for 3 years.
Toronto : P Nate Teut, 450,900 per year, for 1 year.
Tampa Bay : P Jose Mercedes, 446,500 per year, for 2 years.

Day 4 :

Philadelphia : SS Rich Aurilia, 6,195,400 per year, for 4 years.
Chicago (A) : 2B Luis Castillo, 3,976,800 per year, for 5 years.
Arizona : P Trevor Hoffman, 2,084,800 per year, for 5 years.
Kansas City : SS Ramon Martinez, 2,079,700 per year, for 4 years.
Cleveland : SS Shane Halter, 874,500 per year, for 4 years.
Pittsburgh : 3B Dean Palmer, 900,000 per year, for 1 year.
Cleveland : P Todd Van poppel, 1,440,800 per year, for 4 years.

Day 5 :

Cincinnati : LF Jeremy Giambi, 4,786,200 per year, for 3 years.
San Francisco : 1B Scott Spiezio, 2,643,400 per year, for 5 years.
Chicago (N) : P John Thomson, 3,423,800 per year, for 4 years.
Boston : P Jason Grimsley, 2,305,400 per year, for 4 years.
San Francisco : P Robb Nen, 4,051,300 per year, for 4 years.
Los Angeles : 1B Randall Simon, 805,100 per year, for 3 years.
Chicago (A) : 1B David Ortiz, 996,900 per year, for 3 years.
Chicago (A) : P Shawn Estes, 2,572,200 per year, for 4 years.
Boston : P Paul Byrd, 2,549,600 per year, for 4 years.
Toronto : C Michael Barrett, 450,700 per year, for 3 years.
Minnesota : P Dave Maurer, 1,256,400 per year, for 3 years.
Chicago (N) : LF Wendell Magee, 442,800 per year, for 2 years.

Day 6 :

San Diego : P Justin Speier, 2,088,500 per year, for 3 years.
Milwaukee : P Ismael Valdes, 3,711,800 per year, for 4 years.
Texas : LF Jacob Cruz, 1,298,200 per year, for 4 years.
Tampa Bay : 2B Tomas Perez, 692,600 per year, for 4 years.
Atlanta : RF Darren Bragg, 641,900 per year, for 3 years.
Tampa Bay : LF Bubba Trammell, 627,000 per year, for 3 years.
San Francisco : 1B Steve Cox, 518,400 per year, for 2 years.
St. Louis : C Tony Eusebio, 609,200 per year, for 4 years.
Chicago (A) : SS Mendy Lopez, 518,700 per year, for 1 year.

Day 7 :

Texas : P Jarrod Washburn, 9,670,500 per year, for 3 years.
San Diego : CF Brian Hunter, 1,152,100 per year, for 4 years.
Baltimore : P Ugueth Urbina, 1,898,400 per year, for 4 years.
New York (A) : P Ron Mahay, 2,105,400 per year, for 3 years.
Tampa Bay : 1B Eric Karros, 409,400 per year, for 1 year.
Chicago (N) : LF Dee Brown, 446,800 per year, for 1 year.
Los Angeles : P Antonio Osuna, 1,995,100 per year, for 4 years.
Toronto : P Joe Roa, 415,200 per year, for 2 years.
Chicago (N) : P Danny Kolb, 324,000 per year, for 4 years.
Colorado : P Jose antonio Nunez, 345,000 per year, for 2 years.
Colorado : P Alex Herrera, 415,200 per year, for 2 years.

Day 8 :

Chicago (N) : C Ben Davis, 2,184,100 per year, for 4 years.
Florida : 2B Jerry Hairston, 2,144,300 per year, for 4 years.
Los Angeles : 1B Brian Daubach, 1,028,900 per year, for 3 years.
St. Louis : C Javy Lopez, 790,000 per year, for 4 years.
Anaheim : P Valerio De los santos, 1,565,700 per year, for 4 years.
Detroit : 2B Miguel Cairo, 446,800 per year, for 2 years.
Oakland : SS Tony Graffanino, 460,700 per year, for 3 years.
Detroit : P Brandon Knight, 400,700 per year, for 3 years.

Day 9 :

Minnesota : RF Juan Gonzalez, 8,075,700 per year, for 4 years.
Arizona : 1B Mike Kinkade, 3,269,000 per year, for 4 years.
Kansas City : C A.j. Pierzynski, 3,374,000 per year, for 4 years.
Atlanta : 3B David Bell, 741,100 per year, for 3 years.
Arizona : SS Carlos Guillen, 968,600 per year, for 3 years.
Atlanta : RF Michael Tucker, 654,000 per year, for 4 years.
Atlanta : 2B Pokey Reese, 609,900 per year, for 4 years.
Arizona : P Jeff Suppan, 1,071,800 per year, for 5 years.
Texas : P Travis Driskill, 654,600 per year, for 2 years.
Los Angeles : P Rick White, 1,267,100 per year, for 5 years.
Philadelphia : P Willie Banks, 799,500 per year, for 4 years.
Tampa Bay : P Doug Creek, 835,800 per year, for 3 years.
Atlanta : P Brandon Villafuerte, 679,300 per year, for 3 years.

Day 10 :

Chicago (A) : CF Ruben Rivera, 2,868,000 per year, for 4 years.
Milwaukee : 2B Benji Gil, 1,349,300 per year, for 4 years.
Baltimore : SS Deivi Cruz, 823,100 per year, for 4 years.
Oakland : C Brent Mayne, 610,800 per year, for 3 years.

Day 11 :

Anaheim : LF David McCarty, 2,906,100 per year, for 3 years.
San Diego : RF Karim Garcia, 1,760,600 per year, for 3 years.
Atlanta : P Glendon Rusch, 2,884,200 per year, for 3 years.
Kansas City : P Mike Sirotka, 964,400 per year, for 4 years.
Houston : 1B J.T. Snow, 676,300 per year, for 4 years.
Atlanta : 3B Chris Stynes, 486,700 per year, for 1 year.
Cleveland : P Mike Williams, 2,130,400 per year, for 4 years.
Detroit : P Nelson Figueroa, 407,900 per year, for 2 years.

Day 12 :

Cleveland : LF Randy Winn, 1,659,800 per year, for 4 years.
Oakland : CF Eric Owens, 632,700 per year, for 3 years.
New York (A) : P Ricardo Rincon, 2,920,200 per year, for 4 years.
Boston : P Jeff D'amico, 1,278,400 per year, for 4 years.
Oakland : P Matt Guerrier, 666,400 per year, for 2 years.
Toronto : P Jeff Williams, 415,200 per year, for 3 years.

Day 13 :

Florida : RF Gary Sheffield, 6,989,400 per year, for 3 years.
Boston : RF Brian Banks, 4,513,000 per year, for 3 years.
Florida : 2B Todd Walker, 2,319,900 per year, for 5 years.
Oakland : LF Marty Cordova, 662,900 per year, for 4 years.
Arizona : C Brad Ausmus, 894,800 per year, for 3 years.
Philadelphia : P Luke Prokopec, 470,300 per year, for 1 year.
Toronto : P Luther Hackman, 424,800 per year, for 2 years.
Colorado : P Matt Herges, 436,600 per year, for 1 year.
New York (N) : P John Wasdin, 403,400 per year, for 1 year.
Colorado : P Vic Darensbourg, 415,200 per year, for 2 years.

Day 14 :

Seattle : SS Edgar Renteria, 5,434,000 per year, for 4 years.
Atlanta : 2B Frank Catalanotto, 1,278,200 per year, for 4 years.
Tampa Bay : 2B Andy Sheets, 411,700 per year, for 2 years.
San Francisco : P Justin Miller, 617,300 per year, for 3 years.
Tampa Bay : P Antonio Alfonseca, 644,400 per year, for 3 years.

Day 15 :

Cincinnati : 2B Quilvio Veras, 642,700 per year, for 4 years.
Chicago (A) : LF Orlando Palmeiro, 644,100 per year, for 3 years.
Cleveland : CF Bruce Aven, 441,800 per year, for 2 years.
St. Louis : 1B Tino Martinez, 656,200 per year, for 4 years.
Texas : P Pedro Astacio, 745,700 per year, for 4 years.
Los Angeles : P Felix Heredia, 1,407,900 per year, for 5 years.
New York (A) : P Livan Hernandez, 414,300 per year, for 1 year.

Day 16 :

Cleveland : P Kelvim Escobar, 1,755,600 per year, for 4 years.
Minnesota : P Terry Adams, 1,819,900 per year, for 4 years.
Oakland : LF Mark Smith, 523,300 per year, for 2 years.
Seattle : P Ryan Rupe, 631,700 per year, for 4 years.
Houston : C Todd Hundley, 484,600 per year, for 3 years.
Kansas City : P Mike DeJean, 1,521,300 per year, for 4 years.
New York (A) : P John Halama, 440,500 per year, for 2 years.
Houston : P LaTroy Hawkins, 1,015,700 per year, for 4 years.
Montreal : P Sterling Hitchcock, 416,100 per year, for 2 years.

Day 17 :

Cleveland : CF Lou Collier, 664,000 per year, for 3 years.
Boston : CF Jay Payton, 438,700 per year, for 2 years.
New York (A) : RF Jose Cruz Jr., 431,100 per year, for 2 years.
Seattle : LF Rondell White, 460,400 per year, for 2 years.
Arizona : P Jason Johnson, 634,400 per year, for 4 years.
Montreal : P Rett Johnson, 404,200 per year, for 1 year.
Montreal : P Ron Villone, 410,600 per year, for 1 year.
New York (A) : P Mike Buddie, 415,200 per year, for 3 years.
Colorado : P T.j. Mathews, 403,400 per year, for 3 years.

Day 18 :

Cleveland : C Ivan Rodriguez, 11,208,500 per year, for 2 years.
Milwaukee : 3B Tony Batista, 5,073,900 per year, for 3 years.
Chicago (A) : P Tom Gordon, 1,660,900 per year, for 4 years.
Boston : 2B Bry Nelson, 400,700 per year, for 3 years.
San Diego : P Amaury Telemaco, 622,700 per year, for 3 years.
Oakland : P Jason Bere, 659,300 per year, for 4 years.
Arizona : P Joey Hamilton, 554,600 per year, for 3 years.

Day 19 :

San Diego : 2B Damian Jackson, 523,300 per year, for 2 years.
Seattle : P Roger Clemens, 825,900 per year, for 1 year.
Houston : P Mike Stanton, 1,014,100 per year, for 4 years.
Atlanta : P Brian Mallette, 552,900 per year, for 3 years.

Day 20 :

Anaheim : 1B Doug Mientkiewicz, 1,051,500 per year, for 3 years.
Florida : CF Ray Lankford, 580,600 per year, for 2 years.
Baltimore : RF Chris Richard, 444,600 per year, for 2 years.
Houston : P Ken Cloude, 662,700 per year, for 2 years.
Florida : SS Jose Vizcaino, 487,000 per year, for 2 years.
Philadelphia : P Brian Anderson, 876,700 per year, for 4 years.
Atlanta : P Tim Worrell, 1,531,300 per year, for 4 years.
Kansas City : P Mark Guthrie, 963,600 per year, for 2 years.
New York (A) : P Nelson Cruz, 695,300 per year, for 3 years.
Atlanta : P Kent Mercker, 627,800 per year, for 4 years.
Montreal : P Scott Schoeneweis, 432,600 per year, for 2 years.

Day 21 :

Texas : 2B Bill Selby, 497,800 per year, for 2 years.
San Diego : 3B Kevin Orie, 474,000 per year, for 1 year.
Baltimore : 3B Fernando Tatis, 522,000 per year, for 3 years.
Cincinnati : P Scott Sullivan, 1,375,800 per year, for 4 years.

Day 22 :

Milwaukee : CF Carl Everett, 1,387,800 per year, for 3 years.
Houston : 3B John Valentin, 477,400 per year, for 1 year.
Oakland : P Esteban Yan, 1,642,300 per year, for 4 years.

Day 23 :

Atlanta : RF Raul Mondesi, 1,308,900 per year, for 4 years.
San Francisco : 1B Larry Sutton, 603,900 per year, for 3 years.
San Diego : P Jason Beverlin, 480,700 per year, for 2 years.
Cleveland : P Chris Haney, 1,004,200 per year, for 4 years.
Toronto : P Todd Ritchie, 446,500 per year, for 3 years.

Day 24 :

Milwaukee : LF Tom Goodwin, 452,100 per year, for 2 years.
St. Louis : P Brett Tomko, 658,300 per year, for 3 years.

Day 25 :

San Francisco : CF Jolbert Cabrera, 843,100 per year, for 3 years.
Florida : P Jimmy Haynes, 761,800 per year, for 4 years.
Tampa Bay : P Mike Fyhrie, 415,200 per year, for 3 years.

Day 26 :

Baltimore : P Bronson Arroyo, 448,900 per year, for 2 years.

Day 27 :

Day 28 :

St. Louis : 1B Robert Fick, 581,800 per year, for 3 years.
Baltimore : P Greg Maddux, 544,100 per year, for 1 year.

Day 29 :

Arizona : RF Richard Hidalgo, 532,600 per year, for 1 year.

Day 30 :

Arizona: Free agent RF Israel Alcantara has been signed to a minor league contract.
New York (N): Free agent RF Mark Quinn has been signed to a minor league contract.
San Diego: Free agent SS Mike Caruso has been signed to a minor league contract.
New York (A): Free agent RF Aaron Guiel has been signed to a minor league contract.
Florida: Free agent LF David Dellucci has been signed to a minor league contract.
Seattle: Free agent LF Howie Clark has been signed to a minor league contract.
Toronto: Free agent 2B Marty Malloy has been signed to a minor league contract.
Florida: Free agent LF Mario Encarnacion has been signed to a minor league contract.
San Francisco: Free agent SS Tony Womack has been signed to a minor league contract.
Milwaukee: Free agent RF Jeromy Burnitz has been signed to a minor league contract.
Seattle: Free agent LF Jesse Garcia has been signed to a minor league contract.
Toronto: Free agent 2B Abraham O. Nunez has been signed to a minor league contract.
Toronto: Free agent 2B Lou Merloni has been signed to a minor league contract.
San Francisco: Free agent SS Rey Ordonez has been signed to a minor league contract.
Atlanta: Free agent C Bobby Estalella has been signed to a minor league contract.
Atlanta: Free agent C Henry Blanco has been signed to a minor league contract.
Florida: Free agent 3B Mike Coolbaugh has been signed to a minor league contract.
New York (N): Free agent RF Armando Rios has been signed to a minor league contract.
Minnesota: Free agent 3B Shane Andrews has been signed to a minor league contract.
Atlanta: Free agent C A.j. Hinch has been signed to a minor league contract.
Atlanta: Free agent C Ken Huckaby has been signed to a minor league contract.
Atlanta: Free agent C Paul Bako has been signed to a minor league contract.
Minnesota: Free agent 3B Vinny Castilla has been signed to a minor league contract.
Atlanta: Free agent C Eddie Taubensee has been signed to a minor league contract.
Toronto: Free agent 2B Jose Ortiz has been signed to a minor league contract.
Toronto: Free agent 2B Dennis Hocking has been signed to a minor league contract.
Tampa Bay: Free agent P Rick Reed has been signed to a minor league contract.
St. Louis: Free agent P Esteban Loaiza has been signed to a minor league contract.
Tampa Bay: Free agent P Tanyon Sturtze has been signed to a minor league contract.
Toronto: Free agent 2B Eric Young has been signed to a minor league contract.
Atlanta: Free agent C Wiki Gonzalez has been signed to a minor league contract.
Tampa Bay: Free agent P Sean Douglass has been signed to a minor league contract.
Tampa Bay: Free agent P Jeremy Johnson has been signed to a minor league contract.
Tampa Bay: Free agent P Kazuhisa Ishii has been signed to a minor league contract.
Houston: Free agent P Jason Marquis has been signed to a minor league contract.
Florida: Free agent 3B Chris Clapinski has been signed to a minor league contract.
Montreal: Free agent P Erik Hiljus has been signed to a minor league contract.
Florida: Free agent 3B Russ Johnson has been signed to a minor league contract.
Montreal: Free agent SS Homer Bush has been signed to a minor league contract.
Montreal: Free agent SS Cody Ransom has been signed to a minor league contract.
Chicago (N): Free agent P Lance Painter has been signed to a minor league contract.
Colorado: Free agent P Eddie Oropesa has been signed to a minor league contract.
Colorado: Free agent P John Frascatore has been signed to a minor league contract.
Toronto: Free agent P Travis Miller has been signed to a minor league contract.
Colorado: Free agent P Nerio Rodriguez has been signed to a minor league contract.
Tampa Bay: Free agent P Mike Venafro has been signed to a minor league contract.
Detroit: Free agent P Matt Perisho has been signed to a minor league contract.
Cleveland: Free agent P Duaner Sanchez has been signed to a minor league contract.
Cleveland: Free agent P Frederick Swett has been signed to a minor league contract.
Cleveland: Free agent P Aaron Gregoire has been signed to a minor league contract.
Cleveland: Free agent P Heriberto Ocerin has been signed to a minor league contract.
Cleveland: Free agent P Rodney Singley has been signed to a minor league contract.
Chicago (N): Free agent P Robert Vasbinder has been signed to a minor league contract.


The following players retired:
Hideki Irabu retires ...
Rich Rodriguez retires ...
Paul Abbott retires ...
Yorkis Perez retires ...
Terry Mulholland retires ...
Dave Burba retires ...
Mike James retires ...
Hipolito Pichardo retires ...
Brian Shouse retires ...
Takahito Nomura retires ...
Bob Wells retires ...
Mike Trombley retires ...
Ed Vosberg retires ...
Jeff Tam retires ...
Ricky Bottalico retires ...
Alan Zinter retires ...
Gerald Williams retires ...
Randy Velarde retires ...
Ryan Thompson retires ...
B.J. Surhoff retires ...
David Segui retires ...
Henry Rodriguez retires ...
Shane Reynolds retires ...
Rodney Myers retires ...
Darren Lewis retires ...
Darrin Fletcher retires ...
Delino Deshields retires ...
Chris Brock retires ...
Clay Bellinger retires ...
Brady Anderson retires ...
Shawon Dunston retires ...
Bobby J. Jones retires ...
Tom Lampkin retires ...
Ron Gant retires ...
Jesse Orosco retires ...
Dennis Springer retires ...
Andy Ashby retires ...
Jeff Reboulet retires ...
Kevin Brown retires ...
Chad Kreuter retires ...
Dave Hansen retires ...
Paul Quantrill retires ...
Terry Shumpert retires ...
Todd Zeile retires ...
Chris Nichting retires ...
Todd Stottlemyre retires ...
Armando Reynoso retires ...
Mike Morgan retires ...
Mike Fetters retires ...
Jay Bell retires ...
Felix Jose retires ...
Matt Williams retires ...
Mike Timlin retires ...
Chuck Finley retires ...
Andy Benes retires ...
Ivan Cruz retires ...
Josias Manzanillo retires ...
Mike Benjamin retires ...
Kevin Young retires ...
Jose Cabrera retires ...
Lenny Harris retires ...
Craig Biggio retires ...
Jose Rijo retires ...
Barry Larkin retires ...
Donovan Osborne retires ...
Joe Girardi retires ...
Robert Person retires ...
Dave Hollins retires ...
Satoru Komiyama retires ...
Mike Bacsik retires ...
Mark Johnson retires ...
Graeme Lloyd retires ...
Masato Yoshii retires ...
Lee Stevens retires ...
Mike Mordecai retires ...
Andres Galarraga retires ...
Troy O'Leary retires ...
Toby Borland retires ...
Tim Raines retires ...
Darren Holmes retires ...
Keith Lockhart retires ...
Julio Franco retires ...
Anthony Telford retires ...
Bill Haselman retires ...
Kenny Rogers retires ...
Jose Offerman retires ...
Ruben Sierra retires ...
Edgar Martinez retires ...
Pat Borders retires ...
Mike Magnante retires ...
Alan Levine retires ...
Mike Jackson retires ...
Roberto Hernandez retires ...
Chuck Knoblauch retires ...
Luis Alicea retires ...
Craig Paquette retires ...
Matt Walbeck retires ...
Damion Easley retires ...
Charles Nagy retires ...
Travis Fryman retires ...
Eddie Perez retires ...
Steve Parris retires ...
Greg Vaughn retires ...
John Flaherty retires ...
Alex Arias retires ...
Alberto Castillo retires ...
John Vander wal retires ...
Ron Coomer retires ...
John Burkett retires ...
Frank Castillo retires ...
Rolando Arrojo retires ...
Rickey Henderson retires ...
He will be in the Hall Of Fame!
Carlos Baerga retires ...
Rey Sanchez retires ...
Scott Erickson retires ...
Jeff Conine retires ...
David Cone retires ...
John Franco retires ...
Cal Eldred retires ...
Jesse Levis retires ...
Omar Olivares retires ...
Tim Bogar retires ...
Willie Blair retires ...
Doug Brocail retires ...
Pete Schourek retires ...
Norm Charlton retires ...
Mark Petkovsek retires ...
Pete Harnisch retires ...
Al Martin retires ...
Doug Linton retires ...
Roberto Kelly retires ...
Scott Service retires ...
TOR: Mike Bordick retires ...
CLE: Bob Wickman retires ...
DET: Steve Sparks retires ...
TEX: Rusty Greer retires ...
TEX: Rafael Palmeiro retires ...
He will be in the Hall Of Fame!
CHN: Trenidad Hubbard retires ...
ARI: Mark Grace retires ...
SFN: Benito Santiago retires ...

Rafeal Palmeiro, Rickey Henderson, and John Franco were all inducted to the hall of fame.

Lastly, are the trades that took place this offseason.

LA got 3.5 star prospect 1B Ken Harvey from the Royals for 3.5 star prospect C Koyie Hill and 1 star prospect SS Joel Guzman.

Baltimore got 2.5 star 2B Mark Derosa from the Braves in return for 1.5 star RF Luis Matos.

The Braves got 2 star RF Reggie Sanders from the Orioles in exchange for 2.5 star 3B David Bell, 2 star prospect CF Miguel Mota, and 1 star prospect 2B Jon Scheurholz.

The Expos got 2.5 star LF Garrett Anderson and 2.5 star prospect 2B H.J. Kendrick from the Angels for 2.5 star 1B Olmedo Saenz.

The Devil Rays picked up 3 star 2B Todd Walker from the Marlins in exchange for 2.5 star CF Eli Marrero.

The A's picked up 2.5 star LF Jacque Jones, paying a big price giving up 4 star SP Tim Hudson to the Twins. Ouch!!! Who thinks Beane would've really made this move?

The Mariners got 2.5 star 3B Tyler Houston from the Phillies for 4 star reliever Ryan Franklin and 2.5 star prospect 1B Jon Nelson.

Lastly, the Angels got 2.5 star prospect C Josh Bard from the Indians in exchange for 4 star reliever Valerio DeLosSantos and 4 star prospect LF Caleb Maher. Ouch!!!!!