Here?s the running list of Friday?s non-tenders as we approach the 12 a.m. EST deadline.
American League
Angels: none
Athletics: OF Jermaine Mitchell
Mitchell had already been designated for assignment. He had a breakthrough 2011 in Triple-A, hitting .302/.401/.453, but he regressed to .252/.345/.386 for Sacramento last season.
Indians: 3B Jack Hannahan, LHP Rafael Perez, LHP Chris Seddon
The Indians seem to like Hannahan as a part-timer, but they paid him $1.75 million to hit .244/.312/.341 last season. Maybe he?ll be brought back for less if he doesn?t find the open market to his liking. Perez is a goner after shoulder surgery limited him to eight appearances last season, but there will be several teams interested in taking a flier on him.
Orioles: RHP Stuart Pomeranz, INF Omar Quintanilla, 1B Mark Reynolds
Reynolds says the Orioles didn?t even offer him a deal?after a down season in which he hit .221 with 23 homers in 538 at-bats. He could bounce back to 30 homers next year and he has more defensive value at first than he did at third, so some team could commit $8 million to him on a one-year contract.
Red Sox: RHP Scott Atchison, LHP Rich Hill, OF Ryan Sweeney
No Alfredo Aceves, though that seemed to be a given when he wasn?t let go prior to the purge of non-arbitration eligible players last week. ? Atchison was Boston?s best pitcher last season, finishing with a 1.58 ERA in 51 1/3 innings. Hill was also quite effective, amassing a 1.83 ERA in 19 2/3 innings after returning from Tommy John surgery. One gathers that the Red Sox will attempt to re-sign both, but there?s certainly no reason for either to accept minor league contracts. ? Sweeney hit .260/.303/.373 in 62 games last season before going down with a self-inflicted hand injury.
Royals: OF Derrick Robinson
Robinson reached Triple-A in his seventh season in the Royals minor league system, hitting .268/.344/.325 with 23 steals for Omaha. Even a future as a fifth outfielder seems unlikely at this point. He could be re-signed to a minor league deal.
Tigers: LHP Daniel Schlereth
A key component in the big Curtis Granderson-Max Scherzer-Edwin Jackson deal, Schlereth was supposed to develop into a big-time reliever after getting sent from Arizona to Detroit. However, his command has never come around and he missed most of last season with shoulder woes. The Tigers will try to keep him in the organization on a minor league contract.
White Sox: RHP Anthony Carter, 1B Dan Johnson
Carter was an intriguing relief prospect a couple of years ago, but he?s stumbled to 5.84 and 4.60 ERAs the last two seasons. Johnson would make for nice insurance for Paul Konerko and Adam Dunn, but he?s the kind of player the White Sox would much prefer to have on a minor league deal than occupying a 40-man roster spot.
National League
Braves: RHP Jair Jurrjens, RHP Peter Moylan
After two lost seasons due to back and shoulder seasons, Moylan wasn?t going to get much of a guarantee from the Braves. However, he?s healthy now and he should draw quite a bit of interest. ? That Jurrjens went 13-6 with a 2.96 ERA in 2011 has already been forgotten after a 2012 season in which he showed diminished stuff and got knocked around in 10 starts. No one was interested in acquiring him and paying him $6 million through the arbitration process, but now that he?s free, several teams will come calling.?
Brewers: LHP Manny Parra
Parra was nearly non-tendered last winter, but the team opted to give him one more chance. A full-time reliever for the first time, he had a 5.06 ERA in 62 appearances, though it did come with 61 strikeouts and just three homers allowed in 58 2/3 innings. He still has plus stuff, and several teams will think they can get better results from him.
Cubs: RHP Zach Putnam, RHP Jaye Chapman, 3B Ian Stewart
Stewart was known to be long gone after hitting .201/.292/.335 in 55 games and then missing the rest of the season with a wrist injury. In such a thin third base market, he could get a chance to compete for a starting job elsewhere in the spring. The two righties will likely be offered minor league contracts to stick around.
Mets: RHP Manny Acosta, RHP Mike Pelfrey, OF Andres Torres
Pelfrey?s non-tender was a given after he underwent Tommy John surgery. The Mets will likely attempt to re-sign him for about half of the $5.6875 million he made last season. ? Acosta shook off a horrible start to post a 1.78 ERA in the second half of the season. He would have earned $1.5 million or less in arbitration, so it?s disappointing the Mets didn?t bring him back. ? Torres will be looked at as a fourth or fifth outfielder after hitting .230/.327/.337 in his lone year with the Mets.
Nationals: C Jesus Flores, LHP Tom Gorzelanny, LHP John Lannan
(Not yet official, but Ken Rosenthal and several others are reporting.)
It seems like the Nationals are just throwing away a fair amount of talent here, but it must be that no one offered anything in trade. Lannan was likely due about $6 million in arbitration, Gorzelanny $3.5 million and Flores $1.2 million. Lannan is a lock to wind up in some team?s rotation next year after the Nationals allowed him to waste away in Triple-A for much of 2012. Gorzelanny had a nice 2.88 ERA in 72 innings out of the pen last season. Flores was a disappointment after initially stepping in for the injured Wilson Ramos, hitting .213/.248/.329 in 277 at-bats. Still, someone will want him as a backup.
Padres: LHP Juan Oramas
Oramas, who went 3-4 with a 6.37 ERA in eight Double-A starts last season, will miss at least the first couple of months of 2013 after Tommy John surgery. The Padres will likely re-sign him to a minor league contract.
(Unofficial: Brian Wilson (SFG),?Nate Schierholtz (Phi), Jeff Karstens (Pit))
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