Posted by Jayson Stark
What's the next big date on the baseball calendar? That would be Friday, which is Tender Day. By midnight, teams have to tender contracts to all their arbitration-eligible players, or those players become free agents.
I spent the week surveying a number of teams and agents on which players could become non-tender free agents. It wouldn't be a shock if we wound up with a dozen or more. Here's an educated, totally unscientific guess. Money-back guarantee not included if I'm wrong.
PITCHERS
Daniel Cabrera
Chad Gaudin
Jimmy Gobble
Brandon Backe
Takashi Saito
Tyler Yates
Wil Ledezma
HITTERS
Marcus Thames
Gabe Gross
John Buck
Jose Bautista
Chris Burke
Willy Taveras
Jonny Gomes
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