Buyer's guide: third basemen

Keith Law has already ranked his top 50 free agents, but now he takes you on a more detailed, position-by-position look through the available players. Today, it's third basemen.

Players in demand

1. Aramis Ramirez: I have exactly one true third baseman in my top 50 free agents, and he's not even a good defender. He's a dead-pull hitter who still has the strength to put up solid home run totals, but I don't like his chances to age well, and the patience he used to bring to the table is mostly gone. He'll be productive as long as his bat speed holds up, but his new employers will either have to live with below-average defense at third or contemplate moving him to first or to DH.

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• Senior baseball analyst for Insider
• Was special asst. to Blue Jays GM
• Wrote for Baseball Prospectus