From: msn@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (matthew.s.nelson)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Free Agent/Transaction List
Date: 2 Oct 92 18:46:21 GMT
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Organization: AT&T

Update: 10/2/92

Calendar:
End WS+1: Free agent filing period begins
End WS+5: Last day to offer arbitration to repeater rights restrictees
End WS+15: Free agent filing period ends
End WS+~17: Protected Rosters Due
End WS+~20: (~Nov. 17): Expansion Draft
Dec 7: Last day to offer arbitration to own free agents, or no negotiations
       from 1/9-4/30
Dec 19: Last day for free agents to accept/reject arbitration
Dec 20: Last day for clubs to tender 1993 contracts. Players not tendered
        contracts automatically become free agents.

10/5 players (10 years in the majors, 5 with the same team), 
who are NOT free agents, and therefore MUST be protected in the 
expansion draft unless player waives right:

AL: Cal Ripken, Kent Hrbek, Don Mattingly, Dennis Eckersley
NL: Ryne Sandberg, Dennis Martinez, Tim Wallach, Andy Van Slyke, Tony Gwynn

10/5 and Club Option for 1993 (if exercised, they will have to be protected): 
George Brett, Dave Stieb, Howard Johnson

10/5 and Player Option for 1993 (if exercised, he will have to be protected): 
Robin Yount

No-Trade Contracts (Must be protected unless player waives right)
(List not complete):
TEX: Nolan Ryan
LA : Darryl Strawberry

Key:
*:  Club option for 1993
~:  Club option not exercised
*/: Club option for 1993 and 10/5 player 
^/: Player option for 1993 and 10/5 player (Yount)
&:  Repeater Rights Restrictee (Club must offer salary arbitration by
                                End WS+5 or they become free agents)
s:  Under suspension
?:  On AP list, but not on 9/16 USAT-BW list

Potential 1992 Free Agents
The following players are on the AP list, but not on the
9/15 (or earlier) USAT-BW lists:
Darnell Coles, Milt Thompson, Todd Worrell, Gary Pettis, Juan Samuel,
Mark Grant, Daryl Boston

BAL: Pat Clements, &Storm Davis, *Mike Flanagan, *Tim Hulett, Joe Orsulak,
     &Craig Lefferts, Rick Sutcliffe
BOS: Wade Boggs, *Tom Brunansky, *Greg Harris, Billy Hatcher, Steve Lyons,
     &Tony Pena, Herm Winningham
CAL: *Scott Bailes, Bert Blyleven, &Hubie Brooks, &Mike Fitzgerald, Rene
     Gonzales, &Ken Oberkfell
CLE: *&Brook Jacoby, &Junior Ortiz, Eric Plunk, &Ted Power
CHI: &Carlton Fisk, &Charlie Hough, *Bo Jackson, *Terry Leach, Dale Sveum
DET: &Dave Bergman, &Bill Gullickson, Eric King, ?Gary Pettis, &Tony Phillips, 
     &Frank Tanana, &Walt Terrell, Alan Trammell, Lou Whitaker
KC : Juan Berenguer, */George Brett, Jim Eisenreich, Mark Gubicza, 
     Bob Melvin, Curt Wilkerson, ?Juan Samuel
MIL: Chris Bosio, &Scott Fletcher, &Jim Gantner, Paul Molitor, &Jesse
     Orosco, Dan Plesac, Bruce Ruffin, Kevin Seitzer, ^/Robin Yount
MIN: Randy Bush, Chili Davis, Greg Gagne, &Mike Pagliarulo,
     Kirby Puckett, John Smiley
NYY: Jesse Barfield, Tim Burke, &Mel Hall, Steve Howe, Dion James, 
     s&Pascual Perez, *Scott Sanderson, Curt Young
OAK: Harold Baines, Ron Darling, Kelly Downs, Rich Gossage, Rick Honeycutt,
     Carney Lansford, Mark McGwire, &Mike Moore, Jamie Quirk,
     Randy Ready, Jeff Russell, Ruben Sierra, Terry Steinbach, 
     Dave Stewart, Willie Wilson
SEA: &Juan Agosto, Henry Cotto, Mark Grant, Lance Parrish, Harold Reynolds
TEX: Brian Downing, Jose Guzman, Al Newman, &Edwin Nunez,
     John Russell, *&Dickie Thon
TOR: Joe Carter, David Cone, *Mark Eichhorn, Alfredo Griffin, Tom Henke, 
     Jimmy Key, Manuel Lee, &Candy Maldonado, Rance Mulliniks, */Dave Stieb, 
     Pat Tabler, &Dave Winfield

ATL: Mike Bielecki, Alejandro Pena, Lonnie Smith, &Jeff Reardon
CHC: Kal Daniels, Andre Dawson, Greg Maddux, Jeff Robinson, Luis
     Salazar, *Dave Smith
CIN: Scott Bankhead, Glenn Braggs, ?Darnell Coles, Dave Martinez, Jeff Reed, 
     Greg Swindell
HOU: *Pete Incaviglia, Rob Murphy, Rafael Ramirez, Ernest Riles, Denny Walling
LA : John Candelaria, Eric Davis, &Jim Gott, Jay Howell, Roger McDowell,
     Bobby Ojeda, Mike Scoscia, Mitch Webster
MON: Tom Foley, Spike Owen, &Bill Krueger
NYM: &Kevin Bass, ?Daryl Boston, *Sid Fernandez, Lee Guetterman, 
     */Howard Johnson, *&Barry Jones, Dave Magadan, &Willie Randolph, 
     Dick Schofield
PHI: &Wally Backman, ~Ken Howell, Stan Javier, Steve Lake, 
     Dale Murphy
PIT: Barry Bonds, Doug Drabek, *Gary Redus
STL: Frank DiPino, *Andres Galarraga, Rich Gedman, 
     Pedro Guerrero, &Bob McClure, &Bryn Smith, Ozzie Smith, Scott Terry,
     ?Milt Thompson, ?Todd Worrell
SD : *Larry Andersen, Jim Deshaies, Tony Fernandez,
     Randy Myers, Benito Santiago, Ed Whitson
SF : Mike Felder, Scott Garrelts, Chris James, Cory Snyder, Jose Uribe

Announced Retirement
MON: Gary Carter

1992 Waived/Released
CAL: Von Hayes
OAK: Gene Nelson?
TEX: Floyd Bannister
CHC: Jeff Kunkel
PIT: Kirk Gibson

Potential 1993 Free Agents
BOS: Jody Reed, Jack Clark, Matt Young, Luis Rivera, Ellis Burks
DET: Cecil Fielder
OAK: Walt Weiss, Dave Henderson
TEX: Rafael Palmiero, Kevin Brown, Kenny Rogers, Julio Franco
NYM: Howard Johnson

1993 Option Exercised
CHW: Ozzie Guillen
SF : Robby Thompson (9/18)
TEX: Nolan Ryan (9/28)

Recent Signings:
PHI: Jose DeLeon
ATL: Rafael Belliard

Please send any additions/corrections to me and I will send out a revised
list every few weeks.

Thanks for providing information to:
Scott Barman, David DeMers, Ted Fischer, Jon Glueckstein, Mike Heath, 
Walter Hunt, Robert Lamoureux, Joe Lundy, Simon Marwood, Mark Mitchell, 
Chuq von Rospach, Erick Rudiak, Mike Schrank, Gene Schwartzman, Mike West
-- 
Matthew Nelson
NCR - Network Products Group
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