Barry Bonds, Nomar Garciaparra and Frank Thomas are among some of the top players who have filed for baseball's free agency. So have Alfonso Soriano and Barry Zito. And that should make for an interesting off-season for many teams.
According to MLB.com, 83 players have filed for free agency in the first two days of eligibility.
The question has come up in Chicago – would either Chicago team pursue Barry Bonds? The answer was a vehement "NO". Bonds does not fit into either team’s scheme and would be too much of a cancerous distraction, let alone an overpaid, part-time player that neither team needs. The Sox already have their bona fide DH in Jim Thome, and the Cubs would have to be pretty desperate to put Bonds in the outfield. Bonds is testing the market to see what teams would be dumb enough to show interest in his diminished talents. If there’s no interest, look for Bonds to retire.
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