To nobody’s surprise, Vicente “Show Me the Money” Padilla, and Carlos “Benji Molina can score on a ground ball to left from third” Lee both filed for free agency today. I expect that neither will be back, although I don’t think I’d be upset if we brought back Padilla.
By my count that leaves Kip Wells & Jerry Hairston Jr left as Rangers to file. Now Hairston was dfa’ed awhile back, but he’s still listed on free agent lists. I admit that I’m not entirely sure on Hairston – does he HAVE to formally file, or is he automatically considered a free agent due to his being dfa’ed? I don’t know.
I also thought of using “I never met a ball I didn’t want to dive for” as a nickname for Lee, as well as “let’s randomly hit the Angels” for Padilla. :)