Chart: Potential free-agent pitchers
October 3, 2012 at 3:49AM
A glance at this year's potential free-agent starting pitchers (age in parentheses; *-pitcher with a team option for 2013):
TIER I: Ace in his prime
Zack Greinke (28)
TIER II: Close to their prime
Dan Haren* (32), Brandon McCarthy (29), Shawn Marcum (31), Jake Peavy* (32), Anibal Sanchez (29)
TIER III: Oldies but goodies
Ryan Dempster (36), Hiroki Kuroda (38), Kyle Lohse (34)
TIER IV: Boom or bust
Gavin Floyd* (30), Edwin Jackson (29), Francisco Liriano (29), Ervin Santana* (30)
TIER V: Call me, maybe
Scott Baker* (31), Kevin Correia (32), Scott Feldman (29), Jeremy Guthrie (34), Hisashi Iwakuma (32), Paul Maholm* (31), Joe Saunders (32), Carlos Villanueva (29)
TIER VI: Still hanging on
Bartolo Colon (40), Aaron Cook (34), Jason Marquis (34), Kevin Millwood (38), Kip Wells (36), Randy Wolf (36), Chris Young (34), Carlos Zambrano (32)
TIER VI: Reclamation projects
Erik Bedard (34), Rich Harden (31), Roberto Hernandez (32), Daisuke Matsuzaka (32), Roy Oswalt (35), Carl Pavano (37), Chien-Ming Wang (33)
JOE CHRISTENSEN
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