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Free agents who could very well be bargains

By Jerry Crasnick
ESPN.com

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Several front office people surveyed for this story had a difficult time mustering enthusiasm for the concept: a piece on potential free-agent bargains. "Free-agent bargain is an oxymoron," said an American League official. Hey, try telling that to the Tampa Bay Rays, who signed Eric Hinske to a minor league contract in February and were rewarded with 20 homers in 381 at-bats. Or the St. Louis Cardinals, who waited for pitcher Kyle Lohse to slip through the cracks and signed him for a year and ...

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