2014-CONTRACT SITUATION

C CRAWFORD  4-7
M CABRERA  4-5
WOULD NOT BE A HOCK IF EITHER OR BOTH ARE DEALT. SOX RUE TRADING ADAM LIND IN CABRERA DEAL AND CRAWFORD WAS NOTHING SPECIAL FOR SOX.

H KUO   2-5
J JURRJENS  3-4
S SCHUMAKER  3-4
B CASSEVAH  2-4
O CARDENAS  4-4
E ORTEGA  4-4
R SWARTZ  4-4
M ROGERS  2-3
M MONTGOMERY  3-3
T HU  3-3
I FOOTE  3-3
L BELTRAN 2-3
B MORROW 2-2
G CHAVEZ  2-2
M BYRD  2-2
R RAINEY  2-2
L FITZGERALD 2-2
NONE

A CONNOR-21 ARB
HAS HIT 37, 39 AND 40 HRs INITIAL THREE SEASONS BUT AVG HAS GONE .326 TO .290 TO .275, BUT STILL A MUST LONGTERM SIGNEE WHO COULD HAS LEGITIMATE SHOT AT ALL-TIME HR RECORD.

A FERNANDEZ-26  SUPER 2 STATUS
LIKE CONNOR, HAD STRONG 2011, BELTING 31 HRs IN JUT 335 ABs. AVG FELL 30 POINTS TO .266 IN 2012, BUT POPPED 33 HOMERS. GOT AVG BACK TO .296 LAST SEASON, BUT POWER FELL TO JUST 15 POPS. LONG-TERM SIGNEE.

C SANTANA-27 ARB
PRIED AWAY FROM BOTON, SHOULD BE SOX CATCHER FOR NEXT FIVE YEARS, THEN FINISH OFF CAREER AS 3B OR CORNER OF. IN EVER-INCREASING PT SINCE 2010, HAS POSTED 6, 15, 18 AND 31 HRs, 22, 52, 68 AND 73 RBIs AND AVERAGES OF .260, .289, .242 AND .275.

P ALVAREZ-27 ARB
FELL TO EARTH IN 2013, POSTING ,226, 14 AND 50 IN JUST 303 ABs. PREVIOUS THREE YEARS PRODUCED .298, 23, 84 AND .279, 21, 75 AND .256, 16, 64. CAPABLE OF BOUNCING BACK TO NICE CAREER TRACK.

T GRISSOM-26 REN
MORE ATHLETIN THAN ONE OF THE PLAYERS HE CAME OVER WITH FROM THE ANGELS, WILTON CORTEZ, 2013'S RUNNER-UP ROY. CAN PLAY 7 POSITIONS, SO POTENTIAL REPLACEMENT FOR BEN ZOBRIST.

M SPANOS-24 SUPER 2
HIT 18 HRs IN ALMOST 500 ABs WITH ANGELS IN 2012, BUT NEVER FOUND A GROOVE WITH SOX. STILL, VERY HIGHLY RATED/

B ZOBRIST-32  TYPE A FA
HAD "ON" YEAR IN 2013 (.274, 23, 78) OFF YEAR IN 2012 (.260, 15, 42) ON IN 2011 (.322, 30, 76) AND OFF IN 2010 (.238, 10, 75). TOUGH CALL BUT LIKES CHICAGO

C KERSHAW-25  ARB
LEFTY WON 14 GAMES DESPITE HEFTY 5.06 ERA, AFTER POSTING 3.12, 4.16, AND 2.91 PREVIOUS THREE YEARS.

J LESTER-30  TYPE A
2012 CY YOUNG WINNER (20-6, 2.93) HAD TO BATTLE TO FINIH 10-8, 3.75. BUT DUE FOR "ON" YEAR, 7-12 IN 2011 BUT 19-9 IN 2010

G RODRIGUEZ-22  ARB
CLUB LOOKS AT HIM AS RF FOR NEXT DECADE AFTER .283, 22, 84 YEAR FOLLOWED 23, 6, .290 AND .217, 14, 40 SEASONS IN BOSTON.

W CORTEZ-26  REN
DESPITE FINISHING SECOND IN AL ROY YEAR VOTING, MAY BE DEALT. DID MOST OF HIS .276, 19, 65 DAMAGE EARLY.

J NOBLES-21  REN
WILL PLAY AGAIN IN CHICAGO IN 2014 - HAS THREE-YEAR OVERALL NUMBERS OF .286, 7, 53 IN 405 ABs FOR SOX.

W GOMEZ-27  REN
COMPETENT, BUT NOWHERE TO PLAY. HIT WHOPPING .380 IN 92 ABs LAST SEASON - THREE-YEAR TOTALS OF .275, 17, 52 IN 418 SOX ABs. STICKS AROUND AS INSURANCE FO SANTANA AND MIGUEL CABRERA.

R PEREZ-31  UNRANKED FA
DE YOUNG-27  ARB
S CAIRO-26  REN
R CHOATE-38 UN FA
O VALDEZ-22  REN
A BASTARDO-28 REN
M McKENRY-28 REN
L PINTO-26  REN
F FELICIANO-21   REN
A DELGADO-25  REN
J SALGADO-25  REN
M GARCIA-26  REN
W CORDOVA-22  REN
H HUMPHREY-25  REN
J SONG-26  REN