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The union just released the list of players that filed for free agency today. Erik Bedard, Endy Chavez and Miguel Batista were among the 39 players to do so, joining Adrian Beltre and Mike Sweeney from yesterday. So far, 118 players have filed. The only eligible Mariners not to file are Ken Griffey Jr. and Russ Branyan -- not coincidentally, the two Mariners most likely to re-sign before hitting the open market.
Here are their arbitration-eligible players:
1) Felix Hernandez. The Mariners will non-tender Felix the same day that I become King of England.
2) Franklin Gutierrez. The Mariners will non-tender Gutierrez the same day I become Queen of England (keep your snark to yourself, please; btw, that's Queen Elizabeth II above at Buckingham Palace yesterday with the president of Brazil; above Her Highness is William the Conqueror . Bill, as I like to call him, was King of England from 1066 until his death in 1087. No one rocks the missing-triangle beard like W-Conq).
3) David Aardsma. Aardsma emerged in 2009 as a quality closer; with a $419,000 salary in '09, he stands to get a substantial raise, but certainly nothing that would make the Mariners want to cut loose such a valuable commodity.
4) Mark Lowe. Lowe made $418,000 this past year, according to Cot's Baseball Contracts. Again, I just don't see Lowe, while coming off a pretty solid year as Aardsma's prime setup man, getting enough of a bump via arbitration to justify cutting him. Lowe is a guy that could be dangled as a trade chip, however.
5) Ryan Langerhans. I don't have his exact salary, but I'm sure it was in the $500,000 range. If the Mariners want him back, they'll likely work out a deal, and if not, they won't tender him, but it won't be because of money issues.