Bonds, McGwire, Sierra Are Free Agents
Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Ruben Sierra became free agents Monday, and Toronto cleared the way for World Series hero Dave Winfield to join them.
Greg Maddux, Doug Drabek, Wade Boggs, Benito Santiago, John Smiley and Chris Bosio also were among the 26 players who filed for free agency on the first day of a 15-day filing period. There are 166 players potentially eligible to file by the Nov. 8 deadline.
Only 90 minutes after a triumphant parade through the streets of Toronto and rally inside the SkyDome, the Blue Jays said they wouldn’t offer salary arbitration to Winfield or Candy Maldonado and declined to exercise 1993 options on pitchers Dave Stieb and Mark Eichhorn. That allows them to file for free agency.
Players who become free agents don’t have to be protected in the Nov. 17 expansion draft. Few signings are expected until after the draft.
Bonds, who probably won’t re-sign with Pittsburgh, has put his house in Coraopolis, Pa., up for sale.
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