The San Francisco Giants say #25 won't be back next year. Based on the shape of his knees, I'm assuming he's heading to the AL to DH.He won't be cheap, so in my mind you can cross off teams like Toronto, Tampa Bay, Minnesota, Chicago, Kansas City, and Oakland right away. Other teams like Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, and LA seem to have pretty good chemistry and a decent crack at being right back in the mix next year, so why would they want to mess with Bonds? That really only leaves Baltimore, New York, Seattle, and Texas.
This is totally something the O's would do (bring in an aging, injury-prone slugger, way past his prime), plus they desperately need somebody to get fans in the stands each night and Bonds could post pretty good number in that ballpark.
If A-Rod takes off, Bonds might soften that blow in the Yankee lineup, although that means they'd have both "Game of Shadows" cover-boys on the same team.
Bonds-to-Seattle just might give the M's the offensive spark they've been missing this season. He'd be a nice compliment to Beltre and Sexson in the middle of the order.
And with Texas, who knows? They claim to be in a youth movement, but may also bring back Sammy Sosa next year. Bonds' agent claims he's intent on winning a World Series though, and Texas seems to be at least a few years away from achieving that.
One thing's for sure. The free agent market just got a whole lot more interesting.
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