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This might be the least noteworthy tradition in the annals of McCovey Chronicles, but we actually do this every year. Here's last year's. It's pretty ridiculous. I had Cody Ross on the Marlins and Prince Fielder on the Rangers. Huh. This picture showed up in the comments as a reference to the Giants' owners and the rainy-day fund. Which, well, kind of seems hilarious now.
Also, everyone was agog with Jimmy Rollins, I guess. He won the Gold Glove and Brandon Crawford didn't, so maybe it was a mistake to ignore him for many years and much money.
So let's be wrong about this year's crop together. A list of 20 free agents of some interest:
1. Zack Greinke -
2. Josh Hamilton -
3. Anibal Sanchez -
4. Michael Bourn -
5. Nick Swisher -
6. B.J. Upton -
7. Edwin Jackson -
8. Hiroki Kuroda -
9. Dan Haren -
10. Angel Pagan -
11. Kyle Lohse -
12. Shane Victorino -
13. Mike Napoli -
14. Melky Cabrera -
15. Torii Hunter -
16. Shaun Marcum -
17. Ryan Dempster -
18. Ichiro -
19. Jeremy Affeldt -
20. Kevin Youkilis -
That's for your copying-and-pasting pleasure into the comments. Do it now, lest my brilliant predictions taint your blank slate.
1. Zack Greinke - Angels
2. Josh Hamilton - Padres
3. Anibal Sanchez - Tigers
4. Michael Bourn - Mariners
5. Nick Swisher - Phillies
6. B.J. Upton - Giants
7. Edwin Jackson - Royals
8. Hiroki Kuroda - Yankees
9. Dan Haren - Dodgers
10. Angel Pagan - Braves
11. Kyle Lohse - Orioles
12. Shane Victorino - Astros, because screw him
13. Mike Napoli - Red Sox
14. Melky Cabrera - Rays
15. Torii Hunter - Rangers
16. Shaun Marcum - Padres
17. Ryan Dempster - Cardinals
18. Ichiro - Giants
19. Jeremy Affeldt - Angels
20. Kevin Youkilis - Rangers
I took hours -- hours! -- to think of these. It's not like I did it in six minutes because we needed a new thread. No, no, no. So have at it.