The Mets, Dodgers, and Mariners are expected to be interested.I wonder how high the bidding will go on this one. There are a couple young free agents in the MLB that are expected to draw interest, too.
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As for the FA schedule, you should read this post from the 2004-05 Free Agents topic.
Giants- (5)
IF- Akira Etoh
1B- Kazuhiro Kiyohara
P- Kimiyasu Kudoh
3B- Hiroki Kobuko
OF- Tuffy Rhodes
Swallows- (5)
IF- Katsuyuki Dobashi
C- Atsuya Furuta-(re-signed as player-manager of the Yakult Swallows)
SS- Shinya Miyamoto
P- Tatsuki Yamamoto
P- Futoshi Yamabe
Baystars- (4)
IF- Takuro Ishii
IF- Takehiro Saeki
IF- Hitoshi Taneda
IF- Takashi Manei
Dragons- (4)
P- Eiji Ochiai
IF- Kazuyoshi Tatsunami
P- Masahiro Yamamoto
OF- Kazuki Inoue
Tigers- (4)
P- Hiroshi Ishige
IF- Teruyoshi Kuji
OF- Kojiro Machida
C- Akihiro Yano
Carp- (6)
IF- Itsuki Asai
OF- Koichi Ogata
OF- Takuya Kimura
P- Shinji Sasaoka
P- Ken Takahashi
OF- Tomonori Maeda
Eagles- (12)
OF- Tetsuya Iida
IF- Koichi Ohshima
P- Yasuyuki Kawamoto
P- Makato Kitoh
P- Hideo Koike
IF- Tadahuru Sakai
OF- Koichi Sekikawa
P- Hiroshi Takamura
C- Takeshi Nakamura
IF- Osamu Hoshino
P- Toyohiko Yoshida
P- Masahiko Kaneda
Lions- (5)
IF- Hiroaki Ueda
P- Fimuya Nishiguchi
P- Takashi Ishii
IF- Hiroyuki Takagi
P- Kiyoshi Toyoda
Marines- (5)
OF- Tetsuya Kakiuchi
IF- Kiyoshi Hatsushiba-(Going to retire)
IF- Koichi Hori
OF- Kenji Morozumi
OF- Jun Inoue
Buffaloes- (4)
C- Tetsuya Matoyama
IF- Eiji Mizuguchi
C- Kosuke Yoshihara
OF- Yoshitomo Tani
Hawks- (6)
OF- Tatsuya Ide
OF- Noriyoshi Ohmichi
C- Masanori Taguchi
IF- Yusuke Torigoe
P- Shuji Yoshida
C- Kenji Johjima
Source: 2005 Free Agent Qualifiers - Official NPB Site - in Japanese