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MLB Buyer's Guide: Corner infielders

Mike Napoli is among the limited options available on the free-agent market during a down year for corner infielders. Rick Osentoski/USA TODAY Sports

Editor's note: Now that free agency has started, Keith Law picks out possible best values, worst values and trade targets across every position group. He started with the catcher position Sunday, and now continues the annual series with a look at the corner infielders who have hit free agency, as well as some potential trade targets.

For the top 50 free agents across every position, click here.

The corner-infield market in free agency is atrocious this year, with only two first basemen in my top 50 -- Chris Davis and the semi-free agent Park Byung Ho -- and no true third basemen. If a team is looking for corner help, it probably would be better served looking for trades or coming up with a platoon solution.

Free agents (non-top 50)

David Freese, 3B: Freese's 2012 season was a high-water mark for him, offensively and in terms of playing time. He has hit .260/.328/.394 in three seasons since then, one with the Cardinals and two in Anaheim, with fringy to below-average defense at third base. He is now 32, has had back problems (in 2013) and is probably better suited to some kind of platoon/job-sharing arrangement that sets him up to start 110-120 games rather than 150, though even that assumes his defensive decline the past few years isn't going to continue.