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Following is a list of players who are free to leave the organization in mid-October when minor league free agency begins. These players and the Brewers could agree to sign an additional one-year minor league deal to extend the relationship. Or the Brewers could add the player to the 40-man roster, thus extending the "ownership" of the player.

A player who has exhausted all seven years of his original minor league affiliation to the organization that signed him is eligible. Here are the Brewers farmhands who have been with the organization for their full commitment (or even longer in the cases of Jones and Lluberes). We've been following these guys their whole careers.

C Carlos Corporan
INF Adam Heether
RHP Mike Jones
OF Freddy Parejo
LHP Rafael Lluberes

Once a player's original affiliated contract is terminated, minor league players all assume one-year deals going forward with any organization that signs them. Often, especially with younger players below AAA who perform well after literally being picked up from the scrap heap, the organization and the player will both seek to renew the contract for another season fairly quickly -- RHP's Jim Henderson and Brandon Kintzler would seem to fall into that category this year. Here are the players who aren't on their original Brewers affiliated contract who would otherwise be free to walk in mid-October:

IF Erick Almonte
C Patrick Arlis
OF Chris Duffy
RHP Matt Ginter
LHP Lindsay Gulin
RHP Ryan Houston
OF Jon Knott
LHP Sam Narron
IF Johnny Raburn
OF Tike Redman
OF Adam Stern
LHP Chase Wright
OF Drwe Anderson
IF Michael Garciaparra
RHP Jim Henderson
RHP Brandon Kintzler
RHP Wes Littleton
IF Kevin Melillo
RHP Juan Sandoval
RHP Buddy Flores
C Martin Maldonado
C Sean McCraw
LHP Chris Capuano
RHP Ryan DeLaughter