Now that the trading deadline is passed, free-agent shopping days aren't far off.

The Braves have significant holes to fill this winter: in the outfield, where they need power, and the starting rotation, now that Tim Hudson will miss most of 2009 following elbow surgery.

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Los Angeles Angels Jon Garland

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Chicago Cubs' Ryan Dempster

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Los Angeles Dodgers Derek Lowe

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Milwaukee's Ben Sheets

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Milwaukee's C.C. Sabathia

With $30-40 million to spend, here are five free-agent starters the Braves might add to their wish list. Next week we'll look at five free-agent outfielders.

1. LH CC Sabathia (Age 28; 2008 salary $11 million). Who wouldn't want the 2007 American League Cy Young award winner? Last year at 27, he became the youngest pitcher to win 100 games since Greg Maddux in 1993. He won a career-high 19 games, led the majors with 241 innings and finished fifth in the AL in strikeouts (209). He just won pitcher of the month in his first month in the National League. He went 4-0 with a 1.82 ERA in his first five starts after being traded from the Indians to the Brewers.

2. RH Ben Sheets (Age 30; 2008 salary $12.1 million). The Braves will remember him for his 18 strikeouts against them on May 16, 2004 as a Brewer. The four-time All-Star started for the NL in this year's game. His career strikeout-to-walk ratio is nearly 4-to-1. He has a career 3.75 ERA, but he's won no more than 12 games in any of eight major league seasons. The knock against him is that he's injury-prone; he's been on the disabled list six times and hasn't reached 200 innings since 2004.

3. RH Jon Garland (Age 28; 2008 salary $12 million). The Angels will try to re-sign Francisco Rodriguez and Mark Teixeira, which could make Garland expendable. The former first-round draft pick has pitched in the majors since he was 20 and built a reputation for being durable — one DL stint in nine years. After eight years, 92 wins and the 2005 World Series with the White Sox, Garland was traded to the Angels for shortstop Orlando Cabrera in November.

4. RH Derek Lowe (Age 35; 2008 salary $10 million). He saved 42 games as a closer for the Red Sox, and won 21 games as a starter for them two years later. He's found a stable home in the Dodgers' rotation, where he was the opening day starter in 2005, 2006, and 2007. He has a career 3.81 ERA and 120 wins in 11 years, which includes the first five in relief. He's never been on the disabled list — though he's pitching with hip pain right now.

5. RH Ryan Dempster (Age 31; 2008 salary $7.3 million). The former All-Star has had a reclamation season with the Cubs, going 12-5 with a 2.93 ERA through 24 starts. He was 8-19 and converted 85 of 99 save attempts in the past three years as the Cubs closer, but he's been buoyed by a move back to the rotation. That's where he spent the first seven years of his career with the Marlins and Reds.