Here is a look at the notable potential free agents for this winter. Notable basically means 200+ at-bats or some worthwhile statistics in fewer than 200. Options and potential opt-outs are noted as well:
Catchers 2007 Stats
Brad Ausmus HOU .235/.318/.324 in 349 ABs
Michael Barrett SD .244/.281/.372 in 344 ABs
Ramon Castro NYM .285/.331/.556 in 144 ABs
Jason Kendall CHC .242/.301/.309 in 466 ABs
Paul Lo Duca NYM .272/.311 /378 in 445 ABs
Jorge Posada NYY .338/.426/.543 in 506 ABs
Ivan Rodriguez DET (option).281/.294/.420 in 502 ABs
Yorvit Torrealba COL .255/.323/.376 in 396 ABs
Javier Valentin CIN (option).276/.328/.387 in 243 ABs
1st Basemen 2007 Stats
Sean Casey DET .296/.353/.393 in 453 ABs
Tony Clark ARZ .249/.310/.511 in 221 ABs
Jeff Conine NYM .254/.317/.383 in 256 ABs
Ryan Klesko SF .260/.344/.401 in 362 ABs
Kevin Millar BAL (option).254/.365/.420 in 476 ABs
Mark Sweeney LAD .260/.350/.382 in 123 ABs
Mike Sweeney KC .260/.315/.404 in 265 ABs
2nd Basemen 2007 Stats
Luis Castillo NYM .301/.362 /.359 in 548 ABs
Damion Easley NYM .280/.358/.466 in 193 ABs
Marcus Giles SD (option).229/.304/.317 in 420 ABs
Tony Graffanino MIL .238/.315/.390 in 231 ABs
Tadahito Iguchi PHI .267/.347/.400 in 465 ABs
Jeff Kent LAD (option) .302 /375/.500 in 494 ABs
Mark Loretta HOU .287/.352/.372 in 460 ABs
Kaz Matsui COL .288/.342/.405 in 410 ABs
Shortstops 2007 Stats
David Eckstein STL .309/.356/.382 in 434 ABs
Juan Uribe CHW (option) .234/.284/.394 in 513 ABs
Omar Vizquel SF .246/.305/.316 in 513 ABs
Third Basemen 2007 Stats
Pedro Feliz SF .253/.290/.418 in 557 ABs
Mike Lamb HOU .289/.366/.453 in 311 ABs
Mike Lowell BOS .324/.378/.501 in 589 ABs
Alex Rodriguez NYY (opt-out?).314/.422/.645 in 583 ABs
Outfielders 2007 Stats
Bobby Abreu NYY (option) .283/.369/.445 in 605 ABs
Moises Alou NYM (option) .341/.392/.524 in 328 ABs
Barry Bonds SF .276/.480/.565 in 340 ABs
Milton Bradley SD .306/.402/.545 in 209 ABs
Mike Cameron SD .242/.328/.431 in 571 ABs
Adam Dunn CIN (option) .264/.386/.554 in 522 ABs
Darin Erstad CWS (option).248/.310/.335 in 310 ABs
Kosuke Fukudome JPN ('06 stats).351/.438/.653 in 496 ABs
Luis Gonzalez LAD .278/.359/.433 in 464 ABs
Shawn Green NYM (option) .291/.352/.430 in 446 ABs
Torii Hunter MIN .287/.334/.505 in 600 ABs
Geoff Jenkins MIL (option).255/.319/.471 in 420 ABs
Andruw Jones ATL .222/.311/.413 in 572 ABs
Corey Patterson BAL .269/.304/.386 in 461 ABs
Aaron Rowand PHI .309/.374/.515 in 612 ABs
Sammy Sosa TEX .252/.311/.468 in 412 ABs
Brad Wilkerson TEX .234/.319/.467 in 338 ABs
I’ll post the pitchers tomorrow sometime.
Baseball By Paul 