Let’s take a look ahead to the free agency class after the 2007 season. Of course, some of these guys will be signed before reaching free agency. They’re ranked by their 2006 WARP and their age for the 2008 season is in parentheses.
Updated 3-2-07
1. John Smoltz (41)
2. Carlos Zambrano (27)
3. Joe Nathan (33)
4. Mariano Rivera (38)
5. Jorge Posada (36)
6. Curt Schilling (41)
7. Bobby Abreu (34)
8. Ichiro Suzuki (34)
9. Andruw Jones (31)
10. Carlos Guillen (32)
11. Jeff Kent (40)
12. Mike Lowell (34)
13. Jason Jennings (29)
14. Jake Westbrook (30)
15. Ivan Rodriguez (36)
16. Freddy Garcia (32)
17. Kenny Rogers (43)
18. Torii Hunter (32)
19. Jason Isringhausen (35)
20. Omar Vizquel (41)
21. Marcus Giles (30)
22. Eric Byrnes (32)
23. Paul Lo Duca (36)
24. Bob Wickman (39)
25. Corey Patterson (28)
26. Adam Dunn (28)
27. Scott Linebrink (31)
28. Michael Barrett (31)
29. Milton Bradley (30)
30. Jon Lieber (38)
31. David Eckstein (33)
32. Aaron Rowand (30)
33. Juan Uribe (29)
34. Bartolo Colon (35)
2008 Free Agent All-Star Team
C – Jorge Posada
1B – Carlos Guillen
2B – Jeff Kent
SS – Omar Vizquel
3B – Mike Lowell
LF – Adam Dunn
CF – Andruw Jones
RF – Ichiro Suzuki
SP – John Smoltz
SP – Carlos Zambrano
SP – Jake Westbrook
SP – Curt Schilling
SP – Jason Jennings
RP – Joe Nathan
RP – Mariano Rivera
RP – Scott Linebrink