2008 Free Agents (hitters)

Being an off-day, I'll take a look at the future. Who are the players that the Red Sox and the rest of the league will be bidding on this summer. Here are a list of the hitters that will be reaching free agency this winter. I plan on doing this for pitchers and players with club/player options.

Name/age/career OPS+

Catcher
Jorge Posada - 36 - 123
Paul Lo Duca - 36 - 102
Michael Barrett - 31 - 90
Jason Kendall - 34 - 102

1st Baseman
None

2nd Baseman
Luis Castillo - 32 - 93
Tadahito Iguchi - 33 - 97

Shortstops
David Eckstein - 33 - 89
Omar Vizquel - 41 - 84

3rd Baseman
Mike Lowell - 34 - 110
Mike Lamb - 32 - 95
Pedro Feliz - 33 - 86

Right Fielder
Jermaine Dye - 34 - 109
Milton Bradley - 30 - 106
Trot Nixon - 34 - 115
Eric Hinske - 30 - 100

Center Fielder
Ichiro Suzuki - 34 -121
Andruw Jones - 31 - 116
Torii Hunter - 32 - 104
Eric Byrnes - 32 - 102
Corey Patterson - 28 - 82
Aaron Rowand - 30 - 103
Mike Cameron - 35 - 107
Kenny Lofton - 41 - 107

Left Fielder
Luis Gonzalez - 40 - 121
Barry Bonds - 43 - 183
Brad Wilkerson - 31 - 107

DH
Shea Hillenbrand - 32 - 97
Mike Piazza - 39 - 144
Mike Sweeney - 34 - 118
Sammy Sosa - 39 - 128

When you look at this list, you will see a lot of players that may be traded at the deadline. With dying contracts, teams will try to get what they can for these players. Up next, pitchers.