2007 Contract Year Players

I really love sports and sometimes I think I expect too much from todays players. I still love to believe that those privileged enough to play sports professionally work their tail off for all the right reasons. That being a baseball player means, baseball is your PRIMARY focus. To work on being the best that you can be and to help the team WIN games. All that financial stuff will take care of itself later on. But as long as I've been following sports its ALMOST like clock work when it comes to players performing on a contract year. The following is a list of potential free-agents after the 2007 season.

1. John Smoltz (41)
2. Michael Young (31) - Rangers offered contract extension, but Young is probably preparing for a big pay day.
3. Joe Nathan (33)
4. Mariano Rivera (38)
5. Jorge Posada (36) - Hopes to play for 3 more years.
6. Curt Schilling (41) - Won't need impending free agency to perform at high level.
7. Bobby Abreu (34) - Like young, I would expect Abreu to try to squeeze out one last big pay day.
8. Ichiro Suzuki (34) - Like to believe he always plays and prepares at a high level.
9. Andruw Jones (31) - YOU KNOW IT. Shed 10 lbs in the off-season looking to break the bank.
10. Jermaine Dye (32)
11. Mike Lowell (34)
12. Jason Jennings (29)
13. Jake Westbrook (30)
14. Ivan Rodriguez (36)
15. Trevor Hoffman (40)
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. Doug Davis (32)
29. Michael Barrett (31)
30. Milton Bradley (30)
31. Jon Lieber (38)
32. David Eckstein (33)
33. Aaron Rowand (30)
34. Juan Uribe (29)
35. Bartolo Colon (35)