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Can anyone believe that Bobby Abreu is still available.  Here are the rest of the names.

Catchers
Brad Ausmus (40)
Paul Bako (37)
Gary Bennett (37)
Henry Blanco (37)
Johnny Estrada (33)
Sal Fasano (37)
Paul Lo Duca (37)
Ivan Rodriguez (37)
Javier Valentin (33)
Jason Varitek (37)

First basemen
Rich Aurilia (37)
Miguel Cairo (35)
Sean Casey (34)
Nomar Garciaparra (35)
Eric Hinske (31)
Doug Mientkiewicz (35)
Kevin Millar (37)
Richie Sexson (34)
Mark Sweeney (39)
Daryle Ward (34)

Second basemen
Craig Counsell (38)
Ray Durham (37)
Damion Easley (39)
Mark Grudzielanek (39)
Orlando Hudson (31)
Jeff Kent (41)
Ramon Martinez (36)

Shortstops
Orlando Cabrera (34)
Alex Cintron (30)
Tomohiro Nioka (33)
Juan Uribe (30)
Omar Vizquel (42)

Third basemen
Rich Aurilia (37)
Craig Counsell (38)
Joe Crede (31)
Ramon Martinez (36)
Ty Wigginton (31)

Left fielders
Moises Alou (42)
Garret Anderson (37)
Emil Brown (34)
Adam Dunn (29)
Cliff Floyd (36)
Luis Gonzalez (41)
Jay Payton (36)
Manny Ramirez (37)

Center fielders
Jim Edmonds (39)
Andruw Jones (32)

Right fielders
Bobby Abreu (35)
Cliff Floyd (36)
Ken Griffey Jr. (39)
Brad Wilkerson (32)

Starting pitchers
Kris Benson (33)
Paul Byrd (38)
Roger Clemens (46)
Josh Fogg (32)
Freddy Garcia (33)
Jon Garland (29)
Tom Glavine (43)
Charlie Haeger (25)
Livan Hernandez (34)
Orlando Hernandez (43)
Chuck James (27)
Jason Jennings (30)
Jon Lieber (39)
Braden Looper (34)
Rodrigo Lopez (33)
Pedro Martinez (37)
Mark Mulder (31)
John Parrish (31)
Odalis Perez (32)
Oliver Perez (27)
Andy Pettitte (37)
Sidney Ponson (32)
Kenny Rogers (44)
Curt Schilling (42)
Ben Sheets (30)
Kip Wells (32)
Randy Wolf (32)

Closers
Brandon Lyon (29)

Middle relievers
Luis Ayala (31)
Joe Beimel (32)
Joe Borowski (38)
Shawn Chacon (31)
Chad Cordero (27)
Juan Cruz (30)
Elmer Dessens (37)
Brendan Donnelly (37)
Scott Elarton (33)
Randy Flores (33)
Keith Foulke (35)
Eric Gagne (33) -
Tom Gordon (41)
Eddie Guardado (38)
Jason Isringhausen (36)
Tyler Johnson (27)
Jon Lieber (39)
Aquilino Lopez (34)
Will Ohman (31)
Al Reyes (38)
Dennys Reyes (32)
Ricardo Rincon (39)
Rudy Seanez (40)
Brian Shouse (40)
Russ Springer (40)
Ken Takahashi (41)
Julian Tavarez (36)
Mike Timlin (43)
Ron Villone (39)
Kip Wells (32)
Matt Wise (33)
Jamey Wright (34)

Here is an idea of what the Yankees Opening Day Roster will look like along with starting rotation and opening day lineup.  First I will sort by position and the lineup will be at the end.

Starting Pitchers\Rotation (5)

1 - CC Sabathia
2 - AJ Burnett
3 - Ching Ming Wang
4 - Joba Chamberlain
5 - Phil Hughes

Bullpen (6)

Mariano Rivera
Damaso Marte
Chase Wright
Edwar Rameriez
Ian Kennedy
Jose Veras

Catchers (2)

Jorge Posada
Jose Molina

Infielders (6)

Mark Teixeria
Robinson Cano
Derek Jeter
Alex Rodriguez
Cody Ransom
Nick Swisher

Outfielders (5)Xaiver Nady
Brett Gardner
Melky Cabera
Johnny Damon
Hideki Matsui

This is 24 players.  As you know the MLB Roster size is 25 for opening day.  I expect that the last slot will either be filled by another backup INF or bullpen spot.  Currently, they only have Cody Ransom to backup SS/2B/3B.

Opening Day Starting Lineup

1 - Johnny Damon - LF
2 - Derek Jeter - SS
3 - Alex Rodriguez - 3B
4 - Mark Teixeria - 1B
5 - Jorge Posado - C
6 - Hideki Matsui - DH
7 - Robinson Cano - 2B
8 - Xavier Nady - RF
9 - Brett Gardner - CF

This of course is subject to any change due to free agency.  It will be interesting to see how close my prediction is to reality.

 That’s my 2 cents.. I’d love to hear yours!