2017 Player Adds/Drops
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 2:50 pm
I have completed the first draft of my 2017 DTBL player roster. Before I get to the add/drop lists, I should mention I made a couple changes to the number of total players on the league roster at a couple positions. Now that I have better data in terms of player usage by position, I determined that we probably should have a couple more middle infielders on the league roster. So I have dropped two catching slots and moved them to one additional player at second base and an extra shortstop as well. I know we had practically no decent options in the middle infield at the end of the last season, so hopefully this change helps a little bit.
A quick explanation for one of the decisions I had to make below. Eric Thames is returning to MLB after five years of playing in Asia. In his most recent MLB season (2012) he only played outfield. However, he is expected to be strictly a 1B for the Brewers, so that is the position where I have placed him. Plus, I had a much more difficult time filling 1B slots than OF this year anyway.
Without further ado, here are the players who will be added to, and removed from, the league roster for the upcoming season. Please reply with any comments. I hope to finalize this list by the end of the week.
Catchers
Added:
Jorge Alfaro, Jett Bandy, Willson Contreras, Austin Hedges, Sandy Leon, Martin Maldonado, Tom Murphy, Gary Sanchez, Andrew Susac, Tony Wolters, Mike Zunino
Dropped:
Alex Avila, Curt Casali, Robinson Chirinos, Hank Conger, Caleb Joseph, Miguel Montero, J.R. Murphy, Dioner Navarro, Carlos Perez, Josh Phegley, A.J. Pierzynski, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Kurt Suzuki, Blake Swihart
First Basemen
Added:
Josh Bell, Greg Bird, Tommy Joseph, Mike Napoli, Steve Pearce, Eric Thames, Kennys Vargas, Dan Vogelbach
Dropped:
Pedro Alvarez, Billy Butler, Prince Fielder, Ryan Howard, Adam LaRoche, Adam Lind, Logan Morrison, David Ortiz, Ben Paulsen, Mark Teixeira
Second Basemen
Added:
Jedd Gyorko, Cesar Hernandez, Ryan Schimpf, Tyler Saladino
Dropped:
Corey Spangenberg
Third Basemen
Added:
Alex Bregman, Yulieski Gurriel, Ryon Healy, Jake Lamb, Yoan Moncada, Eduardo Nunez, Jose Ramirez, Yangervis Solarte
Dropped:
Matt Duffy, Yunel Escobar, Chase Headley, Brett Lawrie, Trevor Plouffe, Alex Rodriguez, Pablo Sandoval, Luis Valbuena, Danny Valencia, David Wright
Shortstops
Added:
Tim Anderson, Orlando Arcia, Zack Cozart, Aledmys Diaz, Danny Espinosa, Freddy Galvis, Jose Peraza, Jorge Polanco, Trevor Story, Dansby Swanson, Jonathan Villar
Dropped:
Erick Aybar, J.J. Hardy, Adeiny Hechavarria, Jose Iglesias, Jhonny Peralta, Alexei Ramirez, Jose Reyes, Jimmy Rollins
Outfielders
Added:
Andrew Benintendi, Keon Broxton, David Dahl, Brandon Drury, Adam Duvall, Mitch Haniger, Travis Jankowski, Aaron Judge, Max Kepler, Manuel Margot, Nomar Mazara, Tyler Naquin, Roman Quinn, Hunter Renfroe, Scott Schebler, Andrew Toles
Dropped:
Norichika Aoki, Billy Burns, Rusney Castillo, Chris Colabello, Delino DeShields, Andre Either, Anthony Gose, Josh Hamilton, Aaron Hicks, Austin Jackson, Desmond Jennings, Angel Pagan, Gerardo Parra, Colby Rasmus, Ben Revere
Starting Pitchers
Added:
Tyler Anderson, Dylan Bundy, Alex Cobb, Jharel Cotton, Danny Duffy, Michael Fulmer, Lucas Giolito, Tyler Glasnow, Jon Gray, Junior Guerra, Jeremy Hellickson, Rich Hill, Lance Lynn, Kenta Maeda, Sean Manaea, Daniel Norris, Ivan Nova, Drew Pomeranz, Robbie Ray, Tanner Roark, Aaron Sanchez, Ervin Santana, Matt Shoemaker, Tyler Skaggs, Blake Snell, Jameson Taillon, Julio Urias, Vince Vazquez
Dropped:
Clay Buchholz, Andrew Cashner, Patrick Corbin, R.A. Dickey, Nathan Eovaldi, Jose Fernandez, Mike Fiers, Jaime Garcia, Kyle Gibson, Jesse Hahn, Andrew Heaney, Derek Holland, Phil Hughes, Scott Kazmir, Mike Leake, Wade Miley, Shelby Miller, Jimmy Nelson, Eduardo Rodriguez, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Anibal Sanchez, Luis Severino, James Shields, Yordano Ventura, Edinson Volquez, Zack Wheeler, Alex Wood
Relief Pitchers
Added:
Kyle Barraclough, Cameron Bedrosian, Matt Bush, Mauricio Cabrera, Carter Capps, Tony Cingrani, Alex Colome, Grant Dayton, Edwin Diaz, Ryan Dull, C.J. Edwards, Neftali Feliz, Jeanmar Gomez, Greg Holland, Daniel Hudson, Jim Johnson, Shawn Kelley, Brandon Kintzler, Michael Lorenzen, Hector Neris, Seung Hwan Oh, Adam Ottavino, David Phelps, Matt Strahm, Tyler Thornburg, Blake Treinen
Dropped:
Brad Boxberger, Brett Cecil, Jumbo Diaz, Yimi Garcia, Jason Grilli, David Hernandez, J.J. Hoover, J.P. Howell, Kevin Jepsen, Keone Kela, Mark Lowe, Jake McGee, Jason Motte, Jonathan Papelbon, Kevin Quackenbush, Chad Qualls, Sergio Romo, Bryan Shaw, Kevin Siegrist, Carson Smith, Joe Smith, Will Smith, Joakim Soria, Pedro Strop, Shawn Tolleson, Tom Wilhelmson, Justin Wilson
A quick explanation for one of the decisions I had to make below. Eric Thames is returning to MLB after five years of playing in Asia. In his most recent MLB season (2012) he only played outfield. However, he is expected to be strictly a 1B for the Brewers, so that is the position where I have placed him. Plus, I had a much more difficult time filling 1B slots than OF this year anyway.
Without further ado, here are the players who will be added to, and removed from, the league roster for the upcoming season. Please reply with any comments. I hope to finalize this list by the end of the week.
Catchers
Added:
Jorge Alfaro, Jett Bandy, Willson Contreras, Austin Hedges, Sandy Leon, Martin Maldonado, Tom Murphy, Gary Sanchez, Andrew Susac, Tony Wolters, Mike Zunino
Dropped:
Alex Avila, Curt Casali, Robinson Chirinos, Hank Conger, Caleb Joseph, Miguel Montero, J.R. Murphy, Dioner Navarro, Carlos Perez, Josh Phegley, A.J. Pierzynski, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Kurt Suzuki, Blake Swihart
First Basemen
Added:
Josh Bell, Greg Bird, Tommy Joseph, Mike Napoli, Steve Pearce, Eric Thames, Kennys Vargas, Dan Vogelbach
Dropped:
Pedro Alvarez, Billy Butler, Prince Fielder, Ryan Howard, Adam LaRoche, Adam Lind, Logan Morrison, David Ortiz, Ben Paulsen, Mark Teixeira
Second Basemen
Added:
Jedd Gyorko, Cesar Hernandez, Ryan Schimpf, Tyler Saladino
Dropped:
Corey Spangenberg
Third Basemen
Added:
Alex Bregman, Yulieski Gurriel, Ryon Healy, Jake Lamb, Yoan Moncada, Eduardo Nunez, Jose Ramirez, Yangervis Solarte
Dropped:
Matt Duffy, Yunel Escobar, Chase Headley, Brett Lawrie, Trevor Plouffe, Alex Rodriguez, Pablo Sandoval, Luis Valbuena, Danny Valencia, David Wright
Shortstops
Added:
Tim Anderson, Orlando Arcia, Zack Cozart, Aledmys Diaz, Danny Espinosa, Freddy Galvis, Jose Peraza, Jorge Polanco, Trevor Story, Dansby Swanson, Jonathan Villar
Dropped:
Erick Aybar, J.J. Hardy, Adeiny Hechavarria, Jose Iglesias, Jhonny Peralta, Alexei Ramirez, Jose Reyes, Jimmy Rollins
Outfielders
Added:
Andrew Benintendi, Keon Broxton, David Dahl, Brandon Drury, Adam Duvall, Mitch Haniger, Travis Jankowski, Aaron Judge, Max Kepler, Manuel Margot, Nomar Mazara, Tyler Naquin, Roman Quinn, Hunter Renfroe, Scott Schebler, Andrew Toles
Dropped:
Norichika Aoki, Billy Burns, Rusney Castillo, Chris Colabello, Delino DeShields, Andre Either, Anthony Gose, Josh Hamilton, Aaron Hicks, Austin Jackson, Desmond Jennings, Angel Pagan, Gerardo Parra, Colby Rasmus, Ben Revere
Starting Pitchers
Added:
Tyler Anderson, Dylan Bundy, Alex Cobb, Jharel Cotton, Danny Duffy, Michael Fulmer, Lucas Giolito, Tyler Glasnow, Jon Gray, Junior Guerra, Jeremy Hellickson, Rich Hill, Lance Lynn, Kenta Maeda, Sean Manaea, Daniel Norris, Ivan Nova, Drew Pomeranz, Robbie Ray, Tanner Roark, Aaron Sanchez, Ervin Santana, Matt Shoemaker, Tyler Skaggs, Blake Snell, Jameson Taillon, Julio Urias, Vince Vazquez
Dropped:
Clay Buchholz, Andrew Cashner, Patrick Corbin, R.A. Dickey, Nathan Eovaldi, Jose Fernandez, Mike Fiers, Jaime Garcia, Kyle Gibson, Jesse Hahn, Andrew Heaney, Derek Holland, Phil Hughes, Scott Kazmir, Mike Leake, Wade Miley, Shelby Miller, Jimmy Nelson, Eduardo Rodriguez, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Anibal Sanchez, Luis Severino, James Shields, Yordano Ventura, Edinson Volquez, Zack Wheeler, Alex Wood
Relief Pitchers
Added:
Kyle Barraclough, Cameron Bedrosian, Matt Bush, Mauricio Cabrera, Carter Capps, Tony Cingrani, Alex Colome, Grant Dayton, Edwin Diaz, Ryan Dull, C.J. Edwards, Neftali Feliz, Jeanmar Gomez, Greg Holland, Daniel Hudson, Jim Johnson, Shawn Kelley, Brandon Kintzler, Michael Lorenzen, Hector Neris, Seung Hwan Oh, Adam Ottavino, David Phelps, Matt Strahm, Tyler Thornburg, Blake Treinen
Dropped:
Brad Boxberger, Brett Cecil, Jumbo Diaz, Yimi Garcia, Jason Grilli, David Hernandez, J.J. Hoover, J.P. Howell, Kevin Jepsen, Keone Kela, Mark Lowe, Jake McGee, Jason Motte, Jonathan Papelbon, Kevin Quackenbush, Chad Qualls, Sergio Romo, Bryan Shaw, Kevin Siegrist, Carson Smith, Joe Smith, Will Smith, Joakim Soria, Pedro Strop, Shawn Tolleson, Tom Wilhelmson, Justin Wilson