2018 Player Adds/Drops
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 9:56 pm
As I'm sure you are all well aware, dozens of quality players remain free agents here in the final days of February. This made my task of setting the 2018 DTBL player roster a little more difficult than usual. For now, I have elected to keep most of the unsigned free agents in the league, but may opt to drop a couple of them if they don't sign in the next week or so. But for now, here are the players I intend to add to, and drop from, the league roster. As usual, you are encouraged to provide your thoughts, particularly if you would like to make a case for a player not listed here. I hope to finalize the player roster next weekend.
One interesting note is that it appears we will have far less player turnover than usual this year, particularly among position players. And even many of the players added are former DTBL players. So it looks like there will be far fewer DTBL rookies than usual.
Catchers
Added:
Alex Avila, Austin Barnes, Tucker Barnhart, Robinson Chirinos, Francisco Mejia, Manny Pina, Chance Sisco, Kurt Suzuki, Christian Vazquez
Dropped:
Jett Bandy, Francisco Cervelli, Yan Gomes, Nick Hundley, Sandy Leon, Devin Mesoraco, Derek Norris, Andrew Susac, Tony Wolters
First Basemen
Added:
Yonder Alonso, Cody Bellinger, Ryan McMahon, Colin Moran, Logan Morrison, Matt Olson, Justin Smoak
Dropped:
Matt Adams, Chris Carter, Adrian Gonzalez, Tommy Joseph, Victor Martinez, Mitch Moreland, Mike Napoli, Steve Pearce, Kennys Vargas, Dan Vogelbach
Second Basemen
Added:
Ozzie Albies, Whit Merrifield
Dropped:
Brandon Phillips, Tyler Saladino, Ryan Schimpf, Devon Travis, Neil Walker
Third Basemen
Added:
Jeimer Candelario, Matt Chapman, J.P. Crawford, Matt Davidson, Rafael Devers, Travis Shaw
Dropped:
Jung Ho Kang, Martin Prado
Shortstops
Added:
Tim Beckham, Paul DeJong, Amed Rosario
Dropped:
Aledmys Diaz, Alcides Escobar, Danny Espinosa
Outfielders
Added:
Aaron Altherr, Lewis Brinson, Willie Calhoun, Nicky Delmonico, Delino DeShields, Derek Fisher, Dustin Fowler, Marwin Gonzalez, Ian Happ, Aaron Hicks, Rhys Hoskins, Trey Mancini, Jose Martinez, Gerardo Parra, Tommy Pham, Victor Robles, Mallex Smith, Chris Taylor, Michael Taylor, Nick Williams, Jesse Winker, Bradley Zimmer
Dropped:
Jose Bautista, Carlos Beltran, Melky Cabrera, Rajai Davis, Jacoby Ellsbury, Carlos Gonzalez, Alex Gordon, Curtis Granderson, Matt Holliday, Travis Jankowski, Howie Kendrick, Leonys Martin, Brandon Moss, Tyler Naquin, Roman Quinn, Michael Saunders, Denard Span, Andrew Toles, Yasmany Tomas, Jayson Werth
Starting Pitchers
Added:
Chase Anderson, Jose Berrios, Luis Castillo, Tyler Chatwood, Mike Clevinger, Patrick Corbin, Zach Davies, Jacob Faria, Zack Godley, Luiz Gohara, Dinelson Lamet, Mike Leake, Reynaldo Lopez, German Marquez, Jordan Montgomery, Charlie Morton, Joe Musgrove, Jimmy Nelson, Brad Peacock, Eduardo Rodriguez, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Luis Severino, Dan Straily, Luke Weaver, Alex Wood
Dropped:
Tyler Anderson, Wie-Yin Chen, Jharel Cotton, Anthony DeSclafani, Tyler Glasnow, Junior Guerra, Jason Hammel, Jeremy Hellickson, Hisashi Iwakuma, Ian Kennedy, John Lackey, Francisco Liriano, Steven Matz, Collin McHugh, Matt Moore, Daniel Norris, Ivan Nova, Michael Pineda, Joe Ross, Tyson Ross, Tyler Skaggs, Drew Smyly, Vince Velasquez, Adam Wainwright, Jordan Zimmermann
Relief Pitchers
Added:
Brad Boxberger, Archie Bradley, Alex Claudio, Chris Devenski, Mychal Givens, Chad Green, Shane Greene, Josh Hader, Brad Hand, Tommy Kahnle, Keone Kela, Dominic Leone, Tyler Lyons, Juan Minaya, Mike Minor, A.J. Minter, Brandon Morrow, Pat Neshek, Blake Parker, Yusmeiro Petit, Jose Ramirez, Alex Reyes, Felipe Rivero, Joakim Soria, Drew Steckenrider, Pedro Strop, Anthony Swarzak, Kirby Yates
Dropped:
Joaquin Benoit, Mauricio Cabrera, Carter Capps, Santiago Casilla, Tony Cingrani, Steve Cishek, Tyler Clippard, Grant Dayton, Ryan Dull, Neftali Feliz, Jeanmar Gomez, Daniel Hudson, Jeremy Jeffress, Jim Johnson, Shawn Kelley, Adam Ottavino, Glen Perkins, David Phelps, Francisco Rodriguez, Hector Rondon, Trevor Rosenthal, Drew Storen, Matt Strahm, Huston Street, Hunter Strickland, Tyler Thornburg, Koji Uehara, Tony Watson
One interesting note is that it appears we will have far less player turnover than usual this year, particularly among position players. And even many of the players added are former DTBL players. So it looks like there will be far fewer DTBL rookies than usual.
Catchers
Added:
Alex Avila, Austin Barnes, Tucker Barnhart, Robinson Chirinos, Francisco Mejia, Manny Pina, Chance Sisco, Kurt Suzuki, Christian Vazquez
Dropped:
Jett Bandy, Francisco Cervelli, Yan Gomes, Nick Hundley, Sandy Leon, Devin Mesoraco, Derek Norris, Andrew Susac, Tony Wolters
First Basemen
Added:
Yonder Alonso, Cody Bellinger, Ryan McMahon, Colin Moran, Logan Morrison, Matt Olson, Justin Smoak
Dropped:
Matt Adams, Chris Carter, Adrian Gonzalez, Tommy Joseph, Victor Martinez, Mitch Moreland, Mike Napoli, Steve Pearce, Kennys Vargas, Dan Vogelbach
Second Basemen
Added:
Ozzie Albies, Whit Merrifield
Dropped:
Brandon Phillips, Tyler Saladino, Ryan Schimpf, Devon Travis, Neil Walker
Third Basemen
Added:
Jeimer Candelario, Matt Chapman, J.P. Crawford, Matt Davidson, Rafael Devers, Travis Shaw
Dropped:
Jung Ho Kang, Martin Prado
Shortstops
Added:
Tim Beckham, Paul DeJong, Amed Rosario
Dropped:
Aledmys Diaz, Alcides Escobar, Danny Espinosa
Outfielders
Added:
Aaron Altherr, Lewis Brinson, Willie Calhoun, Nicky Delmonico, Delino DeShields, Derek Fisher, Dustin Fowler, Marwin Gonzalez, Ian Happ, Aaron Hicks, Rhys Hoskins, Trey Mancini, Jose Martinez, Gerardo Parra, Tommy Pham, Victor Robles, Mallex Smith, Chris Taylor, Michael Taylor, Nick Williams, Jesse Winker, Bradley Zimmer
Dropped:
Jose Bautista, Carlos Beltran, Melky Cabrera, Rajai Davis, Jacoby Ellsbury, Carlos Gonzalez, Alex Gordon, Curtis Granderson, Matt Holliday, Travis Jankowski, Howie Kendrick, Leonys Martin, Brandon Moss, Tyler Naquin, Roman Quinn, Michael Saunders, Denard Span, Andrew Toles, Yasmany Tomas, Jayson Werth
Starting Pitchers
Added:
Chase Anderson, Jose Berrios, Luis Castillo, Tyler Chatwood, Mike Clevinger, Patrick Corbin, Zach Davies, Jacob Faria, Zack Godley, Luiz Gohara, Dinelson Lamet, Mike Leake, Reynaldo Lopez, German Marquez, Jordan Montgomery, Charlie Morton, Joe Musgrove, Jimmy Nelson, Brad Peacock, Eduardo Rodriguez, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Luis Severino, Dan Straily, Luke Weaver, Alex Wood
Dropped:
Tyler Anderson, Wie-Yin Chen, Jharel Cotton, Anthony DeSclafani, Tyler Glasnow, Junior Guerra, Jason Hammel, Jeremy Hellickson, Hisashi Iwakuma, Ian Kennedy, John Lackey, Francisco Liriano, Steven Matz, Collin McHugh, Matt Moore, Daniel Norris, Ivan Nova, Michael Pineda, Joe Ross, Tyson Ross, Tyler Skaggs, Drew Smyly, Vince Velasquez, Adam Wainwright, Jordan Zimmermann
Relief Pitchers
Added:
Brad Boxberger, Archie Bradley, Alex Claudio, Chris Devenski, Mychal Givens, Chad Green, Shane Greene, Josh Hader, Brad Hand, Tommy Kahnle, Keone Kela, Dominic Leone, Tyler Lyons, Juan Minaya, Mike Minor, A.J. Minter, Brandon Morrow, Pat Neshek, Blake Parker, Yusmeiro Petit, Jose Ramirez, Alex Reyes, Felipe Rivero, Joakim Soria, Drew Steckenrider, Pedro Strop, Anthony Swarzak, Kirby Yates
Dropped:
Joaquin Benoit, Mauricio Cabrera, Carter Capps, Santiago Casilla, Tony Cingrani, Steve Cishek, Tyler Clippard, Grant Dayton, Ryan Dull, Neftali Feliz, Jeanmar Gomez, Daniel Hudson, Jeremy Jeffress, Jim Johnson, Shawn Kelley, Adam Ottavino, Glen Perkins, David Phelps, Francisco Rodriguez, Hector Rondon, Trevor Rosenthal, Drew Storen, Matt Strahm, Huston Street, Hunter Strickland, Tyler Thornburg, Koji Uehara, Tony Watson