'08 Player Adds/Drops

[Kevin]

Sorry it took me so long to get this posted this year, but here are the players that will be added to, and dropped from, the DTBL roster for 2008. Feel free to reply with your thoughts, particularly if you think I left off someone who should be in the league. I think you are familiar with my criteria for selecting players, so keep that in mind. For those of you who love to take chances on rookies, I think you will be pleasantly surprised to see I added a few more than usual this year.

I hope to have the rosters and draft list finalized by the end of the week. I reserve the right to adjust this list all the way up to the beginning of the draft. In particular, I am curious to see if a team gives Bonds a shot. I would almost certainly add him back into the league if he signs by the time of the draft.

Without further delay, here is the list:

Catchers
Added:
Ramon Castro, Ryan Doumit, Mike Rabelo, Carlos Ruiz, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Geovany Soto, Kurt Suzuki
Dropped:
Eliezer Alfonzo, Rod Barajas, Jason LaRue, Mike Lieberthal, Javy Lopez, Damian Miller, Mike Redmond, Javier Valentin

First Basemen
Added:
Billy Butler, Ryan Garko, Casey Kotchman, James Loney, Carlos Pena, Dmitri Young
Dropped:
Ben Broussard, Sean Casey, Shea Hillenbrand, Nick Johnson, Ryan Shealy, Mike Sweeney

Second Basemen
Added:
Ronnie Belliard, Asdrubal Cabrera, Kelly Johnson, Kazuo Matsui, Dustin Pedroia
Dropped:
Josh Barfield, Craig Biggio, Jorge Cantu, Jose Castillo, Marcus Giles, Jose Valentin, Jose Vidro

Third Basemen
Added:
Jose Bautista, Ryan Braun, Josh Fields, Alex Gordon, Kevin Kouzmanoff, Mark Reynolds
Dropped:
Rich Aurilia, Wilson Betemit, Morgan Ensberg, Brandon Inge, Nick Punto, Scott Spiezio

Shortstops
Added:
Yunel Escobar, Ryan Theriot, Troy Tulowitzki
Dropped:
Adam Everett, Juan Uribe

Outfielders
Added:
Rick Ankiel, Travis Buck, Marlon Byrd, Ryan Church, Jack Cust, Matt Diaz, Jacoby Ellsbury, Franklin Gutierrez, Josh Hamiltion, Corey Hart, Adam Jones, Matt Kemp, Jason Kubel, Nate McLouth, Lastings Milledge, Hunter Pence, Felix Pie, Matt Stairs, B.J. Upton, Justin Upton, Shane Victorino, Chris Young
Dropped:
Barry Bonds, Chris Burke, David Dellucci, Chris Duffy, Juan Encarnacion, Darin Erstad, Ryan Freel, Jay Gibbons, Shawn Green, Reed Johnson, Jacque Jones, Mark Kotsay (sorry Marc), Kenny Lofton, Kevin Mench, Craig Monroe, Matt Murton, Trot Nixon, Jay Payton, Scott Podsednik, Reggie Sanders, Preston Wilson

Starting Pitchers
Added:
Scott Baker, Brian Bannister, Miguel Batista, Clay Bucholz, Paul Byrd, Fausto Carmona, Yovani Gallardo, Matt Garza, Tom Gorzelanny, Zack Greinke, Jeremy Guthrie, Shawn Hill, Phil Hughes, Ubaldo Jimenez, Kyle Kendrick, Tim Lincecum, Francisco Liriano, Shaun Marcum, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Dustin McGowan, Franklin Morales, Micah Owings, Oliver Perez, Wandy Rodriguez, James Shields, Jarrod Washburn
Dropped:
Daniel Cabrera, Chris Capuano, Roger Clemens, Bartolo Colon, Jose Contreras, Zach Duke, Freddy Garcia, Clay Hensley, Livan Hernandez, Jason Jennings, Josh Johnson, Cliff Lee, Estaban Loazia, Matt Morris, Jamie Moyer, Vicente Padilla, John Patterson, Nate Robertson, Kenny Rogers, Anibal Sanchez, Ervin Santana, Jeremy Sowers, Jeff Suppan, David Wells, Jake Westbrook, Woody Williams

Relief Pitchers
Added:
Jeremy Accardo, Heath Bell, Joaquin Benoit, Joba Chamberlain, Manny Corpas, Juan Cruz, Manny Delcarman, Alan Embree, Lee Gardner, Kevin Gregg, Matt Guerrier, Brad Hennessey, Casey Janssen, Brandon Lyon, Carlos Marmol, Justin Miller, Peter Moylan, Hideki Okajima, Tony Pena, Troy Percival, Rafael Perez, Al Reyes, George Sherrill, Joakim Soria, Russ Springer, Jamie Walker, Brian Wilson, C.J. Wilson