'09 Player Adds/Drops

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'09 Player Adds/Drops

Postby Kevin » Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:32 pm

Here are the players that will be added to, and dropped from, the DTBL roster for 2009. Please reply with any thoughts on players I maybe should consider adding, or if you disagree with some of my drops. I'm more open to considering modifications to this list than in years past, in part because there are a large number of unsigned free agents who I might need to replace anyway if they don't sign with someone soon. I hope to post the official 2009 player list in about a week.

Catchers
Added:
John Baker, Rod Barajas, Jeff Clement, Jesus Flores, Nick Hundley, Chris Iannetta, Brandon Inge, Kelly Shoppach, Taylor Teagarden, J.R. Towles
Dropped:
Brad Ausmus, Michael Barrett, Ramon Castro, Johnny Estrada, Paul LoDuca, Ronny Paulino, Mike Piazza, Mike Rabelo, David Ross, Yorvit Torrealba

First Basemen
Added:
Chris Davis, Nick Johnson, Pablo Sandoval, Joey Votto
Dropped:
Scott Hatteberg, Richie Sexson, Brad Wilkerson, Dmitri Young

Second Basemen
Added:
Clint Barmes, Alexi Casilla, Mike Fontenot, Akinori Iwamura, Alexei Ramirez
Dropped:
Ronnie Belliard, Ray Durham, Mark Grudzielanek, Tadahito Iguchi, Adam Kennedy, Jeff Kent

Third Basemen
Added:
Jorge Cantu, Blake DeWitt, Evan Longoria, Ian Stewart
Dropped:
Jose Bautista, Joe Crede, Scott Rolen

Shortstops
Added:
Mike Aviles, Christian Guzman, Brendan Harris, Cesar Izturis, Maicer Izturis, Jed Lowrie
Dropped:
David Eckstein, Alex Gonzalez, Julio Lugo, Omar Vizquel, Jack Wilson

Outfielders
Added:
Michael Bourn, Jay Bruce, Shin-Soo Choo, Nelson Cruz, Elijah Dukes, Ben Francisco, Kosuke Fukudome, Jody Gerut, Carlos Gomez, Chase Headley, Fred Lewis, Adam Lind, Ryan Ludwick, David Murphy, Cody Ross, Skip Schumaker, Denard Span, Ryan Spilborghs, Jayson Werth
Dropped:
Moises Alou, Emil Brown, Travis Buck, Marlon Byrd, Melky Cabrera, Matt Diaz, Chris Duncan, Jim Edmonds, Cliff Floyd, Jonny Gomes, Luis Gonzalez, Geoff Jenkins, Andruw Jones, Austin Kearns, Gary Matthews Jr., Corey Patterson, Wily Mo Pena, Felix Pie, David Roberts, Matt Stairs

Starting Pitchers
Added:
Nick Blackburn, Aaron Cook, Johnny Cueto, John Danks, Justin Duchscherer, Gavin Floyd, Armando Galarraga, Edwin Jackson, Josh Johnson, Jair Jurrjens, Clayton Kershaw, Hiroki Kuroda, John Lannan, Cliff Lee, Jon Lester, Jesse Litsch, Kyle Lohse, Paul Maholm, Jamie Moyer, Ricky Nolasco, Vicente Padilla, Mike Pelfrey, Ervin Santana, Joe Saunders, Max Scherzer, Kevin Slowey, Andy Sonnanstine, Edison Volquez, Todd Wellemeyer, Randy Wolf
Dropped:
Brian Bannister, Miguel Batista, Joe Blanton, Boof Bonser, Clay Buchholz, Paul Byrd, Doug Davis, Kelvim Escobar, Tom Glavine, Tom Gorzelanny, Orlando Hernandez, Rich Hill, Shawn Hill, Tim Hudson, Chuck James, Kyle Kendrick, Noah Lowry, Greg Maddux, Shaun Marcum, Dustin McGowan, Kevin Millwood, Franklin Morales, Mark Mulder, Mike Mussina, Micah Owings, Mark Prior, Curt Schilling, Jason Schmidt, Ian Snell, Tim Wakefield, Jarrod Washburn, Dontrelle Willis, Barry Zito

Relief Pitchers
Added:
Jose Arredondo, Grant Balfour, Taylor Buchholz, Jesse Carlson, Jesse Crain, Joey Devine, Scott Downs, Chad Durbin, Frank Francisco, Ryan Franklin, Mike Gonzalez, John Grabow, Joel Hanrahan, J.P. Howell, Hong-Chih Kuo, Jensen Lewis, Matt Lindstrom, Ryan Madson, Damaso Marte, Brandon Morrow, Leo Nunez, Chris Perez, Chris Ray, Jeff Samardzija, Matt Thornton, Tyler Walker, Dan Wheeler, Brad Ziegler
Dropped:
Jeremy Accardo, Joaquin Benoit, Rafael Betancourt, Joe Borowski, Alan Embree, Eric Gagne, Lee Gardner, Tom Gordon, Matt Guerrier, Aaron Heilman, Brad Hennessey, Bob Howry, Casey Janssen, Todd Jones, Scott Linebrink, Justin Miller, Peter Moylan, Pat Neshek, Rafael Perez, Al Reyes, Justin Speier, Russ Springer, Taylor Tankersley, Derrik Turnbow, Jamie Walker
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re: adds/drops

Postby Nick » Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:15 am

Kevin,

Great list as always.

Did you give any consideration to Kendry Morales at 1B? He's in line to be the Angels starter and should better than his numbers indicated last year. Thoughts?
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Re: re: adds/drops

Postby Kevin » Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:37 pm

Nick wrote:Kevin,

Great list as always.

Did you give any consideration to Kendry Morales at 1B? He's in line to be the Angels starter and should better than his numbers indicated last year. Thoughts?


Nick,

The main reason Morales is not on the list is because he does not qualify at 1B for this season. He played more games in the outfield than at 1B last year. I didn't think his numbers justified an OF spot.
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Postby Nick » Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:36 pm

I'm assuming Frank Thomas drops out of the league though... ???

Also, where is Manny Parra? I'd rather have him than Padilla, Wolf, Lannan, Lohse, Blackburn, etc.
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Re: re:

Postby Kevin » Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:42 am

Nick wrote:I'm assuming Frank Thomas drops out of the league though... ???

Also, where is Manny Parra? I'd rather have him than Padilla, Wolf, Lannan, Lohse, Blackburn, etc.


Thomas is one of several players who will be dropped if he doesn't sign with a team soon. I'm not exactly sure who will replace him though because the available 1B list is not very impressive. I'm considering dropping a 1B slot and adding another 3B, but we'll see.

I'll give Parra another look, although I can tell you he was ranked near or below all the guys you mentioned on the rankings I used as references.
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Postby Nick » Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:07 pm

Parra's whip was pretty bad last year and he very well could be mediocre (I'm pretty sure every player I've made you add to the draft list over the years has never panned out)... but I like his upside overall. He can strike guys out.

I am not alone.

-- MLB.com has him ranked as the no.53 SP overall ahead of Maine, Perez, Galaraga, Wandy, Joe Saunders, Floyd, Wolf, etc.

-- ESPN.com has him ranked as the no.257 player on the board, ahead of SP's Cueto, Sonnanstine, Pelfrey, Galarraga, Perez, Litsch, Wellemeryer, Wandy, Lannan, Lohse, Wolf, etc.

-- Yahoo! has him ranked no.62 SP ahead of most of the same guys I already mentioned.

Okay I will stop annoying you now.
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Postby Kevin » Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:47 pm

Your wish has been granted. Parra will be added. I just noticed Jeff Francis is expected to miss the season. He is going to have shoulder surgery next week. So I'll go ahead and have Parra replace Francis.

Feel free (everyone) to share your thoughts. Like I said, I have a bunch of decisions left to make due to the unusually large number of unsigned free agents this year.
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Postby Kevin » Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:24 pm

Since we're getting to crunch time, I don't think I can wait any longer for these unsigned free agents to sign. Therefore, I've made a number of adjustments to the add/drop list. Here are the updates:

Catcher:
Drop Ivan Rodriguez, Add Miguel Montero

First Base:
Drop Frank Thomas

Third Base:
Keep Joe Crede

Starting Pitcher:
Drop Jeff Francis, Add Manny Parra

Relief Pitcher:
Drop Chad Cordero and Juan Cruz, Keep Rafael Betancourt and Aaron Heilman

As you can see, I decided to drop a first base slot and add an extra slot at third base. The list of available first basemen was downright pathetic, so I decided it would be best to give another third baseman a shot, especially since Crede will likely be the Twins starting third baseman.

There are still a bunch of unsigned players who will not be dropped from the league since they are on DTBL rosters. I think the full list is: Manny Ramirez, Pedro Martinez, Ben Sheets and Orlando Cabrera. All but Cabrera are Gators.

EDIT: Just noticed I completely forgot to list David Price. He will be added to the starting pitcher list and Vicente Padilla will be removed. I had Price on my original list, so I'm not exactly sure what happened to him.
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re: Parra

Postby Nick » Sun Mar 01, 2009 2:56 pm

Kevin,

Thanks for adding Price. I noticed Parra isn't on the FA list... Did Price take his spot or have you just not added him yet?
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Postby Kevin » Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:31 am

Nick,

Thanks for catching that. I forgot to add Parra since he wasn't on the list I was working from. I will add him now.
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