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