A day later than I had hoped, but here is the first cut at the list of players who will be added to, and dropped from, the league roster. As usual, I'm open to suggestions on changes, so feel free to reply. I will be finalizing the list very soon though, because we are going to need to get the draft started a little earlier than usual. Expect an email about that tomorrow.
There are some absolute DTBL legends on the cut list this year. Yes, I'm talking about Nicky Delmonico and Tyler Chatwood! Maybe Albert Pujols, Adrian Beltre and Joe Mauer as well.
You'll notice I have Ohtani listed as an outfielder. He did not make an appearance in the field (besides as a pitcher) last season, so the outfield designation is based on the last position he played in Japan, which was actually all the way back in 2014.
Here are the changes for the upcoming season:
Catchers
Added:
Willians Astudillo, Francisco Cervelli, Elias Diaz, Mitch Garver, Yan Gomes, Danny Jansen, Carson Kelly, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Omar Narvaez
Dropped:
Alex Avila, Jason Castro, Evan Gattis, Martin Maldonado, James McCann, Tom Murphy, Salvador Perez, Cameron Rupp, Stephen Vogt
First Basemen
Added:
Jesus Aguilar, Jake Bauers, Ronald Guzman, Mitch Moreland, Max Muncy, Ryan O'Hearn, Luke Voit, Tyler White
Dropped:
Greg Bird, Chris Davis, Lucas Duda, Joe Mauer, Logan Morrison, Albert Pujols, Hanley Ramirez, Eric Thames
Second Basemen
Added:
Adam Frazier, Niko Goodrum, Jed Lowrie, Gleyber Torres, Luis Urias, Joey Wendle
Dropped:
Brandon Drury, Logan Forsythe, Josh Harrison, Brad Miller, Joe Panik, Dustin Pedroia, Yangervis Solarte, Kolten Wong, Ben Zobrist
Third Basemen
Added:
Miguel Andujar, Johan Camargo, Matt Duffy, Eduardo Escobar, Yolmer Sanchez
Dropped:
Adrian Beltre, J.P. Crawford, Matt Davidson
Shortstops
Added:
Willy Adames, Lourdes Gurriel, Garrett Hampson, Scott Kingery, Adalberto Mondesi, Jurickson Profar
Dropped:
Tim Beckham, Freddy Galvis, Chris Owings, Addison Russell, Troy Tulowitzki
Outfielders
Added:
Ronald Acuna, Greg Allen, Brian Anderson, Harrison Bader, Franchy Cordero, Enrique Hernandez, Teoscar Hernandez, Ramon Laureano, Leonys Martin, Austin Meadows, Cedric Mullins, Brandon Nimmo, Tyler O'Neill, Shohei Ohtani, Daniel Palka, Franmil Reyes, Juan Soto, Christin Stewart, Kyle Tucker
Dropped:
Aaron Altherr, Lewis Brinson, Keon Broxton, Lonnie Chisenhall, Nicky Delmonico, Adam Duvall, Jarrod Dyson, Derek Fisher, Dexter Fowler, Dustin Fowler, Carlos Gomez, Jason Heward, Cameron Maybin, Gerrardo Parra, Hunter Pence, Josh Reddick, Michael Taylor, Nick Williams, Bradley Zimmer
Starting Pitchers
Added:
Shane Bieber, Matt Boyd, Walker Buehler, Jhoulys Chacin, Zach Eflin, Nathan Eovaldi, Mike Fiers, Jack Flaherty, Mike Foltynewicz, Kyle Freeland, Kyle Gibson, Tyler Glasnow, Marco Gonzales, Andrew Heaney, Josh James, Jakob Junis, Joey Lucchesi, Steven Matz, Miles Mikolas, Sean Newcomb, Freddy Peralta, Nick Pivetta, Dereck Rodriguez, Anibal Sanchez, Tyler Skaggs, Mike Soroka, Ross Stripling, Zack Wheeler, Trevor Williams
Dropped:
Tyler Chatwood, Alex Cobb, Johnny Cueto, Zach Davies, Jerad Eickhoff, Marco Estrada, Jake Faria, Lucas Giolito, Luiz Gohara, Gio Gonzalez, Matt Harvey, Felix Hernandez, Dinelson Lamet, Mike Leake, Lance Lynn, Sean Manaea, Lance McCullers, Jordan Montgomery, Jake Odorizzi, Drew Pomeranz, Garrett Richards, Tanner Roark, Danny Salazar, Jeff Samardzija, Aaron Sanchez, Ervin Santana, Matt Shoemaker, Dan Straily, Taijuan Walker
Relief Pitchers
Added:
Jose Alvardo, Matt Barnes, Ryan Brasier, Corbin Burnes, Ty Buttrey, Diego Castillo, Seranthony Dominguez, Jordan Hicks, Yoshihisa Hirano, Jeremy Jeffress, Joe Jimenez, Jose Leclerc, Seth Lugo, Trevor May, Collin McHugh, Adam Ottavino, Wily Peralta, Ryan Pressly, Taylor Rogers, Sergio Romo, Trevor Rosenthal, Will Smith, Matt Strahm, Hunter Strickland
Dropped:
Kyle Barraclough, Cam Bedrosian, Matt Bush, Alex Claudio, Sam Dyson, Luke Gregerson, Will Harris, Tommy Kahnle, Brandon Kintzler, Dominic Leone, Michael Lorenzen, Tyler Lyons, Ryan Madson, Brandon Maurer, Juan Minaya, Pat Neshek, Darren O'Day, Seung Hwan Oh, Yusmeiro Petit, Jose Ramirez, A.J. Ramos, Addison Reed, Fernando Rodney, Brad Ziegler