2021 Player Adds/Drops

[Kevin]

I have completed my first draft of the players who will make up the player pool for the 2021 season. Notably, there are far fewer changes than normal among hitters. Perhaps that makes sense following a severely shortened 2020 season. But on the other hand, the number of new pitchers is pretty typical.

As usual, I am very open to suggested changes to these lists. I plan to finalize the player pool late next week, so you have plenty of time to look things over and share your thoughts.

Here are the current changes for the upcoming season:

Catchers
Added:
Joey Bart, Elias Diaz, Sam Huff, Ryan Jeffers, Alejandro Kirk, Austin Nola, Max Stassi, Tyler Stephenson, Daulton Varsho
Dropped:
Willians Astudillo, Tucker Barnhart, Victor Caratini, Robinson Chirinos, Tyler Flowers, Austin Hedges, Austin Romine, Chance Sisco, Mike Zunino

First Basemen
Added:
Jeimer Candelario, Bobby Dalbec, Colin Moran, Dominic Smith, Jared Walsh, Evan White
Dropped:
Michael Chavis, Ji-Man Choi, Edwin Encarnacion, Howie Kendrick, Daniel Murphy, Albert Pujols, Justin Smoak, Eric Thames, Daniel Vogelbach, Ryan Zimmerman

Second Basemen
Added:
Jake Cronenworth, Ty France, Enrique Hernandez, Nick Madrigal
Dropped:
Hanser Alberto, Robinson Cano, Adam Frazier, Dee Gordon, Shed Long, Jose Peraza

Third Basemen
Added:
Alec Bohm, Ke'Bryan Hayes, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Joey Wendle
Dropped:
Miguel Andujar, Matt Carpenter, Travis Shaw

Shortstops
Added:
Willi Castro, David Fletcher, Andres Gimenez, Niko Goodrum, Miguel Rojas
Dropped:
Kevin Newman

Outfielders
Added:
Jo Adell, Randy Arozarena, Dylan Carlson, Alex Dickerson, Mauricio Dubon, Adam Duvall, Clint Frazier, Jason Heyward, Aaron Hicks, Manuel Margot, Dylan Moore, Ryan Mountcastle, Josh Naylor, Cristian Pache, Victor Reyes, Luis Robert, Anthony Santander, Raimel Tapia, Leody Taveras, Chris Taylor
Dropped:
Aristides Aquino, Harrison Bader, Jackie Bradley, Ryan Braun, Yoenis Cespedes, Shin-Soo Choo, Franchy Cordero, Brett Gardner, Ender Inciarte, Kevin Kiermaier, Nick Markakis, Jose Martinez, Nomar Mazara, Kevin Pillar, Gregory Polanco, Yasiel Puig, Hunter Renfroe, Danny Santana, Domingo Santana, Mallex Smith

Starting Pitchers
Added:
Ian Anderson, Chris Bassitt, Corbin Burnes, Aaron Civale, Zach Davies, Dane Dunning, Zach Eflin, Nathan Eovaldi, Kevin Gausman, Elieser Hernandez, Cristian Javier, Kwang Hyun Kim, Tyler Mahle, Triston McKenzie, John Means, Casey Mize, Jordan Montgomery, Nate Pearson, Michael Pineda, Zach Plesac, Sixto Sanchez, Justus Sheffield, Brady Singer, Drew Smyly, Jameson Taillon, Spencer Turnbull, Framber Valdez, Taijuan Walker
Dropped:
Chris Archer, Matthew Boyd, Dylan Cease, Yonny Chirinos, Mike Clevinger, Anthony DeSclafani, Mike Fiers, Mike Foltynewicz, Jon Gray, Cole Hamels, Adrian Houser, Dakota Hudson, Jon Lester, Joey Lucchesi, Steven Matz, Brendan McKay, Miles Mikolas, Jake Odorizzi, Rick Porcello, Jose Quintana, Robbie Ray, Garrett Richards, Jeff Samardzija, Anibal Sanchez, Caleb Smith, Masahiro Tanaka, Justin Verlander, Luke Weaver

Relief Pitchers
Added:
Tejay Antone, Daniel Bard, Anthony Bass, Emmanuel Clase, Stefan Crichton, Jake Diekman, Pete Fairbanks, Bryan Garcia, Yimi Garcia, Amir Garrett, Tony Gonsolin, Brusdar Graterol, Jonathan Hernandez, Jordan Hicks, Greg Holland, Chris Martin, Mike Mayers, Jake McGee, Rafael Montero, Reyes Moronta, Freddy Peralta, Tanner Rainey, Richard Rodriguez, Jordan Romano, Trevor Rosenthal, Lucas Sims, Joakim Soria, Josh Staumont, J.B. Wendelken, Devin Williams, Matt Wisler
Dropped:
Jose Alvarado, Shaun Anderson, Dellin Betances, Ty Buttrey, Kyle Crick, Wade Davis, Seranthony Dominguez, Ken Giles, Shane Greene, Will Harris, Yoshihisa Hirano, Luke Jackson, Josh James, Joe Jimenez, Keone Kela, Ian Kennedy, Corey Knebel, Seth Lugo, Matt Magill, Carlos Martinez, Trevor May, Andrew Miller, Andres Munoz, Scott Oberg, Roberto Osuna, Hansel Robles, Sergio Romo, Ryne Stanek, Tony Watson, Rowan Wick

[Kevin]

Mike elected to move Shohei Ohtani from staring pitcher back to outfield this season. As a result, I have made the follow corresponding changes to the lists above: Mike Minor will remain in the league, but Josh Naylor will not be added.

Still a couple more days before I make this official, if you have any feedback to provide.

[Kevin]

One final change... Josh Naylor is back on the add list and Yasiel Puig will now be dropped. I think it was a bit of an oversight on my part to not have Puig dropped from the get-go, considering I have heard absolutely nothing about him signing with a MLB team in recent weeks.

These changes will be fully implemented and the official draft pool will be available in the next 24 hours or so.