Here is my initial list of players who will be added to the league player pool for 2022. As I stated in an email, I'm going to hold off with the drops until after the roster cut deadline. Even more than usual, this is going to be a very fluid list. I started working on this several weeks ago using sources that had virtually no new information to work from since the lockout began in early December. So I'm going to be keeping a close eye on all of the transactions occurring over the next week as well as updates from my trusted sources. I will be sure to post new replies to this post when I make updates. I know it may be hard for you to make suggestions before you see which players I intend to drop, but feel free to chime in with any potential new additions you think I may be overlooking. After I post the drops next Tuesday, I will greatly appreciate any additional feedback you may have.
Here are the current changes for the upcoming season:
Catchers
Added:
Tucker Barnhart, Eric Haase, Jonah Heim, Keibert Ruiz, Luis Torrens, Mike Zunino
Dropped:
Jason Castro, Sam Huff, Tom Murphy, Buster Posey, Wilson Ramos, Kurt Suzuki
First Basemen
Added:
Bobby Bradley, Frank Schwindel
Dropped:
Miguel Cabrera, Colin Moran, Mitch Moreland, Renato Nunez, Evan White
Second Basemen
Added:
Vidal Brujan, Robinson Cano, Jazz Chisholm, Adam Frazier, Josh Harrison, Nico Hoerner, Jonathan India, Brendan Rodgers, Josh Rojas, Abraham Toro
Dropped:
Jon Berti, Starlin Castro, Scott Kingery, Rougned Odor
Third Basemen
Added:
Patrick Wisdom
Dropped:
Brian Anderson, J.D. Davis, Carter Kieboom, Kyle Seager
Shortstops
Added:
Brandon Crawford, J.P. Crawford, Oneil Cruz, Kyle Farmer, Wander Franco, Nicky Lopez
Dropped:
Nick Ahmed, Elvis Andrus, Willi Castro, Niko Goodrum, Andrelton Simmons
Outfielders
Added:
Akil Baddoo, Harrison Bader, Jarren Duran, Adolis Garcia, Robbie Grossman, Connor Joe, Jarred Kelenic, Alex Kirilloff, Brandon Marsh, Cedric Mullins, Tyler Naquin, Rafael Ortega, Hunter Renfroe, Jesus Sanchez, Pavin Smith, Myles Straw, Lane Thomas, Andrew Vaughn, LaMonte Wade
Dropped:
Kole Calhoun, David Dahl, Khris Davis, Alex Dickerson, Corey Dickerson, Mauricio Dubon, Adam Eaton, Clint Frazier, Jason Heyward, Aaron Hicks, Oscar Mercado, Dylan Moore, Josh Naylor, Cristian Pache, Stephen Piscotty, Jurickson Profar, Victor Reyes, Nick Senzel, Leody Taveras, Justin Upton
Starting Pitchers
Added:
Shane Baz, Dylan Cease, Mike Clevinger, Alex Cobb, Anthony DeSclafani, Luis Garcia, Logan Gilbert, Jon Gray, Josiah Gray, Tanner Houck, Alek Manoah, Steven Matz, Shane McClanahan, Luis Patino, Cal Quantrill, Drew Rasmussen, Robbie Ray, Carlos Rodon, Trevor Rogers, Joe Ryan, Patrick Sandoval, Tarik Skubal, Ranger Suarez, Justin Verlander, Adam Wainwright, Logan Webb, Alex Wood, Huascar Ynoa
Dropped:
Madison Bumgarner, Dylan Bundy, Griffin Canning, Patrick Corbin, Zach Davies, Dane Dunning, Zach Eflin, J.A. Happ, Andrew Heaney, Elieser Hernandez, Cristian Javier, Mitch Keller, Dallas Keuchel, Kwang Hyun Kim, Kenta Maeda, Dustin May, Mike Minor, James Paxton, Michael Pineda, David Price, Sixto Sanchez, Justus Sheffield, Brady Singer, Drew Smyly, Mike Soroka, Spencer Turnbull, Ryan Yarbrough
Relief Pitchers
Added:
Jorge Alcala, Jose Alvarado, Aaron Ashby, Joe Barlow, Scott Barlow, David Bednar, Anthony Bender, Garrett Crochet, Camilo Doval, Carlos Estevez, Kyle Finnegan, Dylan Floro, Michael Fulmer, Ken Giles, Kendall Graveman, Pierce Johnson, Ian Kennedy, Andrew Kittredge, Corey Knebel, Jonathan Loaisiga, Trevor May, Tyler Rogers, Paul Sewald, Gregory Soto, Drew Steckenrider, Chris Stratton, Cole Sulser, Ryan Tepera, Lou Trivino, Art Warren, Tyler Wells, Garrett Whitlock, Rowan Wick
Dropped:
Nick Anderson, Tejay Antone, Anthony Bass, Archie Bradley, Zack Britton, Stefan Crichton, Jake Diekman, Sean Doolittle, Bryan Garcia, Yimi Garcia, Amir Garrett, Mychal Givens, Hunter Harvey, Jonathan Hernandez, Jordan Hicks, Greg Holland, Brandon Kintzler, Jose Leclerc, Michael Lorenzen, Chris Martin, Mike Mayers, Rafael Montero, Reyes Moronta, Adam Ottavino, Yusmeiro Petit, Drew Pomeranz, A.J. Puk, Trevor Rosenthal, Joakim Soria, J.B. Wendelken, Matt Wisler, Brandon Workman, Kirby Yates