2025 Player Adds/Drops

[Kevin]

With today being the first day with a full spring training game schedule, what better time to release the first draft of the players who are slated to be added to and removed from the league roster for the upcoming season? This could be a fluid list, so please let me know if you think there are any players missing that should be included. For now, I have kept a pair of unsigned relief pitchers, Kyle Finnegan and David Robertson, on the league roster. I will almost certainly replace them if they don't find new homes in the next week or so. I hope to finalize the draft roster a week from today, March 1, in preparation for another early start to our draft due to the Cubs/Dodgers games in Japan a week before the main Opening Day. So you've got a week to offer your suggestions.

Here are the player roster changes for the 2025 season:

Catchers
Added:
Miguel Amaya, Joey Bart, David Fry, Hunter Goodman, Ivan Herrera, Kyle Higashioka, Endy Rodriguez
Dropped:
Christian Bethancourt, Elias Diaz, Yan Gomes, Rene Pinto, Gary Sanchez, Christian Vazquez

First Basemen
Added:
Jonathan Aranda, Spencer Horwitz, Kyle Manzardo, Michael Toglia
Dropped:
Jose Abreu, Wilmer Flores, Alex Kiriloff, Joey Meneses, Anthony Rizzo, Rowdy Tellez, Justin Turner

Second Basemen
Added:
Luis Garcia, Nick Gonzales, Jackson Holliday, Colt Keith, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Otto Lopez, Michael Massey, Will Wagner
Dropped:
Brandon Drury, Whit Merrifield, Brendan Rodgers

Third Basemen
Added:
Ernie Clement, Jose Miranda, Connor Norby, Joey Ortiz, Mark Vientos
Dropped:
Brett Baty, J.D. Davis, D.J. LeMahieu, Yoan Moncada, Anthony Rendon

Shortstops
Added:
Jose Cabellero, Xavier Edwards, Tyler Fitzgerald, Brooks Lee, Jacob Wilson
Dropped:
Tim Anderson, Orlando Arcia, Javier Baez, J.P. Crawford, Ezequiel Duran, Vaughn Grissom, Amed Rosario

Outfielders
Added:
Wilyer Abreu, Jo Adell, JJ Bleday, Alec Burleson, Lawrence Butler, Jackson Chourio, Colton Cowser, Dylan Crews, Jasson Dominguez, Brenton Doyle, Heston Kjerstad, Wyatt Langford, Jung Hoo Lee, Jackson Merrill, Garrett Mitchell, Andy Pages, Jurickson Profar, Ceddanne Rafaela, Heliot Ramos, Victor Robles, Jesus Sanchez, Matt Vierling, Jesse Winker, James Wood, Jacob Young
Dropped:
Will Benson, Charlie Blackmon, Seth Brown, Kris Bryant, Mark Canha, Henry Davis, Bryan De La Cruz, Adam Duvall, Mitch Haniger, Austin Hays, Eloy Jimenez, Jarred Kelenic, J.D. Martinez, MJ Melendez, James Outman, Tommy Pham, Hunter Renfroe, Johan Rojas, Esteury Ruiz, Jose Siri, Jack Suwinski, Chris Taylor, Alek Thomas, Nelson Velazquez, Alex Verdugo, Mike Yastrzemski

Starting Pitchers
Added:
Spencer Arrighetti, Ronel Blanco, Garrett Crochet, Erick Fedde, Jack Flaherty, Bowden Francis, Luis Gil, Tanner Houck, Shota Imanaga, Jared Jones, Sean Manaea, Tobias Myers, Drew Rasmussen, Robbie Ray, Kumar Rocker, Clarke Schmidt, Spencer Schwellenbach, Brady Singer, Paul Skenes, Jeffrey Springs, Brandon Woodruff, Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Dropped:
Andrew Abbott, Shane Bieber, Kyle Bradish, Edward Cabrera, Griffin Canning, Aaron Civale, Reid Detmers, Braxton Garrett, Jon Gray, Kyle Harrison, Cristian Javier, Clayton Kershaw, Lance Lynn, Kenta Maeda, Triston McKenzie, John Means, Bobby Miller, Jordan Montgomery, Charlie Morton, Joe Musgrove, Eduardo Rodriguez, Emmet Sheehan, Marcus Stroman

Relief Pitchers
Added:
Justin Anderson, Beau Brieske, Lucas Erceg, Jeremiah Estrada, Calvin Faucher, Jason Foley, Hunter Gaddis, Robert Garcia, Yimi Garcia, Chad Green, Seth Halvorsen, Liam Hendriks, Porter Hodge, Grant Holmes, Tyler Holton, Jackson Jobe, Ben Joyce, Tommy Kahnle, Michael Kopech, Derek Law, Justin Martinez, Trevor Megill, Justin Slaten, Cade Smith, Matt Strahm, Jesus Tinoco, Blake Treinen, Edwin Uceta, Ryan Walker, Luke Weaver, Kirby Yates
Dropped:
Adbert Alzolay, Scott Barlow, Matt Brash, John Brebbia, Seranthony Dominguez, Dylan Floro, Giovanny Gallegos, Kevin Ginkel, Brusdar Graterol, Hunter Harvey, Jordan Hicks, Pierce Johnson, Craig Kimbrel, Alex Lange, Justin Lawrence, Jonathan Loaisiga, James McArthur, Julian Merryweather, A.J. Minter, Hector Neris Brooks Raley, David Robertson, Gregory Santos, Josh Sborz, Will Smith, Gregory Soto, Robert Stephenson, Erik Swanson, Abner Uribe, Garrett Whitlock

[Kevin]

I will be posting the official draft roster in just a bit. One late change to the RP list. Since David Robertson remains an unsigned free agent, I have dropped him and replaced him with Boston's Justin Slaten. Since Kyle Finnegan re-signed with the Nats this week, he will remain in the league.