The number of * asterisks * denotes this is the nth winter of protection.
A player with **** asterisks is in the final winter of protection, unless there is a year beside it.
The year is the players year of birth, meaning they are not yet 30 years of age in the coming season.
A player can be protected as long as they are not 30 years of age at the end of the calendar year.
Players in Bold are in their final year of protection.
Trades:
December 12: Brent Yankees send Round 11 pick to Dan Dodgers for David Ortiz.
December 27: Rod Reds send Round 11 pick to Greg Giants for Carl Pavano.
December 31: Randy Cardinals send Alex Rodriguez and Round 3 pick to John Braves for Bobby Abreu and Round 14 pick
January 11: Mike Pirates send Chase Utley to Randy Athletcis for John Lackey
January 11: Chris Senators send Josh Beckett and Cliff Floyd to Randy Athletics for Brian Lawrence and Scott Kazmir
February 8: Mike Pirates trade Jim Edmonds, Paul Konerko to Angels for Aubrey Huff, Mark Buerhle
March 3: Greg Colts send Sean Burroughs and 8th round pick to Randy Athletics for Jeremy Bonderman and Nate Robertson
March 11: Greg Colts send Jason Schmidt to Chris Red Sox for
Vernon Wells
Rosters: listed alphabetically by team nickname
The listed positions are not necessarily the positions that will be listed by Yahoo!
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Jeff Angels |
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** Jason Varitek (Bos - C) |
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* Paul Konerko (CWS - 1B,DH) Mike Sweeney 1b kc Keith Ginter 2b oak 1982 George Cantu 2b tb |
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* Aramis Ramirez (ChC - 3B) 1982 Jhonny Peralta ss cle Alex Gonzalez ss fla |
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** Hideki Matsui (NYY - LF,CF) |
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* Jim Edmonds (StL - CF) |
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**** Lance Berkman (Hou - LF,RF) Preston Wilson (Col OF) 1981 Jeremy Reed (Sea OF) Luke Scott of hou Erubiel Durazo (Oak DH) |
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* 1982 Dontrelle Willis (Fla - SP) |
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* 1981 Rich Harden (Oak - SP) Matt Morris (Stl SP) Jose Contreras sp
cws Brandon McCarthy sp
cws Scott Erickson p lad Keith Foulke (Bos RP) Braden Looper rp nym JC Romero p min Minors: Joe Blanton oak sp, Cole Hamels phi p, Jeff Francis col |
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Randy Athletics |
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* 1980 John Buck (KC - C) Todd Helton (Col 1B) |
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* Ken Harvey (KC - 1B,DH) * Chase Utley (Phi - 2B) *** 1980 Sean Burroughs (SD - 3B) Jack Wilson ss pit * Aaron Rowand (CWS - LF,CF) * Cliff Floyd (NYM - LF) Matt Holliday (Col OF) 1982 Willy Mo Pena (Cin OF) 1980 Nick Swisher
of oak 1980 Luis Terrero of ari |
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* 1980 Jason Davis (Cle - SP,RP) |
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* 1981 Jimmy Gobble (KC - SP) |
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*** 1980 Josh Beckett (Fla - SP) Danny Haren sp oak Rick Ankiel sp stl Ryan Drese sp tex 1980 Dewon
Brazelton sp tb Toma Ohka sp was Tony Armas jr. rp was |
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* 1979 Jon Switzer (TB - RP) Chris Capuano rp
mil Chris Young sp min |
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Minors: JD Durbin min p, Corey Hart 3b mil, Mike Jones sp mil |
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John Braves |
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Mike Piazza (NYM C) Jason Larue c cin |
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Richie Sexson (Sea 1B) Adam Laroche 1b atl ** Marcus Giles (Atl - 2B) **** Alex Rodriguez (NYY - 3B,SS) 1980 Felipe Lopez ss cin Rich Aurilia ss cin |
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** 1981 Carl Crawford (TB - LF,CF) Jose Guillen (Was OF) Ken Griffey (Cin CF) Trot Nixon of box Jerry Hairston of
cub Rob Mackowiak of pit John Smoltz (Atl P) Brad Radke (Min SP) |
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Jeff Suppan (Stl SP) Adam Eaton sp sd Kazuhisa Ishii - sp(LA) Paul Wilson sp cin * Armando Benitez (Fla RP) |
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*** Eric Gagne (LA - RP) Ron Mahay rp tex Ricardo Rodriguez
sp tex Scot Shields rp ana Minors: Andy Marte atl 3b, Edwin Jackson la sp, Matt Cain sp sf |
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Randy Cardinals |
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* 1983 Joe Mauer (Min - C) |
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* 1981 Justin Morneau (Min - 1B,DH) Ray Durham (SF 2B) Jose Reyes (NYM SS) |
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* 1980 Dallas McPherson (Ana - 3B) Ty Wiggington 3b pit 1982 J.J. Hardy (Mil SS) |
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* Terrmel Sledge (Mon - LF,RF) Bobby Abreu (Phi OF) Scott Podsednik (CWS OF) David Dejesus of kc |
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** 1981 Carlos Zambrano (ChC - SP) |
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** 1979 Horacio Ramirez (Atl - SP) |
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** 1981 Oliver Perez (Pit - SP) David Bush sp tor 1980 Gustavo Chacin
sp tor Aaron Harang sp cin 1983 Zach Duke p pit 1983 Huston Street p oak |
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** 1982 Francisco Rodriguez (Ana - RP) Akinori Otsuka rp
sd Greg Aquino rp ari Joe Mays sp min Minors: Angel Guzman cub sp, Jason Kubel of min, Ervin Santana p ana |
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Greg Colts |
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Ramon Hernandez (SD C) |
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* Travis Hafner (Cle - 1B,DH) 1981 Omar Infante (Det 2B) |
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* 1982 David Wright (NYM - 3B) |
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Nomar Garciaparra (CHC SS) *** Vernon Wells (Tor - CF) * Brad Wilkerson (Mon - 1B,LF,CF,RF) Kevin Mench of tex |
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* 1981 Alex Rios (Tor - RF) |
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* 1982 Grady Sizemore (Cle CF) 1981 Victor Diaz of nym **** 1980 C.C. Sabathia (Cle - SP) |
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Jeff Weaver (LA - SP,RP) Jon Lieber (Phi SP) Rodrigo Lopez sp bal Luke Hudson sp cin 1981 Wil Ledezma sp det Nate Robertson sp det ** 1982 Jeremy Bonderman (Det - SP,RP) Tom Gordon rp nyy Scott Linebrink rp
sd Giovanni Carrara rp
lad Brian Shouse tex rp 1981 Jesse Crain rp min Minors: Jeremy Brown oak c/1b, James Loney la 1b |
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Darrin Cubs |
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Ivan Rodriguez (Det - C) Rod Barajas c tex ** 1980 Mark Teixeira (Tex - 1B,3B) |
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**** Bret Boone (Sea - 2B) Placido Polanco 2b phi |
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* 1979 Khalil Greene (SD - SS) |
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**** 1976 Miguel Tejada (Bal - SS) Shea Hillenbrand (Tor - 3B) Vinny Castilla 3b was |
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* Jason Bay (Pit - LF) |
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**** 1976 Pat Burrell (Phi - LF) 1980 Austin Kearns of cin Bernie Williams of
nyy Brad Hawpe of col Alex Sanchez of det |
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* Chris Carpenter (StL - SP) Derek Lowe (LA SP) Javier Vazquez (Ari SP) Mike Hampton (Atl SP) Kevin Brown sp nyy Esteban Loaiza sp
was J.J. Putz sp sea B.J. Ryan (Bal RP) Bob Wickman rp cle Minors: Gavin Floyd sp phi, Denny Bautista kc sp, Joey Gathright tb of |
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Dan Dodgers |
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* Jason Kendall (Pit - C) Carlos Delgado (Bal 1B) Jose Vidro (Was 2B) |
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**** 1977 Rafael Furcal (Atl - SS) |
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*** Johnny Damon (Bos - CF) Shawn Green (Ari OF) Milton Bradley (LA OF) Lew Ford (Min OF) Dave Newhan of bal Larry Bigbie of bal Jay Gibbons of bal Frank Thomas dh cws Randy Johnson (NYY SP) Matt Clement (CHC SP) Livan Hernandez (Was SP) Bobby Madritsch sp
sea Ryan Dempster p cub 1981 Chin-hui Tsao p col Damaso Marte rp cws |
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* Francisco Cordero (Tex - RP) |
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* Octavio Dotel (Oak - RP) 1980 Ryan Madson rp phi Minors: Prince Fielder mil 1b, Justin Huber c nym |
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Greg Giants |
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Mike Lieberthal (Phi C) Brian Schneider c was Ben Broussard (Cle 1B) Tadahito Iguchi 2b cws Orlando Hudson 2b
tor 1982 Ruben Gotay 2b kc Derek Jeter (NYY SS) Troy Glaus (Ana 3B) Pedro Feliz 3b sf * 1979 Kevin Youkilis (Bos - 3B) Randy Winn of sea |
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* Geoff Jenkins (Mil - LF) |
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*** Jacques Jones (Min - LF,RF,DH) |
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**** J.D. Drew (Atl - CF,RF) Jose Cruz cf ari |
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* 1979 Brandon Webb (Ari - SP) |
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* Doug Davis (Mil - SP) |
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*** 1978 Joel Pineiro (Sea - SP) |
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*** 1977 Vincente Padilla (Phi - SP) John Garland sp cws Kyle Lohse sp min |
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**** Billy Wagner (Phi - RP) Juan Ricon rp min Dustin Hermanson rp cws Minors: Gabe Gross of, Guillermo Quiroz, C, New Haven, Brian Anderson cf cws |
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Chris Indians |
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* Paul Lo Duca (Fla - C,1B) Toby Hall c tb Darin Erstad (Ana 1B) 1983 Kendry Morales DAngelo Jimenez (Cin 2B) |
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** 1980 Hank Blalock (Tex - 3B) |
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** 1978 Jimmy Rollins (Phi - SS) |
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** Carlos Lee (CWS - LF) Garrett Anderson (Ana CF) |
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**** Ichiro Suzuki (Sea - RF) Reed Johnson of tor |
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**** 1977 Mark Mulder (Oak - SP) Victor Zambrano (NYM SP) Wade Miller (Bos SP) Bronson Arroyo sp bos Tim Wakefield sp bos Tim Stauffer sp sd Julian Tavares rp stl |
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* Brendan Donnelly (Ana - RP) |
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**** Troy Percival (Ana - RP) Mike Adams rp mil Alan Embree RP Bos Minors: Casey Kotchman ana 1b, Jason Stokes fla 1b, Jered Weaver sp ana |
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Steve Mets |
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Charles Johnson c col Scott Hatteberg 1b oak Rafael Palmeiro 1b bal ** 1981 Brandon Phillips (Cle - 2B) Tony Womack (NYY 2B) Scott Rolen (Phi 3B) Joe Randa 3b kc Omar Vizquel ss sf Royce Clayton ss ari |
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* 1984 B.J. Upton (TB - OF) Gary Sheffield (NYY OF) Brian Giles (SD OF) Moises Alou (SF OF) Craig Biggo of hou Jody Gerut of cle |
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** 1978 Cliff Lee (Cle - SP) Curt Schilling (Bos SP) Bartolo Colon (Ana SP) Jake Westbrook (Cle - SP) Al Leiter sp fla Roger Clemens (Hou SP) Shawn Chacon p col Trevor Hoffman (SD RP) Minors: Michael Aubrey cle, Ryan Howard phi |
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Dave Orioles |
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* Johnny Estrada (Atl - C) Koyie Hill c ari |
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* Lyle Overbay (Mil - 1B) |
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* Adam Kennedy (Ana - 2B) Junior Spivey 2b mil Mark Grudzielanek 2b stl Cristian Guzman (Was SS) |
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* Morgan Ensberg (Hou - 3B) Chipper Jones (Atl OF) |
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* Torii Hunter (Min - CF) Raul Ibanez (Sea OF) Jermaine Dye of cws Eric Byrnes of oak |
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* A.J. Burnett (Fla - SP) |
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** Ben Sheets (Mil SP) |
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* Kirk Rueter (SF - SP) |
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* Odalis Perez (LA SP) 1980 Noah Lowry sp
sf 1981 Daniel Cabrera
sp bal Sean Burnett sp pit |
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Shigeti Hasegawa (Sea - RP) Jorge Julio rp bal 1980 Yhency Brazoban rp la Minors: Bryan Bullington pit |
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Andy Phillies |
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Jorge Posada (NYY C) Nick Johnson 1b was Tino Martinez 1b
nyy Josh Phelps 1b tb Todd Walker (CHC 2B) **** 1977 Eric Chavez (Oak - 3B) Joe Crede 3b cws Xavier Nady 3b/of sd |
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**** Orlando Cabrera (Bos - SS) |
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* Mark Kotsay (Oak CF) Reggie Sanders of stl Matt Lawton of pit Mike Cameron of nym |
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* Jesse Foppert (SF SP) |
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* Jason Marquis (StL - SP,RP) |
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** 1981 Jake Peavy (SD - SP) |
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* Jerome Williams (SF - SP) |
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*** 1980 Mark Prior (ChC - SP) |
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**** Tim Hudson (Oak - SP) 1985 Felix Hernandez (Sea SP) Brett Myers sp phi |
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* Danny Kolb (Mil - RP) Andy Sisco rp kc Minors: John Van Benschoten sd p, Jose Capellan atl, Justin Jones cub |
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Mike Pirates |
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1980 J.D. Closser (Col C) Bengie Molina c ana ** Aubrey Huff (TB - 1B,3B,RF,DH) Carlos Pena 1b det |
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* Ronnie Belliard (Cle - 2B) 1981 Jose Castillo 2b pit |
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* Carlos Guillen (Det 3B,SS) Clint Barmes ss col 1979 Garrett Atkins (Col 3B) |
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*** 1977 Carlos Beltran (Hou - CF) |
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**** 1976 Vladimir Guerrero (Ana - RF) Adam Dunn (Cin OF) Craig Monroe of det Jason Dubois of cub |
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* Carlos Silva (Min SP,RP) |
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**** 1979 Mark Buehrle (CWS - SP) |
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** 1979 Johan Santana (Min - SP,RP) * John Lackey (Ana SP) Gil Meche sp sea |
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** Jason Isringhausen (StL - RP) 1982 Chad Cordero rp was Joe Borowski rp chc Luis Ayala rp was Brandon Lyon rp kc Minors: Jeff Mathis cal c, Hanley Ramirez bos ss, Clint Everts p mon |
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Chris Red Sox |
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1982 Yadier Molina c stl JT Snow 1b sf Jeff Bagwell (Hou 1B) ** Luis Castillo (Fla 2B) |
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*** Mike Lowell (Fla 3B) Brandon Inge 3b/of/c det Bill Mueller (Bos 3B) |
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* 1980 Cesar Izturis (LA - SS) Kaz Matsui (NYM SS) Manny Ramirez (OF Bos) |
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**** 1977 Juan Pierre (Fla - CF) Dave Roberts of sd Luis Matos of bal |
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Sidney Ponson sp bal *** Jason Schmidt (SF - SP) |
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*** Eric Milton (Phi - SP) |
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* Mike Maroth (Det - SP) |
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*** 1977 Roy Halladay (Tor - SP) David Wells (Bos SP) Miguel Batista p tor Eddie Guardado rp sea Ugueth Urbina rp
det Tim Worrell rp phi Matt Herges rp sf Minors: Rickie Weeks mil, |
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Rod Reds |
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** 1978 Victor Martinez (Cle - C) |
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* Sean Casey (Cin 1B) |
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* Alfonso Soriano (Tex - 2B) Chad Tracy 3b ari Mark Teahen 3b kc |
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* 1983 Jose Lopez (Sea - SS) |
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* Julio Lugo (TB - SS) Ryan Freel (Cin OF) Kevin Millar of bos |
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** 1981 Rocco Baldelli (TB CF) Chone Figgins of ana 1982 Shin-Soo Choo of sea Tike Redman of pit Jayson Werth of lad |
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** Carl Pavano (Fla SP) |
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* John Thomson (Atl - SP) |
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*** Randy Wolf (Phi SP) Steve Trachsel sp
nym 1981 John Maine sp bal Jose Valverde p ari |
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** Danys Baez (TB RP) * Brandon Claussen (NYY SP) Woody Williams (Stl SP) Kyle Farnsworth p det Minors: Reds - Kelly Johnson atl ss, Greg Miller p la |
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Chris Senators |
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Craig Wilson (Pit 1B,C?) *** 1980 Albert Pujols (StL - 1B,LF) |
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* Brian Roberts (Bal - 2B) |
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* 1983 Miguel Cabrera (Fla - 3B,LF,RF) Edgardo Alfonzo 3b sf |
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*** Edgar Renteria (StL - SS) Jason Bartlett ss
min 1985 Ian Stewart 3b col |
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*** Shannon Stewart (Min - LF,DH) Laynce Nix of tex Luis Gonzalez of ari Raul Mondesi atl |
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* Brian Lawrence (SD SP) |
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**** 1977 Kip Wells (Pit SP) Kerry Wood (Chc SP) |
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* 1984 Scott Kazmir (TB - SP) |
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* Ted Lilly (Tor - SP) Paul Byrd sp ana Kevin Millwood sp cle Glendon Rusch sp cub |
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* Jose Mesa (Pit RP) Guillermo Mota (Was RP) Mike Gonzalez rp pit Todd Jones rp fla Minors: Adrian Gonzalez 1b sea ,Wilson Betemit ss atl |
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Jerry Tigers |
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*** A.J. Pierzynski (SF - C) Jason Phillips c lad Derrek Lee (Chc 1B) Phil Nevin (SD 1B) Mark Bellhorn (Bos 2B) |
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* 1980 Bobby Crosby (Oak - SS) David Eckstein ss stl Aaron Boone 3b cle Craig Counsell if ari Steve Finley (Ana OF) Larry Walker (Stl OF) Juan Gonzalez of
cle Marquis Grissom of sf Jerry Davanon of lad |
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** Brett Tomko (SF - SP) |
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** Corey Lidle (Phi - SP) Jarrod Washburn (Ana SP) Mike Mussina (NYY SP) Brandon Backe (Hou SP) Tom Glavine p nym Mariano Rivera (NYY
RP) Ray King p stl Jon Leicester rp
cub Juan Cruz rp oak Minors: Chris Narveson p stl, Kelly Shoppach c box, Dan Meyer p atl |
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Frank Twins |
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Javy Lopez (Bal C) Doug Mirabelli c bos Jim Thome (Phi 1B) Ryan Klesko 1b sd * Mark Loretta (SD - 2B) Jeff Kent (LA 2B) Augie Ojeda 2b min |
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** Melvin Mora (Bal 3B,LF) Corey Koskie (Tor 3B) David Bell 3b phi Adam Everett ss hou Magglio Ordonez (CHW OF) Coco Crisp (Cle OF) Dustan Mohr of col Eric Valent of nym Pedro Martinez (NYM SP) Andy Pettitte (Hou SP) Jaret Wright (NYY SP) Greg Maddux (CHC SP) Russ Ortiz (Ari SP) Jose Lima sp lad Latroy Hawkins rp cub Jason Christiansen rp sf Minors: Jeremie Guthrie cle sp |
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Dan White Sox |
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* Miguel Olivo (Sea - C) Greg Zaun c tor |
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** Dmitri Young (Det - 1B,3B,LF,DH) Hee Seop Choi 1b la Doug Mientkiewicz 1b nym |
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** Michael Young (Tex - 2B,SS) Michael Cuddyer (Min 2B,3B,OF,1B) Aaron Miles 2b col |
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** 1979 Adrian Beltre (LA - 3B) 1980 Russ Adams ss tor Barry Bonds (SF OF) |
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** 1979 Corey Patterson (ChC - CF) Sammy Sosa (ChC OF) Carl Everett of cws |
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* 1979 Jeremy Affeldt (KC - SP,RP) |
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* 1983 Zach Greinke (KC - SP) Brad Penny (LA SP) Kelvim Escobar (Ana SP) Erik Bedard sp bal Kenny Rogers sp tex Jon Rauch sp was Danny Graves (Cin RP) Shingo Takatsu rp cws Minors: Josh Barfield sd 2b, Delmon Young of tb, Dionner Navarro c lad |
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Brent Yankees |
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* Michael Barrett (ChC C) Damian Miller c mil Jason Giambi 1b nyy |
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** David Ortiz (Bos - 1B,DH) Jeff Conine 1b fla |
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* 1979 Juan Uribe (CWS 2B,3B,SS) |
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** Angel Berroa (KC - SS) Jose Valentin 3b\ss la Casey Blake (Cle 3B) Eric Hinske 3b/1b tor |
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* Jeromy Burnitz (Col - LF,CF,RF) |
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**** 1977 A. Jones (Atl - CF) Richard Hidalgo of nym Jason Lane of hou |
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**** 1978 Barry Zito (Oak - SP) |
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**** 1976 Freddie Garcia (CWS - SP) |
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**** 1977 Roy Oswalt (Hou - SP) Kris Benson sp nym Orlando Hernandez sp cws |
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* Joe Nathan (Min - RP) |
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* Brad Lidge (Hou - RP) Justin Speier rp tor Brian Fuentes rp
col Bob Howry rp cle Minors: Chris Burke ss hou, Josh Hamilton, Dustin McGowan rhp tor |
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