2005 Winter Protected List

 

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 player’s 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!

 

Jeff Angels

** Jason Varitek (Bos - C)

* Paul Konerko (CWS - 1B,DH)

Mike Sweeney 1b kc

Keith Ginter 2b oak

1982 George Cantu 2b tb

* Aramis Ramirez (ChC - 3B)

1982 Jhonny Peralta ss cle 

Alex Gonzalez ss fla

** Hideki Matsui (NYY - LF,CF)

* Jim Edmonds (StL - CF) 

 

**** Lance Berkman (Hou - LF,RF)

Preston Wilson (Col – OF)

1981 Jeremy Reed (Sea – OF)

Luke Scott of hou

Erubiel Durazo (Oak – DH)

* 1982 Dontrelle Willis (Fla - SP)

* 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

 

Randy Athletics

 

* 1980  John  Buck (KC - C) 

Todd Helton (Col – 1B)

 

* 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

 

* 1980  Jason Davis (Cle - SP,RP)

 

* 1981  Jimmy Gobble (KC - SP) 

 

*** 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

 

* 1979  Jon Switzer (TB - RP)

Chris Capuano rp mil

Chris Young sp min

 

Minors: JD Durbin min p, Corey Hart 3b mil, Mike Jones sp mil

 

 

John Braves

Mike Piazza (NYM – C)

Jason Larue c cin

 

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

** 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)

Jeff Suppan (Stl – SP)

Adam Eaton sp sd

Kazuhisa Ishii - sp(LA)

Paul Wilson sp cin

* Armando Benitez (Fla – RP) 

*** 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

 

Randy Cardinals

* 1983  Joe Mauer (Min - C)

* 1981  Justin Morneau (Min - 1B,DH)

Ray Durham (SF – 2B)

Jose Reyes (NYM – SS)

* 1980  Dallas McPherson (Ana - 3B)

Ty Wiggington 3b pit

1982 J.J. Hardy (Mil – SS)

* Terrmel Sledge (Mon - LF,RF)

Bobby Abreu (Phi – OF)

Scott Podsednik (CWS – OF)

David Dejesus of kc

** 1981  Carlos Zambrano (ChC - SP) 

** 1979  Horacio Ramirez (Atl - SP)

** 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

** 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

 

Greg Colts

Ramon Hernandez (SD – C)

* Travis Hafner (Cle - 1B,DH) 

1981 Omar Infante (Det – 2B)

* 1982 David Wright (NYM - 3B)

Nomar Garciaparra (CHC – SS)

*** Vernon Wells (Tor - CF)

* Brad Wilkerson (Mon - 1B,LF,CF,RF)

Kevin Mench of tex

* 1981 Alex Rios (Tor - RF)

* 1982  Grady Sizemore (Cle – CF)

1981 Victor Diaz of nym

**** 1980  C.C. Sabathia (Cle - SP) 

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

 

Darrin Cubs

Ivan Rodriguez (Det  - C)

Rod Barajas c tex

** 1980  Mark Teixeira (Tex - 1B,3B)

**** Bret Boone (Sea - 2B) 

Placido Polanco 2b phi

* 1979  Khalil Greene (SD - SS)

**** 1976  Miguel Tejada (Bal - SS) 

Shea Hillenbrand (Tor - 3B)

Vinny Castilla 3b was

* Jason Bay (Pit - LF)

**** 1976 Pat Burrell (Phi - LF) 

1980 Austin Kearns of cin

Bernie Williams of nyy

Brad Hawpe of col

Alex Sanchez of det

* 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

 

Dan Dodgers

* Jason Kendall (Pit - C)

Carlos Delgado (Bal – 1B)

Jose Vidro (Was – 2B)

**** 1977  Rafael Furcal (Atl - SS)

*** 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

* Francisco Cordero (Tex - RP)

* Octavio Dotel (Oak - RP) 

1980 Ryan Madson rp phi

Minors: Prince Fielder mil 1b, Justin Huber c nym

 

Greg Giants

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

* Geoff Jenkins (Mil - LF)

*** Jacques Jones (Min - LF,RF,DH) 

**** J.D. Drew (Atl - CF,RF) 

Jose Cruz cf ari

* 1979  Brandon Webb (Ari - SP)

* Doug Davis (Mil - SP) 

*** 1978  Joel Pineiro (Sea - SP) 

*** 1977 Vincente Padilla (Phi - SP)

John Garland sp cws

Kyle Lohse sp min

**** 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

 

Chris Indians

* Paul Lo Duca (Fla - C,1B)

Toby Hall c tb

Darin Erstad (Ana – 1B)

1983 Kendry Morales

D’Angelo Jimenez (Cin – 2B)

** 1980 Hank Blalock (Tex - 3B)

** 1978 Jimmy Rollins (Phi - SS)

** Carlos Lee (CWS - LF)

Garrett Anderson (Ana – CF)

**** Ichiro Suzuki (Sea - RF) 

Reed Johnson of tor

**** 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

* Brendan Donnelly (Ana - RP)

**** 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

 

Steve Mets

 

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

 

* 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

 

** 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

 

 

Dave Orioles

 

* Johnny Estrada (Atl - C)

Koyie Hill c ari

 

* Lyle Overbay (Mil - 1B)

 

* Adam Kennedy (Ana - 2B) 

Junior Spivey 2b mil

Mark Grudzielanek 2b stl

Cristian Guzman (Was – SS)

 

* Morgan Ensberg (Hou - 3B)

Chipper Jones (Atl – OF)

 

* Torii Hunter (Min - CF)

Raul Ibanez (Sea – OF)

Jermaine Dye of cws

Eric Byrnes of oak

 

* A.J. Burnett (Fla - SP) 

 

** Ben Sheets (Mil – SP) 

 

* Kirk Rueter (SF - SP) 

 

* Odalis Perez (LA – SP) 

1980 Noah Lowry sp sf

1981 Daniel Cabrera sp bal

Sean Burnett sp pit

 

Shigeti Hasegawa (Sea - RP)

Jorge Julio rp bal

1980 Yhency Brazoban rp la

Minors: Bryan Bullington pit

 

 

Andy Phillies

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

**** Orlando Cabrera (Bos - SS)

* Mark Kotsay (Oak – CF)

Reggie Sanders of stl

Matt Lawton of pit

Mike Cameron of nym

* Jesse Foppert (SF – SP)

* Jason Marquis (StL - SP,RP) 

** 1981  Jake Peavy (SD - SP) 

* Jerome Williams (SF - SP) 

*** 1980  Mark Prior (ChC - SP) 

**** Tim Hudson (Oak - SP)

1985 Felix Hernandez (Sea – SP)

Brett Myers sp phi

* Danny Kolb (Mil - RP)

Andy Sisco rp kc

Minors: John Van Benschoten sd p, Jose Capellan atl, Justin Jones cub

 

Mike Pirates

1980 J.D. Closser (Col – C)

Bengie Molina c ana

** Aubrey Huff (TB - 1B,3B,RF,DH)

Carlos Pena 1b det

* Ronnie Belliard (Cle - 2B)

1981 Jose Castillo 2b pit

* Carlos Guillen (Det – 3B,SS) 

Clint Barmes ss col

1979 Garrett Atkins (Col – 3B)

*** 1977  Carlos Beltran (Hou - CF) 

**** 1976  Vladimir Guerrero (Ana - RF) 

Adam Dunn (Cin – OF)

Craig Monroe of det

Jason Dubois of cub

* Carlos Silva (Min – SP,RP)

**** 1979 Mark Buehrle (CWS - SP) 

 

** 1979  Johan Santana (Min - SP,RP) 

* John Lackey (Ana – SP)

Gil Meche sp sea

** 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

 

Chris Red Sox

 

 

1982 Yadier Molina c stl

JT Snow 1b sf

Jeff Bagwell (Hou – 1B)

** Luis Castillo (Fla – 2B)

 

*** Mike Lowell (Fla – 3B) 

Brandon Inge 3b/of/c det

Bill Mueller (Bos – 3B)

 

* 1980  Cesar Izturis (LA - SS)

Kaz Matsui (NYM – SS)

Manny Ramirez (OF – Bos)

 

**** 1977  Juan Pierre (Fla - CF) 

Dave Roberts of sd

Luis Matos of bal

 

 Sidney Ponson sp bal

*** Jason Schmidt (SF - SP) 

 

*** Eric Milton (Phi - SP)

 

* Mike Maroth (Det - SP)

 

*** 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,

 

 

Rod Reds

** 1978  Victor Martinez (Cle - C)

* Sean Casey (Cin – 1B) 

* Alfonso Soriano (Tex - 2B) 

Chad Tracy 3b ari

Mark Teahen 3b kc

* 1983  Jose Lopez (Sea - SS)

* Julio Lugo (TB - SS)

Ryan Freel (Cin – OF)

Kevin Millar of bos

** 1981  Rocco Baldelli (TB – CF)

Chone Figgins of ana

1982 Shin-Soo Choo of sea

Tike Redman of pit

Jayson Werth of lad

** Carl Pavano (Fla – SP) 

 

* John Thomson (Atl - SP) 

*** Randy Wolf (Phi – SP)

Steve Trachsel sp nym

1981 John Maine sp bal

Jose Valverde p ari

** 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

 

Chris Senators

 

Craig Wilson (Pit – 1B,C?)

*** 1980  Albert Pujols (StL - 1B,LF)

 

* Brian Roberts (Bal - 2B)

 

* 1983  Miguel Cabrera (Fla - 3B,LF,RF)

Edgardo Alfonzo 3b sf

 

*** Edgar Renteria (StL - SS)

Jason Bartlett ss min

1985 Ian Stewart 3b col

 

*** Shannon Stewart (Min - LF,DH) 

Laynce Nix of tex

Luis Gonzalez of ari

Raul Mondesi atl

 

* Brian Lawrence (SD – SP)

 

**** 1977  Kip Wells (Pit – SP)

Kerry Wood (Chc – SP)

 

* 1984  Scott Kazmir (TB - SP)

 

* Ted Lilly (Tor - SP) 

Paul Byrd sp ana

Kevin Millwood sp cle

Glendon Rusch sp cub

 

* 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

 

 

Jerry Tigers

*** A.J. Pierzynski (SF - C) 

Jason Phillips c lad

Derrek Lee (Chc – 1B)

Phil Nevin (SD – 1B)

Mark Bellhorn (Bos – 2B)

* 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

** Brett Tomko (SF - SP) 

** 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

 

Frank Twins

 

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

 

** 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

 

 

Dan White Sox

 

* Miguel Olivo (Sea - C) 

Greg Zaun c tor

 

** Dmitri Young (Det - 1B,3B,LF,DH)

Hee Seop Choi 1b la

Doug Mientkiewicz 1b nym

 

** Michael Young (Tex - 2B,SS) 

Michael Cuddyer (Min – 2B,3B,OF,1B)

Aaron Miles 2b col

 

** 1979  Adrian Beltre (LA - 3B) 

1980 Russ Adams ss tor

Barry Bonds (SF – OF)

 

** 1979 Corey Patterson (ChC - CF)

Sammy Sosa (ChC – OF)

Carl Everett of cws

 

* 1979  Jeremy Affeldt (KC - SP,RP)

 

* 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

 

 

Brent Yankees

* Michael Barrett (ChC – C)

Damian Miller c mil

Jason Giambi 1b nyy

** David Ortiz (Bos - 1B,DH) 

Jeff Conine 1b fla

* 1979  Juan Uribe (CWS – 2B,3B,SS) 

** Angel Berroa (KC - SS)

Jose Valentin 3b\ss la

Casey Blake (Cle – 3B)

Eric Hinske 3b/1b tor

* Jeromy Burnitz (Col - LF,CF,RF)

**** 1977  A. Jones (Atl - CF)

Richard Hidalgo of nym

Jason Lane of hou

**** 1978  Barry Zito (Oak - SP) 

**** 1976  Freddie Garcia (CWS - SP)

**** 1977 Roy Oswalt (Hou - SP) 

Kris Benson sp nym

Orlando Hernandez sp cws

* Joe Nathan (Min - RP)

* 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