With Opening Day a little more than a week away, here is a look at the projected rosters for each of the 14 American League clubs following conversations with club executives and media members. National League lineups are here. You can also look at the fantasy depth charts at any time to see our latest updated projections.
AL East
Baltimore Orioles
Lineup
2B Brian Roberts
CF Adam Jones
RF Nick Markakis
3B Miguel Tejada
C Matt Wieters
DH Luke Scott
1B Garrett Atkins
LF Felix Pie
SS Cesar Izturis
Bench
C Craig Tatum
INF Ty Wigginton
INF Robert Andino
OF Nolan Reimold
Rotation
RHP Kevin Millwood
RHP Jeremy Guthrie
LHP Brian Matusz
RHP Brad Bergesen
RHP David Hernandez
Bullpen
LHP Mike Gonzalez (closer)
LHP Will Ohman (set-up)
RHP Jim Johnson (set-up)
RHP Matt Albers (middle)
RHP Cla Meredith (middle)
LHP Mark Hendrickson (middle)
RHP Jason Berken (long)
Disabled List
RHP Koji Uehara
Boston Red Sox
Lineup
LF Jacoby Ellsbury
2B Dustin Pedroia
C Victor Martinez
1B Kevin Youkilis
DH David Ortiz
RF J.D. Drew
CF Mike Cameron
3B Adrian Beltre
SS Marco Scutaro
Bench
C Jason Varitek
IF Mike Lowell
IF/OF Bill Hall
OF Jeremy Hermida
Rotation
RHP Josh Beckett
LHP Jon Lester
RHP John Lackey
RHP Tim Wakefield
RHP Clay Buchholz
Bullpen
RHP Jonathan Papelbon (closer)
RHP Daniel Bard (set-up)
LHP Hideki Okajima (set-up)
RHP Ramon Ramirez (middle)
RHP Manny Delcarmen (middle)
RHP Joe Nelson (middle)
RHP Scott Atchison (long)
Disabled List
RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka
RHP Boof Bonser
INF Jed Lowrie
New York Yankees
Lineup
SS Derek Jeter
DH Nick Johnson
1B Mark Teixeira
3B Alex Rodriguez
2B Robinson Cano
C Jorge Posada
CF Curtis Granderson
RF Nick Swisher
LF Brett Gardner
Bench
C Francisco Cervelli
1B/OF Marcus Thames
IF/OF Ramiro Pena
OF Randy Winn
Rotation
LHP CC Sabathia
LHP A.J. Burnett
LHP Andy Pettitte
RHP Javier Vazquez
RHP Phil Hughes
Bullpen
RHP Mariano Rivera (closer)
RHP Joba Chamberlain (set-up)
LHP Damaso Marte (set-up)
RHP Alfredo Aceves (middle)
RHP David Robertson (middle)
RHP Chan Ho Park (middle)
RHP Sergio Mitre (long)
Tampa Bay Rays
Lineup
SS Jason Bartlett
LF Carl Crawford
3B Evan Longoria
1B Carlos Pena
RF Ben Zobrist
DH Pat Burrell
CF B.J. Upton
2B Sean Rodriguez
C Kelly Shoppach
Bench
C Dioner Navarro
INF Willy Aybar
INF Reid Brignac
OF Gabe Kapler
Rotation
RHP James Shields
LHP David Price
RHP Matt Garza
RHP Jeff Niemann
RHP Wade Davis
Bullpen
RHP Rafael Soriano (closer)
RHP Dan Wheeler (set-up)
RHP Grant Balfour (set-up)
LHP Randy Choate (middle)
RHP Lance Cormier (middle)
RHP Joaquin Benoit (middle)
RHP Andy Sonnanstine (long)
Disabled List
LHP J.P. Howell
OF Matt Joyce
Toronto Blue Jays
Lineup
RF Jose Bautista
2B Aaron Hill
DH Adam Lind
CF Vernon Wells
1B Lyle Overbay
3B Edwin Encarnacion
LF Travis Snider
C John Buck
SS Alex Gonzalez
Bench
C Jose Molina
1B Randy Ruiz
INF John McDonald
INF/OF Mike McCoy
Rotation
RHP Shaun Marcum
LHP Ricky Romero
RHP Brandon Morrow
LHP Dana Eveland
LHP Brian Tallet
Bullpen
RHP Jason Frasor (closer)
RHP Kevin Gregg (set-up)
LHP Scott Downs (set-up)
RHP Casey Janssen (middle)
RHP Jeremy Accardo (middle)
RHP Merkin Valdez (middle)
RHP Shawn Camp (long)
Disabled List
RHP Scott Richmond
RHP Jesse Litsch
RHP Dirk Hayhurst
LHP Mark Rzepczynski
AL Central
Chicago White Sox
Lineup
LF Juan Pierre
2B Gordon Beckham
RF Carlos Quentin
1B Paul Konerko
3B Mark Teahen
CF Alex Rios
C A.J. Pierzynski
DH Andruw Jones
SS Alexei Ramirez
Bench
C Ramon Castro
1B/OF Mark Kotsay
INF Omar Vizquel
INF Jayson Nix
Rotation
LHP Mark Buehrle
RHP Jake Peavy
RHP Gavin Floyd
LHP John Danks
RHP Freddy Garcia
Bullpen
RHP Bobby Jenks (closer)
LHP Matt Thornton (set-up)
RHP J.J. Putz (set-up)
RHP Tony Pena (middle)
RHP Scott Linebrink (middle)
LHP Randy Williams (middle)
RHP Sergio Santos (long)
Cleveland Indians
Lineup
SS Asdrubal Cabrera
CF Grady Sizemore
RF Shin-Soo Choo
DH Travis Hafner
3B Jhonny Peralta
1B Matt LaPorta
2B Luis Valbuena
C Lou Marson
LF Michael Brantley
Bench
C Mike Redmond
1B/OF Austin Kearns
CI Andy Marte
INF Mark Grudzielanek
Rotation
RHP Jake Westbrook
RHP Fausto Carmona
RHP Justin Masterson
LHP David Huff
RHP Mitch Talbot
Bullpen
RHP Chris Perez (closer)
RHP Joe Smith (set-up)
LHP Tony Sipp (set-up)
LHP Rafael Perez (middle)
RHP Jamey Wright (middle)
RHP Jensen Lewis (middle)
LHP Aaron Laffey (long)
Disabled List
RHP Kerry Wood
LHP Jeremy Sowers
1B/OF Russell Branyan
RHP Hector Ambriz
Detroit Tigers
Lineup
CF Austin Jackson
LF Johnny Damon
RF Magglio Ordonez
1B Miguel Cabrera
DH Carlos Guillen
3B Brandon Inge
C Gerald Laird
2B Scott Sizemore
SS Adam Everett
Bench
C Alex Avila
INF Ramon Santiago
INF/OF Ryan Raburn
INF/OF Don Kellly
Rotation
RHP Justin Verlander
RHP Max Scherzer
LHP Dontrelle Willis
RHP Rick Porcello
RHP Jeremy Bonderman
Bullpen
RHP Jose Valverde (closer)
LHP Phil Coke (set-up)
RHP Joel Zumaya (set-up)
LHP Fu-Te Ni (middle)
RHP Ryan Perry (middle)
LHP Brad Thomas (middle)
RHP Eddie Bonine (long)
Disabled List
LHP Bobby Seay
RHP Zach Miner
Kansas City Royals
Lineup
RF David DeJesus
LF Scott Podsednik
3B Alberto Callaspo
1B Billy Butler
CF Rick Ankiel
DH Jose Guillen
C Jason Kendall
SS Yuniesky Betancourt
2B Chris Getz
Bench
C Brayan Pena
INF/OF Willie Bloomquist
INF/OF Josh Fields
OF Mitch Maier
Rotation
RHP Zack Greinke
RHP Gil Meche
RHP Luke Hochevar
RHP Brian Bannister
RHP Kyle Davies
Bullpen
RHP Joakim Soria (closer)
RHP Juan Cruz (set-up)
RHP Roman Colon (set-up)
RHP Kyle Farnsworth (middle)
RHP Robinson Tejeda (middle)
LHP Edgar Osuna (middle)
RHP Brad Thompson (long)
Disabled List
3B Alex Gordon
SS Mike Aviles
RHP Henry Barrera
Minnesota Twins
Lineup
CF Denard Span
2B Orlando Hudson
C Joe Mauer
1B Justin Morneau
DH Jason Kubel
RF Michael Cuddyer
LF Delmon Young
SS J.J. Hardy
3B Nick Punto
Bench
C Drew Butera
1B Jim Thome
INF Brendan Harris
INF/OF Alexi Casilla
Rotation
RHP Scott Baker
RHP Nick Blackburn
RHP Carl Pavano
RHP Kevin Slowey
LHP Francisco Liriano
Bullpen
RHP Matt Guerrier (closer)
RHP Jesse Crain (set-up)
LHP Jose Mijares (set-up)
RHP Jon Rauch (middle)
RHP Pat Neshek (middle)
RHP Clay Condrey (middle)
LHP Brian Duensing (long)
Disabled List
RHP Joe Nathan
C Jose Morales
AL West
Los Angeles Angels
Lineup
SS Erick Aybar
RF Bobby Abreu
CF Torii Hunter
DH Hideki Matsui
1B Kendry Morales
LF Juan Rivera
2B Howie Kendrick
C Mike Napoli
3B Brandon Wood
Bench
C Jeff Mathis
INF Maicer Izturis
INF/OF Robb Quinlan
OF Reggie Willits
Rotation
RHP Jered Weaver
LHP Joe Saunders
LHP Scott Kazmir
RHP Ervin Santana
RHP Joel Pineiro
Bullpen
LHP Brian Fuentes (closer)
RHP Fernando Rodney (set-up)
RHP Kevin Jepsen (set-up)
RHP Scot Shields (middle)
RHP Brian Stokes (middle)
RHP Jason Bulger (middle)
RHP Matt Palmer (long)
Oakland Athletics
Lineup
LF Rajai Davis
CF Coco Crisp
RF Ryan Sweeney
DH Jack Cust
C Kurt Suzuki
3B Kevin Kouzmanoff
1B Daric Barton
2B Mark Ellis
SS Cliff Pennington
Bench
C/CI/OF Jake Fox
CI Eric Chavez
INF/OF Eric Patterson
OF Gabe Gross
Rotation
RHP Ben Sheets
LHP Brett Anderson
RHP Justin Duchscherer
RHP Dallas Braden
RHP Trevor Cahill
Bullpen
RHP Andrew Bailey (closer)
LHP Craig Breslow (set-up)
RHP Brad Ziegler (set-up)
RHP Edwar Ramirez (middle)
LHP Jerry Blevins (middle)
LHP Brad Kilby (middle)
RHP Chad Gaudin (long)
Disabled List
RHP Joey Devine
LHP Josh Outman
RHP John Meloan
RHP Michael Wuertz
Seattle Mariners
Lineup
RF Ichiro Suzuki
2B Chone Figgins
1B Casey Kotchman
LF Milton Bradley
DH Ken Griffey, Jr.
3B Jose Lopez
CF Franklin Gutierrez
C Adam Moore
SS Jack Wilson
Bench
C Rob Johnson
1B Mike Sweeney
INF Matt Tuiasosopo
OF Eric Byrnes
Rotation
RHP Felix Hernandez
RHP Ian Snell
LHP Ryan Rowland-Smith
RHP Jason Vargas
RHP Douglas Fister
Bullpen
RHP David Aardsma (closer)
RHP Mark Lowe (set-up)
RHP Brandon League (set-up)
RHP Shawn Kelley (middle)
RHP Sean White (middle)
LHP Kanekoa Texeira (middle)
LHP Lucas French (long)
Disabled List
LHP Cliff Lee
INF Jack Hannahan
LHP Erik Bedard
Texas Rangers
Lineup
CF Julio Borbon
3B Michael Young
LF Josh Hamilton
DH Vladimir Guerrero
RF Nelson Cruz
1B Chris Davis
C Jarrod Saltalamacchia
2B Andres Blanco
SS Elvis Andrus
Bench
C Taylor Teagarden
1B/3B Matthew Brown
INF Joaquin Arias
OF David Murphy
Rotation
RHP Scott Feldman
RHP Rich Harden
LHP C.J. Wilson
RHP Colby Lewis
LHP Matt Harrison
Bullpen
RHP Frank Francisco (closer)
RHP Neftali Feliz (set-up)
LHP Darren Oliver (set-up)
RHP Darren O'Day (middle)
RHP Dustin Nippert (middle)
RHP Chris Ray (middle)
RHP Doug Mathis (long)
Disabled List
RHP Tommy Hunter
RHP Eric Hurley
2B Ian Kinsler
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ARGH.
-- Teagarden (Tex) mentioned twice - Salty omitted.
-- Royals are indicating Callaspo bats third and DeJesus first.
-- Chavez (Oak) over Barton @ 1B? Eric is hitting under 200 w\no walks this spring. And his spring .500 SLG is still well below Barton's. If one thinks they are going to play Chavez in the hope that someone will take some of his salary off their books, it still makes little sense to put him out there against King Felix on day one. As need to put Barton out there and see if they have anything.
-- Jepsen over Bulger in setup? Depth charts have it reversed. More likely to me thaey go back to old reliable Scot Shields.
--It's hard to spell Saltalamacchia and I noticed you can't, either. Anyhow, he's going to be the backup.
--Royals just made the change today and I got their info yesterday (it's hard to track down people from 30 teams in one sitting).
--It's going to be a 60/40 split between Chavez and Barton as far as playing time from what I've been told.
--Yes Jepsen is going to set-up up.
-- I can't spell Saltamacchia, but I can cut and paste it.
-- Depth charts show a very tight race in the West. Playing Chavez and batting him fourth is going to hurt Oak. Given Kouzmanoff's platoon disadvantage, As would be better off giving Chavez time at 3d against righties than benching Barton. Barton may turn out to be a role player or worse, but he still has a chance to be an above league average regular and this may be his last year to show it. As would be better off giving him every chance (even though they admittedly did that last year and he didn't embrace the opportunity). Barton is now 24. When Carter is ready, As have a much better chance to get something good in return for Barton (if he can provce himself) than Chavez (almost no matter what he does).
can be stashed at Norfolk.
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire shot down talk Friday of Pat Neshek possibly being considered for the club's ninth-inning vacancy. Neshek is about 15 months removed from Tommy John surgery
http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Pat_Neshek/828635
Is there a report to cite suggesting that Rauch will NOT be the guy? Because everyone besides BP seems reasonably confident it will be Rauch, and not Guerrier. And by everyone I mean ESPN.
http://sports.espn.go.com/fantasy/baseball/flb/story?page=REcloserorgchart
Then again, ESPN also has Gregg listed as TOR closer, which seems relatively unlikely.
Obviously I put more stock into what BP says, but Id also prefer to be reassured by something concrete...
But what have you done for me today? Uh, I mean, will we get a similar NL list before my league's draft on Saturday? Pretty please?
I'll toss my hat in with the ChiSox having a Teahen bat third in the order. That's special.
-- Didn't realize just how ghastly the M's rotation looked behind Hernandez since Lee and Bedard are both on the DL.
-- Any word out of Toronto on Dustin McGowan's status?
I have that feeling right now that I get when I'm at a concert, already in my seats, just waiting for the lights to go down.
Let's play ball!
A few surprises:
TB: The biggest surprise of this entire exercise - and I wish someone could explain it to me: Why would the Rays go with Thayer over McGee?
I also thought Blalock had earned his way on the team, though, it would have to be at the expense of someone more popular.
Tor: I thought Encarnacion was hurt and the Jays would play Bautista at third, Lind in left, Snider in right, and Ruiz DH.
Min: Punto can't seem to hit anymore. How bad could Harris be at third? Why wouldn't they have a real outfielder on the bench to spell Cuddyer and Young? Perhaps, Jacques Jones isn't the perfect fit, but he hit well this spring. Are they hoping to snatch someone from somewhere?
Oak: Eric Patterson over Adam Rosales?
`I thought Encarnacion was hurt and the Jays would play Bautista at third, Lind in left, Snider in right, and Ruiz DH.` - Encarnacion is back. check the Jays` box score from today.
My astonishment with McGee has to do with having drafted him, of course, though, I suspected this might happen when I did. Thayer may be out of options, but the Rays could use another lefty and McGee appears to be fully recovered. Thayer is nobody to keep someone of McGee's talent off the team, but you are right - McGee has a bit more proving to do. I just hope he isn't too fragile and wastes all his good pitches in the minors.
I don't get it either. In that scenario they have no back-up at SS. And no, Eric Chavez is not he back-up SS.
I also have a feeling it'll be Kelly instead of Clete Thomas. Thomas has an option, Kelly doesn't and can play both outfield and some infield. Plus, kelly has had a pretty good Spring.
It is hard to imagine Everetts hitting could be worse than the 2nd half of last year, but this Spring he's accomplished just that.
His '10 BA will be lower'n a pregnant snakes belly in a wagon rut. The Mendoza Line will look like a membership to Mensa for ex-Governors from Alaska. (Ya know, impossible?) He won't break one single bat the entire season. Leylands good friend LaRussa is going to convince JL to hit Everett 8th.....THAT's how bad he is.
If the Tigers are scoring enough runs, both Everett and Laird will have plenty of starts.
If there are a lot of 3-1 losses, both Dlugach and Avila will be getting their feet wet.
Thanks again!
How tough could doing this be?
I've stopped wading through the rosters and lineups. It's just not worth it going through all of them to find the one or two changes.
Thank you!