Offseason: Kansas City Royals

2007 Record: 69-93
2008 Record: 75-87
2009 Record: 65-97

Offense/Defense Lineup

DH – Discussed Below
C – Discussed Below
1B – Billy Butler
2B – Alberto Callaspo
3B – Discussed Below
SS – Luis Hernandez
LF – David DeJesus
CF – Discussed Below
RF – Discussed Below

Designated Hitters:

Jason Bay
Matt Holliday
Manny Ramirez

Catchers:

Brad Ausmus
Rod Barajas
Michael Barrett
Edwin Bellorin
Henry Blanco
Chris Coste
Michel Hernandez
Kenji Johjima
Jason Kendall
George Kottaras
Jason LaRue
Victor Martinez
Chad Moeller
Bengie Molina
Jose Molina
Eric Munson
Kyle Phillips
Paul Phillips
Mike Redmond
Ivan Rodriguez
Brian Schneider
Yorvit Torrealba
Jason Varitek
Vance Wilson

Third Basemen:
Craig Counsell
Chone Figgins
Juan Uribe

Center Fielders:

Jonathan Van Every

Right Fielders:

Bobby Abreu
Frank Catalanotto
Endy Chavez
David Dellucci
Jermaine Dye
Darin Erstad
Cliff Floyd
Eric Hinske
Reed Johnson
Andruw Jones
Gabe Kapler
Austin Kearns
Mark Kotsay
Xavier Nady
Magglio Ordonez
Gary Sheffield
Fernando Tatis
Randy Winn

Starting Rotation

1 – Zack Greinke
2 – Robinson Tejeda
3 – Discussed Below
4 – Discussed Below
5 – Brian Bannister

Third Starters:

Aroldis Chapman
Doug Davis
Noah Lowry
Andy Pettitte
Joel Pineiro
Jason Schmidt
Jarrod Washburn

Fourth Starters:

R.A. Dickey
Jon Garland
Dan Giese
Shawn Hill
Vicente Padilla
Brad Penny
Tim Wakefield
Todd Wellemeyer

Bullpen

CL – Joakim Soria (RHP)
SU – Carlos Rosa (RHP)
SU – Juan Cruz (RHP)
1 – Kyle Davies (RHP)
2 – Kyle Farnsworth (RHP)
3 – Discussed Below

Order of the bullpen will vary based on offseason acquisitions. Bullpen pitchers of interest are as follows:

Danys Baez
Joe Beimel
Joaquin Benoit
Rafael Betancourt
Chad Bradford
Kiko Calero
Buddy Carlyle
Jesus Colome
Bartolo Colon
Jose Contreras
David Davidson
Elmer Dessens
Brendan Donnelly
Alan Embree
Scott Eyre
Josh Fogg
Ryan Franklin
Edgar Gonzalez
Mike Gonzalez
Tom Gordon
John Grabow
Kevin Gregg
Eddie Guardado
LaTroy Hawkins
Mark Hendrickson
Matt Herges
Rich Hill
Mike Hinckley
Trevor Hoffman
Bobby Howry
Jason Isringhausen
Masahide Kobayashi
Brandon Lyon
Carlos Martinez
Justin Miller
Trever Miller
Guillermo Mota
Bill Murphy
Brett Myers
Joe Nelson
Tomokazu Ohka
Will Ohman
Darren Oliver
Chan Ho Park
Carl Pavano
J.J. Putz
Fernando Rodney
Rich Rundles
Glendon Rusch
Billy Sadler
Takashi Saito
Brian Shouse
Alfredo Simon
Rafael Soriano
Justin Speier
Ken Takahashi
Brett Tomko
Jose Valdez
Jose Valverde
Claudio Vargas
Luis Vizcaino
Jason Waddell
Doug Waechter
Billy Wagner
David Weathers
Kip Wells
Jamey Wright