Barring any major changes, I was just speculating what the list of players who would be unprotected would look like.
My list of players to be considered, and my choices:
Starting Pitchers: Paul Maholm, James McDonald, Ross Ohlendorf, Jeff Karstens, Zach Duke, Bryan Morris, Brian Burres, Donnie Veal, Kevin Hart, Brad Lincoln, Daniel McCutchen, Joe Martinez, Michael Crotta, Michael Dubee, Nathan Adcock, Charlie Morton, Jeff Locke, Rudy Owens, Chris Jakubauskas, Dana Eveland, Jared Hughes
Make the cut (14): Maholm, McDonald, Ohlendorf, Karstens, Duke, Morris, Locke, Owens, Lincoln, McCutchen, Martinez, Morton, Adcock, Burres
60 day DL: Veal
Relief Pitchers:
Evan Meek, Joel Hanrahan, Ramon Aguero, Brian Bass, Jose Ascanio, Sean Gallagher, Wilfredo Ledezma, Steven Jackson, Chan Ho Park, Chris Resop, Justin Thomas, Craig Hansen, Danny Moskos, Diego Moreno, Tony Watson, Jeff Sues, Tyler Yates
Make the cut (5): Hanrahan, Meek, Resop, Moreno, Ascanio
Catchers: Chris Snyder, Ryan Doumit, Jason Jaramillo, Erik Kratz, Hector Giminez
Make the cut (3): Snyder, Doumit, Jaramillo
1B: Garrett Jones, Jeff Clement, Steve Pearce, Brian Myrow
Make the cut (3): Jones, Clement, Pearce
2B: Neil Walker, Shelby Ford, Jim Negrych
Make the cut (1): Walker
3B: Pedro Alvarez, Andy LaRoche, Jesus Brito
Make the cut (2): Alvarez, LaRoche
SS: Ronny Cedeno, Argenis Diaz, Pedro Ciriaco, Brian Friday, Jose De Los Santos
Make the cut (3): Cedeno, Diaz, Ciriaco
OF: Andrew McCutchen, Lastings Milledge, Jose Tabata, Delwyn Young, John Bowker, Brandon Moss, Alex Presley, Starling Marte, Gorkys Hernandez, Miles Durham, Austin McClune
Make the cut (9): McCutchen, Tabata, Bowker, Marte, Hernandez, Milledge, Moss, Young, Presley