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40 man roster for 2011

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

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