Straight Outta Options

Jason mentioned this idea on Sunday’s pod so I went ahead and put it together. It’s a list of all the players on 40-man rosters who are out of options and thus could have the inside track on roster spots if they’re directly competing with someone who does have an option left. He mentioned that he uses this info to identify some options for AL/NL Only leagues where playing time is king. Hat tip to Justin for the title of this piece!

I didn’t pick and choose who to mention so you’ll see some guys who are obviously not in grave danger of even being sent down at any point. Instead, I’m just listing all the 40-man players with a “0” in the options column on Roster Resource. These guys could be dealt to or picked up by teams where their playing time gets a boost.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Arizona Diamondbacks

• Chris Herrmann
• Socrates Brito
• Zack Godley
• Brad Boxberger
• Albert Suarez

Colorado Rockies

• Chris Rusin
• Zac Rosscup

Los Angeles Dodgers

• Trayce Thompson
• Tony Cingrani
• Tom Koehler
• Wilmer Font

San Diego Padres

• Matt Szczur
• Christian Villanueva
• Bryan Mitchell
• Carter Capps
• Kirby Yates

San Francisco Giants

• Gorkys Hernandez
• Jarrett Parker
• Sam Dyson
• Hunter Strickland
• Cory Gearrin

Chicago Cubs

• Mike Montgomery
• Eddie Butler

Cincinnati Reds

• Dilson Herrera
• Amir Garrett – or not (click here)

Milwaukee Brewers

• Jonathan Villar
• Stephen Vogt
• Manny Pina
• Jett Bandy
• Hernan Perez
• Jeremy Jeffress
• Junior Guerra
• Oliver Drake

Pittsburgh Pirates

• Bryce Brentz
• Elias Diaz
• George Kontos
• AJ Schugel

St. Louis Cardinals

• Tommy Pham
• Greg Garcia
• Miles Mikolas
• Tyler Lyons
• Sam Tuivailala

Atlanta Braves

• Charlie Culberson
• Lane Adams
• Jose Ramirez
• Sam Freeman
• Chase Whitley

Miami Marlins

• Derek Dietrich
• Tomas Telis
• Dan Straily
• Jose Urena
• Justin Nicolino

New York Mets

• Wilmer Flores
• Kevin Plawecki
• Rafael Montero

Philadelphia Phillies

• Cesar Hernandez
• Jorge Alfaro
• Luis Garcia
• Adam Morgan

Washington Nationals

• Brian Goodwin
• Pedro Severino
• AJ Cole
• Enny Romero
• Matt Grace

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Baltimore Orioles

• Tim Beckham
• Dylan Bundy
• Miguel Castro

Boston Red Sox

• Christian Vazquez
• Blake Swihart
• Sandy Leon
• Deven Marrero
• Brian Johnson
• Tyler Thornburg
• Heath Hembree

New York Yankees

• Gary Sanchez
• Aaron Hicks
• Austin Romine
• Dellin Betances
• Chasen Shreve

Tampa Bay Rays

• C.J. Cron
• Jesus Sucre
• Chris Archer
• Alex Colome
• Dan Jennings
• Chaz Roe

Toronto Blue Jays

• Randal Grichuk – hey, maybe he won’t get demoted this year!
• Ezequiel Carrera

Chicago White Sox

• Yolmer Sanchez
• Leury Garcia
• Matt Davidson
• Willy Garcia
• Luis Avilan
• Danny Farquhar

Cleveland Indians

• Giovanny Urshela
• Rob Refsnyder
• Erik Gonzalez
• Trevor Bauer
• Dan Otero
• Ryan Merritt

Detroit Tigers

• Leonys Martin
• Dixon Machado
• John Hicks
• Matthew Boyd
• Mike Fiers
• Drew VerHagen
• Buck Farmer

Kansas City Royals

• Jorge Soler
• Cheslor Cuthbert
• Billy Burns
• Wily Peralta
• Brian Flynn
• Jesse Hahn
• Kevin McCarthy

Minnesota Twins

• Jorge Polanco
• Robbie Grossman
• Ehire Adrianza
• Kennys Vargas
• Ryan Pressly

Houston Astros

• Max Stassi
• Brad Peacock

Los Angeles Angels

• Carlos Perez
• Jefry Marte
• JC Ramirez
• Blake Parker
• Cam Bedrosian
• Jose Alvarez

Oakland Athletics

• Renato Nunez
• Liam Hendriks
• Chris Hatcher
• Raul Alcantara

Seattle Mariners

• Andrew Romine
• Erasmo Ramirez
• Marco Gonzales
• Nick Vincent
• Shawn Armstrong
• Mike Morin

Texas Rangers

• Jurickson Profar
• Juan Centeno