Winter Waivers - 2013

At long last we have reached the first best time of the year! Winter Waivers! Below is the list of all the players that have been cut and their salaries. Before you dive into the players and drool over your wish list PLEASE READ THESE BULLET POINTS!

• The players on this list include American League players, National League players, Free Agents (in MLB) and Retired Players. ALL of them are eligible to be claimed in Winter Waivers. If you claim a player in the AL, you must cut them if they are still in the AL as of Roster Cut Day.
• If you successfully claim a player or players you MUST waive the same number of players you claim. This may seem obvious since we all had to cut down to 23 players but . . .
• . . . as of the end of the 1st round (Thursday - more on this in a moment) TRADE SEASON IS OPEN! If you make a trade it is entirely possible that you could make a 3 for 2 trade where your roster would stand at 22 players. Doesn't matter. Even if you have 22 players and want to claim a Winter Waiver in the second round, you must waive a player.
• The First Round of Winter Waivers Deadline is Thursday, January 9th at 3pm CST. This is a hard deadline. I WILL NOT be chasing you down to see if you meant to make a claim. If I don't receive an e-mail with waiver claims from you by Thursday at 3pm CST then I will assume you don't want to make a claim.
• When you submit your claim a) please put Winter Waiver Round 1 in the subject line so I know not to open the e-mail until I've submitted my claims, and b) List your claims in the order you want them. It makes a difference.
• E-mail me with any questions you may have or (even better) reference the Constitution to make sure you remember all the rules. The above bullet points are not a comprehensive list of everything pertaining to Winter Waivers. It's just the high points on things that could easily be tripped over.

Ok, last thing. I have posted an updated Excel Roster Spreadsheet to download at the right. Also, I understand that sometime Monday (tomorrow) Mike Coulter (On-Roto Czar) will be updating the OnRoto rosters so if there's anything there that you want with last year's information, you may want to grab it today.

Now on to the fun. Here's the list of cuts! Happy shopping!

Chase Headley .23 Jordan Schafer .05

Junior Lake .08 Carlos Ruiz .15

Jose Tabata .09 Jonathan Herrera .05

Jesus Guzman .10 Andre Ethier .21

Cliff Pennington .09 Ronald Belisario .10

Edward Mujica .04 Josh Collementer .05

Scott Feldman .02 Ian Krol .10

Ross Detwiler .07 Burke Badenhop .05

Norichika Aoki .02 Logan Schafer .06

Andres Torres .03 Alex Amarista .10

Wil Nieves .05 Kurt Suzuki .01

Jonathan Broxton .10 Francisco Rodriguez .08

Fernando Salas .05 Roger Bernadina .05

Chris Capuano .10 Jordan Taylor .06

Edgner Escalona .05 Chad Gaudin .05

Ryan Ludwick .14 Placido Polanco .01

Corey Hart .19 Adam Eaton .20

Shin-Soo Choo .28 Kyle Blanks .06

Ryan Howard .18 Jody Mercer .05

Steve Lombardozzi .10 Erik Kratz .01

Caleb Gindl .05 Matt Cain .33

Joe Thatcher .06 Willie Bloomquist .05

Wilmer Flores .11 Josh Satin .05

Scott Van Slyke .05 Scott Baker .02

Daniel Descalso .01 Robbie Erlin .02

Christian Garcia .02M Jerry Hairston Jr. .05

LaTroy Hawkins .09 Adeiny Hechavarria .10

Ian Kennedy .14 Xavier Paul .07

AJ Pollock .10 Tony Sanchez .05

Travis Snider .02 Joe Terdoslavich . 05

BJ Upton .38 Dioner Navarro .10

Matt Davidson .08 Luke Gregerson .08

Joaquin Arias .05 Jordan Walden .10

Santiago Casilla .15 Tyler Chatwood .05

Ryan Hanigan .04 Marco Scutaro .14

David DeJesus .09 Tony Campana .10

Kevin Gregg .05 Wilton Lopez .10

Skip Schumaker .10 Jeff Bianchi .05

Roy Oswalt .24 Trevor Cahill .10

Gerald Laird .05 Kyle Kendrick .05

Alberto Gonzalez .05 Alfredo Marte .05

Anthony Bass .10 Cesar Izturis .10

Eric Hinske .10 Jack Hannahan .01

Kevin Frandsen .05 Reid Brignac .01

Scott Rice .02 Tony Cruz .01

Brett Jackson .02 Heath Bell .05

Jake Arrieta .10 Brian Bogusevic .10

Zack Cozart .12 Dexter Fowler .30

Mike Gonzalez .06 Roy Halladay .11

Logan Morrison .14 Blake Parker .06

Tyler Skaggs .10 Kensuke Tanaka .05

Yorvit Torrealba .05 Carlos Torres .05

Justin Turner .05 Luis Valbuena .15

Chris Denorfia .01 Matt Holiday .35

Angel Pagan .21 Todd Helton .03

Pete Kozma .15 Ed Lucas .05

Sam Lecure .05  Jean Machi .05

Ryan Mattheus .02 Clint Barmes .10

Logan Forsythe .10 Nick Punto .02

Omar Quintanilla .05 Jason Kubel .15

Denard Span .19 Garrett Jones .05

Dan Uggla .10 John Buck .10

David Freese .17 Scott Downs .10

Jaime Garcia .05  Donnie Murphy .12

Jimmy Rollins .21