I guess I'll put this here. Just like my 2016 thread, the year each player is signed through next to his name. Free agents are in
red. It will be interesting to watch some things play thing over the next month or so. The Indians are going to have a lot of decisions to make.
The two big pending free agents are Mike Napoli and Rajai Davis. To me, the Indians can't afford to let Napoli walk. A 2 year deal seems fair, with Napoli sliding to full-time DH in the 2nd year assuming Santana walks. Davis is tougher to call. He's brought tremendous value and a threat at the top of the lineup, but the Indians have Naquin, Chisenhall, Guyer, Almonte, (hopefully) Brantley, and top prospect Bradley Zimmer. I suppose the could move one or two in a trade, but it seems more likely they let Davis walk.
C - Yan Gomes - 2021
1B - Mike Napoli - 2016
2B - Jason Kipnis - 2020
3B - Jose Ramirez - 2019
SS - Francisco Lindor - 2020
LF - Michael Brantley - 2018
CF - Tyler Naquin - 2021
RF - Lonnie Chisenhall - 2017
DH - Carlos Santana - 2017
C - Roberto Perez - 2019
OF - Brandon Guyer - 2018
OF - Abraham Almonte - 2021
IF - Erik Gonzalez - 2021
SP - Corey Kluber - 2018
SP - Carlos Carrasco - 2020
SP - Danny Salazar - 2019
SP - Trevor Bauer - 2019
SP - Josh Tomlin - 2018
CL - Cody Allen - 2018
CL - Andrew Miller
RP - Bryan Shaw - 2017
RP - Dan Otero - 2019
RP - Kyle Crockett - 2020
RP - Zach McAllister - 2018
RP - Jeff Manship - 2019
Other Roster Possibilities
OF -
Rajai Davis - 2016
SP - Mike Clevinger - 2021
RP - Perci Garner - TBD
OF - Bradley Zimmer - TBD
RP - Austin Adams - 2019
OF - Coco Crisp - 2017 (750 K buyout for 2016)
UT - Michael Martinez - 2019
C - Chris Gimenez - 2017
RP - Ryan Merritt - 2021
SP - Shawn Morimando - 2021
3B - Giovanny Urshela - 2020
RP - Shawn Armstrong - 2021
SP - Cody Anderson - 2020
SP - TJ House - 2020
1B - Jesus Aguilar - 2020
Free Agents This Winter