2010 Depth Chart

Last Updated: January 5, 2010

Here is the first edition of the 2010 Depth Chart, though this listing will surely change some throughout the rest of the offseason.  As always, figuring out the rosters at the big league, Triple-A and Double-A level are not too difficult.  That said, the most difficult task is figuring out the rosters for the two Single-A affiliates, especially the makeup of the bullpens and benches at both those levels.

Some quick notes on the depth chart:

- The maximum active roster size at Cleveland, Kinston and Lake County is 25 players whereas at Columbus and Akron it is just 24 players.

- There will be one heck of a camp battle in spring training for bullpen spots at Lake County and Kinston.  There are going to be up to a dozen solid arms who could end up starting the year in extended spring training or that are released.

- The Indians have a lot of depth in the Triple-A rotation, and with left-hander Aaron Laffey a possibility to open in the rotation there you can see why the Indians sort of decided to roll the dice with not rostering several of their pitchers this offseason..  There is a lot of depth in Cleveland and Columbus, now they just need a couple of the young guys to step up in 2010.

- All of a sudden second base and third base are two of the strongest positions in the system.  With Hodges-Chisenhall-Bellows-Brito at the top four levels of the system at third base, they have four very good prospects who all likely rank in their Top 25-30.  It is just as good at second base with Donald-Phelps-Kipnis-Frawley at the top four levels of the system at second base.

- After Carlos Santana at catcher, there is not much coming anytime soon as far as impact catchers.  Some nice depth or potential major league backups, yes, but you can see how it is setup where Santana-Marson are the catching duo in Cleveland for a long time.

- The Indians have some nice center field depth, which is important considering Sizemore is a free agent in three years (yes, we are talking about that already).

- The Indians have a lot of good, solid starters.  In fact, it is really hard to figure out the staff in some cases because of this depth.  I took an educated guess that Graham and Price will all be in the bullpen to start the season next year.  Also, for now I am predicting that Putnam remains in the bullpen.

- Judy and Price are two closers expected to be at the two highest minor league levels in Columbus and Akron.  They may be the two best relievers in the system, and certainly in the Top 5.

- Guys listed as bubble/rehab guys are listed in the column for the team they likely will be playing for a spot on this spring.  Some interesting players will certainly be left off the active list when the season starts.

	Cleveland	Columbus	Akron	Kinston	Lake County
Lineup
C	Lou Marson	Carlos Santana	Matt McBride	Adam Abraham	Roberto Perez
1B	Matt LaPorta*	Shelley Duncan	Beau Mills	Nate Recknagel	Ben Carlson
2B	Luis Valbuena	Jason Donald	Cord Phelps	Jason Kipnis	Casey Frawley
SS	Asdrubal Cabrera	Josh Rodriguez	Carlos Rivero	Ron Rivas	Argenis Martinez
3B	Jhonny Peralta	Wes Hodges	Lonnie Chisenhall	Kyle Bellows	Jesus Brito
LF	Michael Brantley	Jordan Brown	Nick Weglarz	Donnie Webb	Bo Greenwell
CF	Grady Sizemore	Jose Constanza	Tim Fedroff	Jordan Henry	Delvi Cid
RF	Shin-Soo Choo	Austin Kearns	John Drennen	Matt Brown	Abner Abreu*
Bench
C	Wyatt Toregas	Damaso Espino	Alex Castillo	Doug Pickens	Greg Folgia
INF	Travis Hafner (DH)	Niuman Romero	Cristo Arnal	Karexon Sanchez	Jose Camargo
INF	Andy Marte	Jerad Head	Adam Davis	Mark Thompson	Jeremie Tice
INF	Chris Gimenez
OF	Trevor Crowe	Stephen Head	Lucas Montero	Adam White	Jason Smit
Rotation
SP	Jake Westbrook*	Carlos Carrasco	Eric Berger	Alex White	Jason Knapp*
SP	Justin Masterson	Hector Rondon	Scott Barnes	Alexander Perez	Trey Haley
SP	Fausto Carmona	Scott Lewis*	Paolo Espino	T.J. House	Joe Gardner
SP	David Huff	Jeanmar Gomez	Kelvin De La Cruz	Danny Salazar	Marty Popham
SP	Aaron Laffey	Yohan Pino	Ryan Morris*	Nick Hagadone	Clayton Cook
Bullpen
MR	Mitch Talbot	Jess Todd	Dallas Cawiezell	Matt Langwell	Francisco Jimenez
MR	Joe Smith	Frank Herrmann	Connor Graham	Mike McGuire	Preston Guilmet
MR	Jensen Lewis	Ryan Edell	Zach Putnam	Santo Frias	Vidal Nuno
MR	Rafael Perez	Steven Wright	Neil Wagner	Chris Jones	Austin Adams
MR	Chris Perez	Josh Tomlin	Carlton Smith	Bryce Stowell	Tyler Sturdevant
MR	Tony Sipp	Erik Stiller	Chen Lee	TJ McFarland	Francisco Valera
MR				Rob Bryson	Jeremy Johnson
CL	Kerry Wood	Josh Judy	Bryan Price	Steve Smith	Cory Burns
Bubble Guys or Rehab (*)
	Anthony Reyes*	Adam Miller*	Vinnie Pestano*	Joseph Mahalic*	Alexander Morales
	Brian Buscher	Mike Gosling	Kyle Landis	Mike Pontius*	Antwonie Hubbard
	Jason Grilli	Brian Horwitz	Garrison Campfield	Eddie Burns*	Brett Brach
	Jeremy Sowers	Armando Camacarco	Jerad Goedert	Heath Taylor*	Carlos Moncrief
	Hector Ambriz		Jonathan Holt	Travis Turek	Chris Kersten
	Luis Rodriguez			Brian Grening	Chun Chen
	Saul Rivera			Chris Nash	Dale Dickerson
				David Roberts	Daniel DeGeorge
				John Allman	Daniel Jimenez
				Ryan Miller	Darling Read
				Matthew Willard	Dwight Childs
				Richard Martinez	Franklin Soto
				Roman Pena	Giovanny Urshela
				Ryan Blair	Gregorio Rosario
					Guido Fonseca
					Joel Torres
					John Goryl
					Jose Campos
					Jose Flores
					Trent Baker
					Joseph Colon
					Juan Aponte
					Justin Toole
					Kevin Fontanez
					Kevin Rucker
					Kirk Wetmore
					Kyle C. Smith
					Kyle Smith
					Lurvin Basabe
					Matt Packer
					Michael Valadez
					Mike Rayl
					Moises Montero
					Nick Kirk
					Nick Sarianides
					Rafael Vera
					Rolando Petit
					Sung-Wei Tseng
					Tim Palincsar