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We're starting with:
Rob Johnson (BC)
Adam Moore (C)
Russell Branyan (1B)
Mike Sweeney (1B / DH)
Jose Lopez (2B)
Matt Tuiasosopo (3B)
Josh Wilson (SS)
Bill Hall (UT)
Mike Saunders (LF)
Franklin Gutierrez (CF)
Ichiro! (RF)
Mike Carp (DH / 1B)
Ryan Langerhans (OF)
Felix Hernandez
Erik Bedard *
Brandon Morrow
Ryan Rowland-Smith
Ian Snell
Doug Fister
Luke French
Chris Jakubauskas
Sean White
Shawn Kelley
Mark Lowe
David Aardsma
Guys you can let go in ST - Langerhans (if, say, Ackley does a lot better than we hope and ends up the LF), Hall (if he just isn't hitting enough), Josh Wilson (if you can find a better option, please do), Mike Carp (if you find a good FA to DH, then Carp can go down to AAA and he won't lose any ground...he's a fungible guy to have but you know he is going to hit immediately at a nice moderate clip if he is on the big league club), Chris Jakubauskas (we don't need a 7-man bullpen the whole year but if we're going with one...we have lots of options for his spot), Luke French (we also have Messenger, Olson and Hill to try out for his bullpen spot...and French can go down to AAA if need be), Doug Fister (if the rotation is full and you want to keep Fister a starter available in case of Bedard-related or Morrow-related disaster, he still has options).
Guys I implicitly made the decision to re-sign as soon as possible: Mike Sweeney (keeping him around makes perfect sense given Branyan's weaknesses and questionable back), Erik Bedard (no reason not to try to squeeze a cheap recovery year out of Erikkkkk) and David Aardsma (you can't sell-high on a solid closer without retaining said solid closer).