Farewell 2018: Players who might be out of time

[Enjoy Terror]

I was keeping a running tally of those players who had played in the MLB in 2017 but had not returned to any league, independent or otherwise, to continue to play in 2018. It's pretty likely that the majority of these guys are now out of baseball. It's not unprecedented to see older guys hit the Atlantic league or play in Mexico, sometimes they'll go to the far east.. but not these guys. It's possible that some are simply injured, but I thought I kept a pretty good list of those guys too. The number in front of their name is (roughly) their position. Here's the list, by draft team, round, and year:

(1) R.A. Dickey-TEX 1'96
(1) J. Grilli-SFG 1'97
(2) C. Ruiz-PHI PAN'98
(1) F. Rodriguez-LAA VEN'98
(1) J. Lackey-LAA 2'99
(5) J. Peralta-CLE DOM'99
(1) D. McGowan-TOR 1'00
(1) C. Qualls-HOU 2'00
(1) C. Young-PIT 3'00
(3) M. Morse-CWS 3'00
(8) F. Gutierrez-LAD VEN'00
(6) J. Hardy-MIL 2'01
(1) R. Nolasco-CHC 4'01
(2) G. Soto-CHC 11'01
(1) U. Jimenez-COL DOM'01
(1) J. Blanton-OAK 1'02
(1) S. Kazmir-NYM 1'02
(1) J. Broxton-LAD 2'02
(1) Chr. Smith-BOS 4'02
(3) B. Moss-BOS 8'02
(7) R. Weeks-MIL 1'03
(7) A. Ethier-OAK 2'03
(1) E. O'Flaherty-SEA 6'03
(1) K. Kendrick-PHI 7'03
(56) M. Aviles-KCR 7'03
(1) J. Motte-STL 19'03
(1) S. Feldman-TEX 30'03
(1) H. Street-OAK 1'04
(1) J. Howell-KCR 1'04
(9) S. Smith-COL 2'04
(1) L. Harrell-CWS 4'04
(89) J. Ruggiano-LAD 25'04
(1) M. Garza-MIN 1'05
(5) Y. Escobar-ATL 2'05
(1) A. Bastardo-PHI DOM'05
(1) B. Morris-LAD 1'06
(8) D. Stubbs-CIN 1'06
(8) C. Heisey-CIN 17'06
(1) C. Fien-DET 20'06
(1) D. Moreno-PIT VEN'06
(4) D. Barney-CHC 4'07
(1) J. Collmenter-ARI 15'07
(1) E. Scribner-ARI 28'07
(1) C. Friedrich-COL 1'08
(53) Co. Gillaspie-SFG 1'08
(2) A. Jimenez-TOR 9'08
(3) T. Moore-WAS 16'08
(1) J. Cosart-PHI 38'08
(1) M. Ynoa-OAK DOM'08
(6) G. Green-OAK 1'09
(1) J. Marks-OAK 3'09
(7) J. Parker-SFG 2'10
(1) P. Garner-PHI 2'10
(9) W. Garcia-PIT DOM'10
(1) T. Zych-CHC 4'11

Comments and criticisms are appreciated.

[SteveA]

I wonder if a 25 man team taken from that list could have won more than 47 games this year?

[bobmc]

Thanks - fun list!

Fun fact - not one of these players was drafted by BAL (nor NYY and others), but we had many of them in less than their prime.

[TGO]

https://www.mlb.com/cut4/jason-grilli-is-using-bulldozers-to-help-build-a-baseball-complex/c-290436672

I know Francisco Rodriguez pitched for the unaffiliated Long Island Ducks this year.

A bunch of these guys were really hurt by the slow/down FA market.