(This is an update of a previous article. I did this roundup in early February, but then the A’s immediately signed a bunch more players so I’m redoing it to include everyone. Much of this is directly copied from the old version, but with new stuff interspersed where necessary.)
Throughout every winter, baseball teams stock up on veteran minor league free agents to fill out Triple-A rosters and provide depth in key areas. Most of these names never amount to anything, and many of them bounce around from system to system as the years go on.