New South Wales fast-bowler Jackson Bird has been joined by ex-Western Australian all-rounder Matt Johnston and Victorian batsman Evan Gulbis in the 15-man squad.
Coach Tim Coyle says the recruits follow the retirements of fast-bowlers Gerard Denton, Adam Griffith and Brett Geeves.
"We've had to have a focus on looking at our bowling group, that's not an easy thing in Australian cricket because everyone's looking for bowlers."
"But we're very pleased to have Jackson Bird and Matthew Johnston come into our group."
Five players were cut from last year's squad, including batsmen Rhett Lockyear and Jonathan Wells and wicketkeeper Brady Jones.
Some of Tasmania's Sheffield Shield winning cricketers have been forced to take pay cuts to help fund the new domestic Twenty-20 competition.
The salary pool for state players has been cut from $1.5 million to $1 million this year to free up extra money for the revamped Big Bash League which starts this year.
Coyle says the reduced funds has already had an impact on payments for some players.
"The people I feel for are the people that actually played really well in four-day cricket and we've got some really good examples of that in Tasmania and when it comes to re-signing those players, we've got to pay them less money," Coyle said.
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