Putting Together the Wales

Here's how the Outlaw Josey Wales were put together over the years. These are my players ordered by seniority along with their years of service and how they were acquired.

• Manny Ramirez, 13, 1995 Old NASBL rookie protection
• Omar Vizquel, 12, 1996 trade for Mark Langston
• Aramis Ramirez, 9, 1999 2nd round
• Tim Hudson, 8, 2000 1st round
• Ramon Hernandez, 7, 2001 2nd round
• Alfonso Soriano, 4, 2004 trade, Pettitte & Soriano for Bartolo Colon and 1st round pick
• Andy Pettitte, 4, 2004 trade, Soriano & Pettitte for Bartolo Colon and 1st round pick
• Jake Peavy, 4, 2004 2nd round
• Garret Anderson, 3, 2008 7th round (also 2003-2005)
• Jason Bay, 3, 2005 1st round
• Scott Kazmir, 2, 2006 1st round
• Willy Taveras, 2, 2006 3rd round
• Tim Wakefield, 1, 2007 supp 1st round
• Adrian Gonzalez, 1, 2007 1st round
• Jonathon Broxton, 1, 2007 2nd round
• Mike Napoli, 0, 2008 supp 1st round
• Scott Downs, 0, 2008 supp 2nd round
• Josh Bard, 0, 2008 supp 3rd round
• Dustin Pedroia, 0, 2008 1st round
• Joakim Soria, 0, 2008 2nd round
• Ryan Ludwick, 0, 2008 3rd round
• Jared Burton, 0, 2008 4th round
• Brendan Harris, 0, 2008 5th round
• Melvin Mora, 0, 2008 6th round
• J.C. Romero, 0, 2008 8th round
• Ryan Theroit, 0, 2008 9th round
• Ryan Dempster, 0, 2008 10th round
• Cla Meredith, 0, 2008 11th round
• Kevin Cameron, 0, 2008 12th round
• Sammy Sosa, 0, 2008 13th round

I guess I don't do a lot of trading! I remember being asked in 1995 what it'd take to get Manny Ramirez, and my response was something along the lines of "pry him out of my cold, dead fingers." I'm just glad the other manager didn't want him too badly!