Fourteen the of the seventeen Outlaw Josey Wales players likely to be retained were acquired by draft, including five 1st rounders, three 2nd rounders, and two supplemental draft picks. This has got to be the most draft-heaviest team in our history, courtesy of eight keepers from the amazing 2008 draft.
Only two players were acquired by trade, and we have one player left from the old NASBL rookie protection system.
Here are Outlaw's likely keepers listed by seniority, with their years of service and how they were acquired:
- Manny Ramirez, 14 years, 1995 Old NASBL rookie protection
- Tim Hudson, 9, 2000 1st round
- Alfonso Soriano, 5, 2004 trade, Pettitte & Soriano received for Barstool Colon and 1st round pick
- Jake Peavy, 5, 2004 2nd round
- Jason Bay, 4, 2005 1st round
- Scott Kazmir, 3, 2006 1st round
- Adrian Gonzalez, 2, 2007 1st round
- Jonathon Broxton, 2, 2007 2nd round
- Mike Napoli, 1, 2008 supp 1st round
- Scott Downs, 1, 2008 supp 2nd round
- Dustin Pedroia, 1, 2008 1st round
- Joakim Soria, 1, 2008 2nd round
- Ryan Ludwick, 1, 2008 3rd round
- Melvin Mora, 1, 2008 6th round
- Ryan Theroit, 1, 2008 9th round
- Ryan Dempster, 1, 2008 10th round
- Rich Harden, 0, 2008 off-season trade for Aramis Ramirez
- Omar Vizquel, with 13 years of service, brought to Outlaw in a 1996 trade for Mark Langston, is likely to be released this year.
- Aramis Ramirez, with 10 years of service, acquired in the 2nd round of the 1999 draft, was reluctantly traded in 2008 to acquire ace Rich Harden.
2 comments:
I thought Rich harden's given name may have been Mike and you had already formed a special relationship with your ace. Then I went to baseball reference and found that Rich's given name is James. I know my brother is a shrewd trader but getting Ramirez for an old safety is quite a coup!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Harden
OK, fixed that. Goes without saying that a good GM should know his players names!
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