Monday, January 17, 2011

Building the Wales

Every year I like to look at how my players got here. This year, thirteen the of the seventeen Outlaw keepers were acquired by draft, including six 1st rounders, three 2nd rounders, and one leftover from the old, old NASBL rookie draft protection. It's a very draft-heavy team, although it doesn't beat the record of 14 draftees on our 2009 team which included eight players from the amazing 2008 draft. If you haven't noticed, Outlaw has a strategy of building from the draft. Only four players were acquired by trade. Here are Outlaw's keepers listed by seniority, with their years of service and how they were acquired:

Manny Ramirez, 16 years, 1995 old NASBL rookie draft protection

Omar Vizquel, 15, 1996 trade for Mark Langston

Tim Hudson, 11, 2000 1st round

Jake Peavy, 7, 2004 2nd round

Jason Bay, 6, 2005 1st round

Adrian Gonzalez, 4, 2007 1st round

Jonathon Broxton, 4, 2007 2nd round

Mike Napoli, 3, 2008 supp 1st round

Dustin Pedroia, 3, 2008 1st round

Joakim Soria, 3, 2008 2nd round

Ryan Dempster, 3, 2008 10th round

Scott Baker, 2, 2009 trade for a 3rd round

Elvis Andrus, 1, 2010 1st round

Nelson Cruz, 1, 2010 1st round

Adrian Beltre, 1, 2010 trade for a 4th round

David Ortiz, 1, 2010 7th round

Matt Kemp, 0, 2010 trade for 2011 1st round

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