Friday, March 1, 2013

Building the Wales

Every year I like to look at how my players got here. This year, eleven of our fifteen keepers were acquired by draft, including six 1st rounders and two 2nd rounders. If you haven't noticed, Outlaw has a strategy of building from the draft. Only four of this year's players were acquired by trade. Here are Outlaw's keepers listed by seniority, with their years of service and how they were acquired:

Tim Hudson, 13, 2000 1st round
Jake Peavy, 9, 2004 2nd round
Adrian Gonzalez, 6, 2007 1st round
Mike Napoli, 5, 2008 supp 1st round
Dustin Pedroia, 5, 2008 1st round
Scott Baker (IR), 4, 2009 trade for a 3rd round
Elvis Andrus, 3, 2010 1st round
Nelson Cruz, 3, 2010 1st round
Adrian Beltre, 3, 2010 trade for a 4th round
David Ortiz, 3, 2010 7th round
Matt Kemp, 2, 2010 postseason trade for 2011 1st round
Jonny Venters, 2, 2011 2nd round
Justin Masterson, 2, 2011 6th round

Craig Kimbrell, 1, 2012 1st round
Lance Berkman, 2012 trade for 1st round

Matt Harrison, 0, 2013 supp 1st round
Edison Volquez, 0, 2013 supp 2nd round
Nate Schierholtz, 0, 2013, supp 3rd round

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