Saturday, February 15, 2014

Building the Wales


Trivia Question:  174 players and 111 draft picks have changed hands in 96 NASBL trades in the past 19 months since what event last happened?

The answer is at the bottom of this post.

This year, twelve of Outlaw's fifteen keepers were acquired by draft, including six 1st rounders.  Only three of our fifteen 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, 14, 2000 1st round
Jake Peavy, 10, 2004 2nd round
Adrian Gonzalez, 7, 2007 1st round
Mike Napoli, 6, 2008 supp 1st round
Dustin Pedroia, 6, 2008 1st round
Scott Baker, 5, 2009 trade for a 3rd round
Elvis Andrus, 4, 2010 1st round
Nelson Cruz, 4, 2010 1st round
Adrian Beltre, 4, 2010 trade for a 4th round
David Ortiz, 4, 2010 7th round
Matt Kemp, 3, 2010 postseason trade for 2011 1st round
Justin Masterson, 3, 2011 6th round

Craig Kimbrell, 2, 2012 1st round
Matt Harrison, 1, 2013 supp 1st round
Nate Schierholtz, 1, 2013, supp 3rd round

Trivia question answer:  Outlaw last made a trade.

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