How we obtained each player on the 40-man roster

I though it might be interesting to take a look at how we have obtained the players on our 40-man roster. Here goes...

Draft (13 players):

Wieters (2007- 1st round)

Machado (2010 - 1st round)

Joseph (2008 - 7th round)

Gausman (2012 - 1st round)

Britton (2006 - 3rd round)

Matusz (2008 - 1st round)

Walker (2012 - 4th round)

Gamboa (2008 - 21st round)

M. Wright (2011 - 3rd round)

Wilson (2011 - 10th round)

Drake (2008 - 43rd round)

T. Berry (2009 - 50th round)

D. Bundy (2011 - 1st round)

Trade (11 players):

C. Davis - from TEX in the Uehara trade

Hardy - from MIN for Hoey (and others)

Snider - from PIT for Tarpley and Brault

A. Jones - from SEA in the Bedard trade

de Aza - from CHW for Blackmar and Chalas

Lough - from KC for Valencia

Tillman - from SEA in the Bedard trade

Norris - from HOU for Hader, Hoes, and comp pick

Hunter - from TEX in the Uehara trade

Brach - from SD for Devin Jones

Clevenger - from CHC with Feldman for Arrieta and Strop

Free Agent (7 players):

E. Cabrera

D. Young

M. Gonzalez

Webb

W. Wright

Jimenez

Navarro

Rule 5 Draft (4 players):

Flaherty (from CHC)

Verrett (from NYM)

Garcia (from BOS)

McFarland (from CLE)

Off Waivers (3 players):

Paredes

O'Day

Pearce

International Signing (3 players):

Chen

Schoop

Urrutia

O'Day was a waiver claim.

Pearce was bought from NYY.

DeAza was Blackmar and Chalas.

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O'Day was a waiver claim.

Pearce was bought from NYY.

DeAza was Blackmar and Chalas.

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Thanks for the refinements on O'Day and de Aza. I do believe that Pearce was most recently obtained through waivers, though, from the Yankees. You are correct that was purchased from the Yankees first, but Houston got him off waivers from us, then the Yankees bought him from the Astros before we selected him off waivers from New York. Man, he's well traveled.

Thanks for the refinements on O'Day and de Aza. I do believe that Pearce was most recently obtained through waivers, though, from the Yankees. You are correct that was purchased from the Yankees first, but Houston got him off waivers from us, then the Yankees bought him from the Astros before we selected him off waivers from New York. Man, he's well traveled.

He was actually most recently signed as a FA after being released by the Orioles and refusing a claim by the Blue Jays.

He was actually most recently signed as a FA after being released by the Orioles and refusing a claim by the Blue Jays.

Yep. Free agent from the Orioles signed by the Orioles.

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Nice work.

Hardy (and Harris) for Hoey and Jacobson

I was thinking about this the other day.

To break it down a little further, 5 of the 11 players acquired in a trade were acquired during the season (Hunter, Davis, Norris, Clevenger and De Aza). Pearce should also probably be considered a mid-season acquisition since he originally came over from the Yankees in June 2012 in a cash transaction. He most recently re-signed with the O’s as a free agent last April of 2014. Paredes was an in-season waiver claim. That is 7 of the players on the 40-man roster (41-man counting Davis) who were acquired during a season. That’s about 17%. Of those seven players, five of them have almost a guaranteed spot on the 25-man roster to start the season assuming health (Hunter, Norris, De Aza, Pearce, and Davis after the first game). That’s 20% of the active roster that was acquired during a season rather than during an offseason. I point that out because Duquette is always talking about how the organization makes moves all season long. The fact that a good chunk of the active roster was acquired at a time other than the offseason supports Duquette’s talking point.

Nice work.

Hardy (and Harris) for Hoey and Jacobson

After the Twins traded Carlos Gomez to get Hardy. :rofl:

Draft (13 players)

Flanagan/J.Duquette:

Britton (2006 - 3rd round)

Wieters (2007- 1st round)

McPhail:

Matusz (2008 - 1st round)

Joseph (2008 - 7th round)

Gamboa (2008 - 21st round)

Drake (2008 - 43rd round)

T. Berry (2009 - 50th round)

Machado (2010 - 1st round)

D. Bundy (2011 - 1st round)

M. Wright (2011 - 3rd round)

Wilson (2011 - 10th round)

D. Duquette:

Gausman (2012 - 1st round)

Walker (2012 - 4th round)

Trade (11 players)

McPhail:

A. Jones - from SEA in the Bedard trade

Tillman - from SEA in the Bedard trade

C. Davis - from TEX in the Uehara trade

Hunter - from TEX in the Uehara trade

Hardy - from MIN for Hoey (and others)

D. Duquette:

Snider - from PIT for Tarpley and Brault

de Aza - from CHW for Blackmar and Chalas

Lough - from KC for Valencia

Norris - from HOU for Hader, Hoes, and comp pick

Brach - from SD for Devin Jones

Clevenger - from CHC with Feldman for Arrieta and Strop

Free Agent (7 players)

D. Duquette:

E. Cabrera

D. Young

M. Gonzalez

Webb

W. Wright

Jimenez

Navarro

Rule 5 Draft (4 players)

D. Duquette:

Flaherty (from CHC)

Verrett (from NYM)

Garcia (from BOS)

McFarland (from CLE)

Off Waivers (3 players)

interim:

O'Day

D. Duquette:

Paredes

Pearce

International Signing (3 players)

McPhail:

Schoop

D. Duquette:

Chen

Urrutia

Technically O'Day was before DD.

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Technically O'Day was before DD.

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Right. O'Day was Buck's.

Draft (13 players)

Flanagan/J.Duquette:

Britton (2006 - 3rd round)

Wieters (2007- 1st round)

McPhail:

Matusz (2008 - 1st round)

Joseph (2008 - 7th round)

Gamboa (2008 - 21st round)

Drake (2008 - 43rd round)

T. Berry (2009 - 50th round)

Machado (2010 - 1st round)

D. Bundy (2011 - 1st round)

M. Wright (2011 - 3rd round)

Wilson (2011 - 10th round)

D. Duquette:

Gausman (2012 - 1st round)

Walker (2012 - 4th round)

Trade (11 players)

McPhail:

A. Jones - from SEA in the Bedard trade

Tillman - from SEA in the Bedard trade

C. Davis - from TEX in the Uehara trade

Hunter - from TEX in the Uehara trade

Hardy - from MIN for Hoey (and others)

D. Duquette:

Snider - from PIT for Tarpley and Brault

de Aza - from CHW for Blackmar and Chalas

Lough - from KC for Valencia

Norris - from HOU for Hader, Hoes, and comp pick

Brach - from SD for Devin Jones

Clevenger - from CHC with Feldman for Arrieta and Strop

Free Agent (7 players)

D. Duquette:

E. Cabrera

D. Young

M. Gonzalez

Webb

W. Wright

Jimenez

Navarro

Rule 5 Draft (4 players)

D. Duquette:

Flaherty (from CHC)

Verrett (from NYM)

Garcia (from BOS)

McFarland (from CLE)

Off Waivers (3 players)

D. Duquette:

Paredes

O'Day

Pearce

International Signing (3 players)

McPhail:

Schoop

D. Duquette:

Chen

Urrutia

Nice work, MacPhail certainly put a lot of the pieces in place when you look at it.

Nice work, MacPhail certainly put a lot of the pieces in place when you look at it.

A losing team. Quite the advantage when trading. Unfortunately for Duquette, his teams have always been in contention.

A losing team. Quite the advantage when trading. Unfortunately for Duquette, his teams have always been in contention.

Fortunately for Duquette, MacPhail gave him a loaded hand.

Fortunately for Duquette, MacPhail gave him a loaded hand.

I do not understand why there needs to be a constant McPhail vs. DD thing around here (if that is not the purpose of your post, I apologize). McPhail did a good job of bringing in a good amount of talent to stock the team, no doubt. Duquette built nearly the entire rotation, though, outside of Tillman (admittedly the best of the bunch). Pitching has been instrumental to us making the playoffs and finally winning the division last year. Chen - Gonzo - Norris - Gausman (and Ubaldo) were all acquired by DD.