This data is clear and accurate as of today based on the current 27 man roster, which has 28 current players on it. I don’t have cap room to acquire additional guys so this shouldn’t change much heading into the season.
I did include salary and contract type as others have done as I think that is rather important on team building.
Without further comment, let’s get rolling.
Here's a key:
Min = 500k min contract
Ext(Inc/Dec/Flat) - Extension with increasing year over year, decreasing year over year, or flat
IFA - IFA
Sct - Scout Find
Active 27 Man Roster:
2027:
Player | Salary | Contract Type | Date Acq | Source | Round | Pick | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3B Emilio Morales | 30.4 | Ext/Dec | 7/21/2027 | Trade | - | - |
2028:
Player | Salary | Contract Type | Date Acq | Source | Round | Pick | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CL Jose Canales | 6.5 | Ext/Flat | 4/10/2028 | Draft | 6 | 15 |
2030:
Player | Salary | Contract Type | Date Acq | Source | Round | Pick | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RP Ken Spencer | 0.7 | Arb | 4/10/2030 | Draft | 4 | 5 | ||
OF Jimmy Starks Jr | 16.4 | Ext/Dec | 4/10/2030 | Draft | 1 | 5 |
I wish I could take credit for these two picks, however this was the year before I arrived. Starks has been very good when healthy, and Spencer has been a piece of the bullpen the past few seasons in a year in which the only two remaining on the roster were acquired via draft.
2032:
Player | Salary | Contract Type | Date Acq | Source | Round | Pick | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SP Edris Mtume | $8.0 | Ext/Inc | 12/5/2032 | Trade | - | - | ||
SP Carson Stoller | $1.4 | Arb | 4/7/2032 | Draft | 1 | 1 |
2033:
Player | Salary | Contract Type | Date Acq | Source | Round | Pick | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SP Adam Barnard | $10.3 | Ext/Flat | 3/13/2033 | Trade | - | - | ||
IF James Monger | $6.8 | Ext/Inc | 4/6/2033 | Draft | 1 | 2 |
2034:
Player | Salary | Contract Type | Date Acq | Source | Round | Pick | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SP Stephen Clulow | $5.1 | Ext/Dec | 7/28/2034 | Trade | - | - | ||
RP David Rivas | $0.6 | Arb | 8/25/2034 | Trade | - | - |
2036:
Player | Salary | Contract Type | Date Acq | Source | Round | Pick | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1B Sergio Maldonado | 1.4 | Ext/Inc | 8/27/2036 | Trade | - | - | ||
OF Martin Marin | 4.8 | Ext/Inc | 8/27/2036 | Trade | - | - |
2037:
Player | Salary | Contract Type | Date Acq | Source | Round | Pick | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C Dan Clapper | 0.5 | Min | 11/14/2037 | Trade | - | - | ||
OF Gustavo Herrera | 0.5 | Min | 7/28/2037 | Trade | - | - | ||
OF Alonso Olvere | 0.5 | Min | 11/14/2037 | Trade | - | - | ||
SP Manuel Orosco | 0.5 | Min | 7/7/2037 | Trade | - | - |
2038:
Player | Salary | Contract Type | Date Acq | Source | Round | Pick | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SP Claudio Delgado | $1.6 | Ext/Flat | 7/1/2038 | Trade | - | - | ||
Thomas Rodriguez | 0.5 | Min | 8/19/2038 | Trade | - | - | ||
RP Pavel Bure Jr | 2.0 | Ext/Inc | 1/16/2038 | FA | - | - | ||
RP Bengt De Meza | 1.6 | Ext/Flat | 5/13/2038 | Trade | - | - | ||
RP James Heath | 0.5 | Min | 7/1/2038 | Trade | - | - | ||
C John Hale | 0.5 | Min | 7/8/2038 | Trade | - | - | ||
1B Rafael Gonzalez | 0.5 | Min | 5/6/2038 | Trade | - | - |
Rafael Gonzalez was sent from Jacksonville along with CF Vicente Chavez for Jose Rojas. Chavez was essentially going to be a salary dump until Huntsville agreed to take him for nothing a week later so the trade essentially worked out to be Gonzalez for Rojas.
John Hale was part of the much publicized trade with Des Moines involving a package of players. Hale however, failed to reproduce his early season batting line with Omaha that he had through the first half with Des Moines.
2039(Current offseason acquisitions):
Player | Salary | Contract Type | Date Acq | Source | Round | Pick | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RP Alfonso Javier | 0.5 | Min | 12/16/2038 | Rule 5 | - | - | ||
RP Rafael Morales | 3.0 | Flat | 12/21/2038 | FA | - | - | ||
RP Augusto Cardenas | 2.2 | Flat | 1/1/2039 | Trade | - | - | ||
IF Michel Lambert | 0.5 | Min | 12/16/2038 | Rule 5 | - | - | ||
IF Edgardo Garcia | 0.5 | Min | 12/16/2038 | Rule 5 | - | - |
Well, we can’t say too much about these guys because we aren’t sure what to make of them yet. Javier, Lambert & Garcia were all Rule 5 picks with Javier & Lambert seeming the most likely to make the squad while Garcia may be sent back. Morales signed to bolster the bullpen and a week later the club acquired a masterful bullpen arm in Augusto Cardenas strengthening what was a big weakness this past season.
Analysis:
# Players | Acquisition Type | % of roster | |
---|---|---|---|
18 | Trade | 65% | |
3 | Rule 5 | 10% | |
5 | Draft | 18% | |
2 | Free Agency | 7% |
Things that stick out immediately to me based on this chart :
Trades:
I apparently built quite a bit via trade. I would like to say that I did that coming in because I had some trade chips and was a struggling team losing 100 games a season when I took over however of the 18 people acquired, 11 of them have been since 2037.
It looks like they weren’t prospects in the minors anyhow as 14 of the 18 acquired had at least an at bat or pitch thrown in the BBA. And 10 of those 14 had thrown over 50 innings or had 100 career at bats at the BBA level at the time of acquisition.
Rule 5:
Not too surprised here. It’s hard to build anything through the rule 5 draft, but I have at least 1 or 2 players who are set to play a deep role in the organization this year as Lambert will more than likely get the start at 2B or Shortstop this year depending on where Monger starts.
Free Agency:
I have splashed in free agency quite a bit since I have gotten here, but my gut must be correct in feeling I have done a good job either signing players to 1 or 2 year deals or signing them and shipping them out for other pieces when the time came as I wasn’t competing at the time of the big splashes.
Drafting:
I know I have done a poor job in drafting. It’s as clear as ever. I have 5 guys in 10 years who have made it to the BBA and in those 10 years only 3 of the 5 have made big impacts (Canales, Starks, Monger). I wiffed early on with Stoller based on his injury reporting but this was my first ever online league and I was just getting back into playing OOTP so to have the first pick in a draft is intimidating and something I wasn’t ready for. I feel good with the Monger pick as he has the highest WAR in his draft class. I also think I have begun to draft a bit better since the 2036 season as those players are progressing through the minors. However to have the amount of players reach the BBA as I have had from drafting is pretty embarrassing and something that I have had my eye on. We currently have the 9th best minor league system according to OOTP which is a nice turnaround from being ranked 29th as we were last season before making a conscious turn around before the draft to make sure we analyze every player we can the best we possibly can.
So there you have it I suppose. Lots of different pieces, but some loyalty to certain players and hopefully some acquisitions this off-season that can right the ship and get us back into the playoffs.