Some Keeper Facts

One Club Men

          Since the inaugural draft in 2008, these 4 players have played for one team and one team only, always kept, never traded, and never released from the roster*:

-David Wright, 5^th overall pick, Brad Calandrella

-Miguel Cabrera, 10^th overall pick, Eddie Perkins

-Tim Lincecum, 65^th overall pick, Ryan Fitzgibbon/Dan Alber

-Evan Longoria, 182^nd pick, Russ Travers

*Knocked off the list this year: Alex Rodriguez (Mark), Jose Reyes (Greg), Ichiro Suzuki (Roland), Mark Teixeira (Pru/Andy)

         

Five other players drafted in 2008 have never been released back out into the draft. They have been kept every year, but not by the manager who drafted them.

-Hanley Ramirez, 2nd overall pick, Zack Hanrahan, TRADED in

2010 to John DeMovellan

-Albert Pujols, 7th overall pick, Chris Pflanz, TRADED in

2008 to Russ Travers

-Ryan Braun, 18th overall pick, Chris Pflanz, TRADED in 2008

to Mark Chirokas

-C.C. Sabathia, 19th overall pick, Matt Pru, TRADED in 2008

to Chris Pflanz

-Dustin Pedroia, 85th overallpick, Zack Hanrahan, TRADED in

2011 to Greg Thompson

Face of the Team

Of the nine keepers listed above, all of them have been kept for the maximum 5 years. Maybe you didn’t end up with one of these sure things, but there was also a handful of guys taken in the 2009 draft who have stayed with the team that drafted them for four years, never dropped or traded*:

-Prince Fielder, 17^th overall pick, Brad Calandrella

-Jacoby Ellsbury, 20^th overall pick, Ryan Fitzgibbon/Dan Alber**

-Justin Verlander, 153^rd overall pick, Eddie Perkins**

*knocked off this list this year: Roy Halladay (Roland), Carl Crawford (Johnny), Joe Mauer (Greg)

**Although these players haven’t been kept every year, they have played for only one team over four years.

Two other players drafted in 2009 have never been released back out into the draft. They have been kept every year but not by the manager who drafted them.

-Felix Hernandez, 
68th overall pick, Gibbon/Dan Alber TRADED in 2010 to Matt Keaveney 

-Justin Upton, 112th 
overall pick, Eddie Perkins TRADED in 2009 to John DeMovellan

Team Vets

If you haven’t guessed what’s coming next, this next category is for players drafted in 2010 who have stayed with their respective team, never dropped or traded:

-Robinson Cano, 27^th overall pick, Russ Travers

-Carlos Gonzalez, 75^th overall pick, Russ Travers

-Josh Hamilton, 55^th overall pick, Andy Musto

-Jose Bautista, free agent, Andy Musto

-Jered Weaver, 63^rd overall pick, Brad Calandrella

-Joey Votto, 19^th overall pick, Chris Pflanz

-Andrew McCutchen, 33^rd overall pick, Matt Keaveney

-Ian Kinsler, 8^th overall pick, Eddie Perkins

Two other players drafted in 2010 have never been released back out into the draft. They have been kept every year but not by the manager who drafted them.

-Adrian Gonzalez, Matt Keaveney, TRADED to Dan Alber 2010

-Troy Tulowitzki, Russ Travers, TRADED to John DeMovellan in 2010

How Did We Get Our Keepers?

There are three ways to obtain a player in this league,
drafting, trading, and free agent acquisitions. This year, we had keepers come
from all three methods, here’s a team by team breakdown:

Andy

Draft: Hamilton ’10, Hamels ’11, Heyward ‘12

Free Agency: Bautista ‘10

Brad

Draft: Wright ’08, Fielder ’09, Weaver ’10, Encarnacion ‘12

Bryan

Draft: Strasburg ’11, Kershaw ’11, Cain ’12, Bourn ‘12

Dan

Draft: Lincecum ’08, Ellsbury ’09, Stanton ‘11

Trade: Gonzalez ‘10

Eddie

Draft: Cabrera ’08, Verlander ’09, Kinsler ’10, Kemp ‘11

Greg

Draft: Bumgarner ’12, Jones ’12, Harper ‘12

Trade: Pedroia ‘11

John

Draft: M. Trout ‘12

Trade: Upton ’09, Ramirez ’10, Tulowitzki ‘10

Matt

Draft: McCutchen ’10, Beltre ’12, Butler ‘12

Trade: Hernandez ‘09

Mark

Draft: Braun ’08, Bruce ’12, Posey ‘12, Price ‘12

Pflanz

Draft: Votto ’10, Castro ’12, Zobrist ‘12

Trade: Sabathia ‘08

Russ

Draft: Longoria ’08, Cano ’10, Gonzalez ‘10

Trade: Pujols ‘08

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Draft: Andrus ’11, Gomez ’12, Scherzer ‘12

Trade: Granderson ‘10

79% Drafted, 19% traded for, 2% acquired off FA

Other stats

Average Age of Keepers: 28

7 Under 25 (15%) vs. 15 over 30 (31%)

Youngest keepers: Greg, avg. age = 24.75

Youngest -B. Harper, 20

Oldest keepers: Brad, avg. age = 29.5

                   Oldest -Pujols/Beltre, 33

24 AL keepers vs. 24 NL keepers

16 new keepers vs. 32 kept in years past

1 C, 6 1B, 3 2B, 5 3B, 4 SS, 16 OF, 12 SP

36 hitters (75%) vs. 12 pitchers (25%)

Russ, Dan, and Perka have the exact same keepers as last year (three straight years for the Commish)

Jose Bautista is the only 2013 keeper to have never been drafted in The Franchise.