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Friday, March 25, 2016

Keeper History Part 2

As promised, time for part 2 of my favorite annual article about how we got each of our keepers and what kind of history we have with some of our favorite fantasy players.

Here are some fun stats!

The longest Kept Players in League history (maximum 8 years):
AKA, the guys you've almost never been able to draft in Franchise history

1. Miguel Cabrera - 8 seasons, all with Eddie
2. Ryan Braun - 8 seasons, one month with Pflanz, the rest with Mark
3. Evan Longoria - 7 seasons, all with Russ
4. Hanley Ramirez - 7 seasons, 2 with Zack, 5 with John
5. Felix Hernandez - 7 seasons, 1 with Dan, 1 with Mark, 1 with Richie, and two different stints with Keeves/Scanlon spanning 4 years (5 different owners have kept Felix Hernandez)
6. Joey Votto - 6 seasons, all with Pflanz
7. Jose Bautista - 6 seasons, all with Andy
8. Carlos Gonzalez - 6 seasons, all with Russ
9. Troy Tulowitzki - 6 seasons, 5 with John, 1 with Brad
10. Andrew McCutchen - 6 seasons, 3 with Keeves, 3 with Richie
11. Dustin Pedroia - 6 seasons, 3 with Greg, 3 with Zack
12. Albert Pujols - 6 seasons, 5 with Russ, 1 with Pflanz
13. David Wright - 6 seasons, 5 with Brad, 1 with Richie
14. Jacoby Ellsbury - 6 seasons, all with Fitz/Dan
15. Prince Fielder - 6 seasons, 4 with Brad, 1 with Eric, 1 with Greg


Each team's longest kept player:

Perk - Miguel Cabrera (2009-present)
Mark - Ryan Braun (2009-present)
Russ - Evan Longoria (2009-2015)
Pflanz - Joey Votto (2011-present)
Andy - Jose Bautista (2011-present)
Dan - Jacoby Ellsbury (2010-2015)
John - Hanley Ramirez & Troy Tulowitzki (2011-2015)
Brad - David Wright (2009-2013)
Richie - Dustin Pedroia (2009-2011) & Andrew McCutchen (2014-present)
Scanlon - Felix Hernandez (2011-2013; 2015)
Eric - Edwin Encarnacion (2014-2016) , Roy Halladay (2010-2012), Ichiro (2009-2011), Cliff Lee (2011-2012; 2013)
Greg - Jose Reyes (2009-2012) & Bryce Harper (2012-present)


Teams with highest percentage of seasons kept (through 8 years - includes repeat players)
1. New York Yankees...6.3% (Cano, A-Rod, Ellsbury, CC, Teixeira, Soriano, Granderson)
2. Detroit Tigers.....5.1% (Cabrera, Verlander, Kinsler, Scherzer, Fielder)
3. Los Angeles Dodgers...5.1% (Kemp, Greinke, Puig, Hanley, Ethier, Gonzalez, Kershaw)
4. Boston Red Sox...5.1% (Youk, Pedroia, Betts, Bogey, Ellsbury, Gonzalez, Hanley)
5. Tampa Bay Rays.....4.8% (Longoria, Price, Moore, Zobrist, Myers, Crawford)


Teams with lowest number of players kept (through 8 years)
1. Kansas City Royals....0.3% (Billy Butler)
2. San Diego Padres......0.3% (Jake Peavy)
3. Oakland Athletics.....0.6% (Josh Donaldson, Sonny Gray)
4. Chicago Cubs.............2.0% (Castro, Arrieta, Rizzo, Bryant)
5. Arizona Diamondbacks....2.0% (Goldschmidt, Greinke, Pollock, Upton)


Longest Current Tenured Keepers (with one team)
1. Miguel Cabrera - 8 years
2. Ryan Braun - 7 years, 11 months
3. Joey Votto - 6 years
4. Carlos Gonzalez - 6 Years
5. Jose Bautsita - 5 Years, 10 months


Commish's Keeper Prediction Results
42/44..... 95.4%


2016 Keeper Breakdown
Draft: 56%
Trade: 29%
Free Agency: 9%
Keeper Draft: 6%

Details Below:

Greg
DRAFT: Harper ('12, pick 126), Marte ('14, pick 18), Gordon ('15, pick 44), Fielder ('15, pick 29)

Andy
DRAFT: Greinke ('13, pick 36), Rizzo ('14, pick 35)
FREE AGENCY: Bautista ('10, May), Donaldson ('13, April)

Scanlon
DRAFT: Keuchel ('15, pick 147)
TRADE: Arenado ('15, from Richie), Blackmon ('15, from Eric)
FREE AGENCY: Springer ('14, April)

Pflanz
DRAFT: Votto ('10, pick 19), Betts ('15, pick 69)
TRADE: Bumgarner ('13, from Greg)
FREE AGENCY: Machado ('14, September)

Dan
DRAFT: Stanton ('11, pick 13), Davis ('15, pick 15), Arrieta ('15, pick 58), Bogaerts ('15, pick 130)

John
DRAFT: Kluber ('13, pick 160), Correa ('15, pick 157)
TRADE: Trout ('12, from Greg), Kershaw ('15 from Brad)

Brad
KEEPER DRAFT:  Scherzer ('14, pick 8)
TRADE: Yelich ('14, from Russ), Tulowitzki ('15 from John), Wainwright ('15 from Richie)

Mark
DRAFT: Abreu ('14, pick 60)
TRADE: Braun ('08, from Pflanz), Syndergaard ('15 from Dan), Hernandez ('15 from Scanlon)

Russ
DRAFT:  Gonzalez ('10, pick 75), Fernandez ('15, pick 33)
TRADE: Harvey ('14, from Richie), Goldschmidt ('14, from Mark)

Perk
DRAFT: Cabrera ('08, Pick 10), Cruz ('14, pick 157), Frazier ('15 pick 32), Pollock ('15, pick 174)

Eric
DRAFT: Altuve ('14, pick 48), Sano ('15, pick 182), Gray ('15, pick 20)
KEEPER DRAFT: Encarnacion ('14, pick 13)

Richie
DRAFT: Bryant ('15, pick 48), Cole ('15, pick 27)
KEEPER DRAFT: McCutchen ('14, pick 2)
TRADE: Sale ('14, from Perk)


Commish Mocks the First Round of the Draft:
1. Eric - David Price
2. Eric - JD Martinez
3. Brad - Justin Upton
4. Greg - Jacob DeGrom
5. Richie - Buster Posey
6. Eric - Yoenis Cespedes
7. Mark - Carlos Gomez
8. Brad - Robinson Cano
9. Eric - Chris Archer
10. Andy - Jason Heyward
11. Eric - Kenley Jansen
12. Eddie - Craig Kimbrel

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