Time again for my favorite write-up of the year, diving into some keeper stats and origins. The first part is a graphic which shows every keeper in the history of the league. I didn't list them by manager, but by organization, so Fitz/Dan, Zhou/Bart/Eric, Zack/Richie, Keeves/Scanlon are in there as well as the original 7 plus Andy (Pru wasn't around long enough to have keepers). I think it's a cool way to check out your team history.
I tried to colorize them by whatever team the player was on at the time. If the colors look weird, keep in mind I'm slightly colorblind.
Now onto some of the more numbers based analysis. It's got all the usual categories, plus an early mock of round 1 of Saturday's draft!
The longest Kept Players in League history (maximum 9 years):
AKA, the guys you've almost never been able to draft in Franchise history
1. Miguel Cabrera - 9 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 - 7 seasons, all with Pflanz
7. Jose Bautista - 7 seasons, all with Andy
8. Carlos Gonzalez - 7 seasons, all with Russ
9. Andrew McCutchen - 7 seasons, 3 with Keeves, 3 with Richie, 1 with Eddie
10. Robinson Cano - 6 seasons, 4 with Russ, 2 with Mark
10. Giancarlo Stanton - 6 seasons, all with Dan
11. Clayton Kershaw - 6 seasons, 2 wih Roland/Eric, 2 with Brad, 2 with John
10. Troy Tulowitzki - 6 seasons, 5 with John, 1 with Brad
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 (all-time):
Perk - Miguel Cabrera (2009-present)
Mark - Ryan Braun (2009-2016)
Russ - Evan Longoria (2009-2015) & Carlos Gonzalez (2011-present)
Pflanz - Joey Votto (2011-present)
Andy - Jose Bautista (2011-present)
Greg - Bryce Harper (2012-present)
Dan - Jacoby Ellsbury (2010-2015) & Giancarlo Stanton (2012-present)
John - Hanley Ramirez (2011-2015), Troy Tulowitzki (2011-2015), & Mike Trout (2013-present)
Brad - David Wright (2009-2013)
Eric - Edwin Encarnacion (2014-present)
Richie - Dustin Pedroia (2009-2011), Andrew McCutchen (2014-2016) & Chris Sale (2015-present)
Scanlon - Felix Hernandez (2011-2013; 2015)
Teams with highest percentage of seasons kept (through 9 years - includes repeat players)
1. New York Yankees...6.3% (Cano, A-Rod, Ellsbury, CC, Teixeira, Soriano, Granderson, Chapman, Sanchez)
2. Detroit Tigers.....6.3% (Cabrera, Verlander, Kinsler, Scherzer, Fielder)
3. Boston Red Sox...5.3% (Youk, Pedroia, Betts, Bogey, Ellsbury, Gonzalez, Hanley, Sale)
4. Los Angeles Dodgers...5.1% (Kemp, Greinke, Puig, Hanley, Ethier, Gonzalez, Kershaw, Seager)
5. Washington National....5.0% (Strasburg, Harper, Turner, Morse, Scherzer, Murphy, Zimmerman, Desmond)
Teams with lowest number of seasons kept (through 9 years)
1. Kansas City Royals....0.25% (Billy Butler)
2. San Diego Padres......0.25% (Jake Peavy)
3. Oakland Athletics.....0.51% (Josh Donaldson, Sonny Gray)
4. Atlanta Braves.............2.0% (Freeman, Upton, Teheran, McCann,
5. Chicago Whitesox....2.0% (Sale, Frazier, Abreu)
Longest Current Tenured Keepers (with one team)
1. Miguel Cabrera - 9 years
2. Joey Votto - 7 years
3. Carlos Gonzalez - 7 Years
4. Jose Bautsita - 6 Years, 10 months
5. Giancarlo Stanton - 6 years
2017 Keeper Breakdown
Draft: 58% (up from 56% last year)
Trade: 29% (same as last year)
Free Agency: 8% (down from 9% last year)
Keeper Draft: 4% (down from 6% last year)
Details Below:
Greg
DRAFT: Harper ('12, pick 126), Marte ('14, pick 18), Dozier ('16, pick 28)
TRADE: Darvish ('16 from Mark)
Andy
DRAFT: Greinke ('13, pick 36), Rizzo ('14, pick 35)
FREE AGENCY: Bautista ('10, May), Donaldson ('13, April)
Scanlon
DRAFT: Lindor ('16, pick 43), Turner ('16, pick 79)
TRADE: Arenado ('15, from Richie), Blackmon ('15, from Eric)
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), Freeman ('16, pick 23), Arrieta ('15, pick 58), Bogaerts ('15, pick 130)
John
DRAFT: Correa ('15, pick 157)
TRADE: Trout ('12, from Greg), Kershaw ('15 from Brad)
FREE AGENCY: Sanchez ('16, August)
Brad
DRAFT: Upton ('16, pick 3), Murphy ('16, pick 94)
KEEPER DRAFT: Scherzer ('14, pick 8)
TRADE: Yelich ('14, from Russ)
Mark
DRAFT: Abreu ('14, pick 60), Cano ('16, pick 7), Archer ('16, pick 18)
TRADE: Syndergaard ('15 from Dan)
Russ
DRAFT: Gonzalez ('10, pick 75), Chapman ('16, pick 35)
TRADE: Kluber ('16, from John), Goldschmidt ('14, from Mark)
Perk
DRAFT: Cabrera ('08, Pick 10), Frazier ('15 pick 32), Pollock ('15, pick 174)
TRADE: McCutchen ('16 from Richie)
Eric
DRAFT: Altuve ('14, pick 48), Seager ('16, pick 20), Cueto ('16 pick 30)
KEEPER DRAFT: Encarnacion ('14, pick 13)
Richie
DRAFT: Bryant ('15, pick 48)
TRADE: Sale ('14, from Perk), Villar ('16 from Perk), Story ('16 from Jeremy)
Commish Mocks the First Round of the Draft:
1. Andy - G. Springer
2. John - K. Jansen
3. Perk - J. Verlander
4. Mark - R. Braun
5. Brad - J. Lester
6. Scanlon - Z. Britton
7. Scanlon - C. Martinez
8. Perk - Y. Cespedes
9. Scanlon - W. Myers
10. John - K. Seager
11. Mark - B. Posey
12. Perk - N. Cruz
