Using the regular season ending active rosters here’s a look at how each of the twelve playoff teams are presently built. These aren’t the TBD playoff rosters as each team will need to trim a pitcher and a position player to get to twenty-six players. Roster replacements to those listed below might also be made for the playoffs by substituting other players who ended the regular season inactive but were on the playoff eligible forty man roster.
Houston leads the group in players that were acquired via the draft or signed as an amateur free agent and developed with 13 which represents 47 % of their roster, Arizona, Baltimore, Los Angeles and Minnesota all had double digit counts in the category. The Phillies and Blue Jays lead the pack in players acquired via free agency with 10 each representing 36 % of their rosters with the Rangers, Braves, Dodgers and Marlins also having 25 % or more of their rosters built via free agency. In the category acquired via trade the Rays lead the playoff group with 15 players representing 53 % of their roster while the Marlins and Brewers have 50 % of their roster due to trades and the Rangers have 46 %.
Roster makeups always fascinated me for some odd reason which is why I continually do this type of review 🤪. Each team is shown below as are the most to least amongst the twelve clubs by each category grouping - again these are the 28 man ending active rosters for the regular season - just to clarify once more.
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National League :
Atlanta Braves :
Acquired via Free Agency : 7 - 25 % of roster - P Jackson Stephens, P Michael Tonkin, P Kirby Yates, C Travis d’Arnaud, OF Kevin Pillar, OF Forrest Wall, DH Marcel Ozuna
Acquired via Trade : 9 - 32 % of roster - P Brad Hand, P Raisel Iglesias, P Joe Jimenez, P Pierce Johnson, C Sean Murphy, SS Orlando Arcia, 2B Nicky Lopez, 1B Matt Olson, OF Eddie Rosario
Acquired via waivers : 3 - 11 % of roster - P Jesse Chavez, P Allan Winans, UTL Luke Williams,
Acquired via Draft or signed as an amateur free agent and developed : 9 - 32 % of roster - P Bryce Elder, P AJ Minter, P AJ Smith-Shawver, P Spencer Strider, P Kyle Wright, 2B Ozzie Albies, 3B Austin Riley, OF Ronald Acuna Jr, OF Michael Harris
Los Angeles Dodgers :
Acquired via Free Agency : 7 - 25 % of roster - P Shelby Miller, 1B Freddie Freeman, INF Max Muncy, 2B Kolton Wong, OF Jason Heyward, OF David Peralta, DH JD Martinez
Acquired via Trade : 10 - 36 % of roster - P Brusdar Graterol, P Joe Kelly, P Alex Vesia, P Ryan Yarbrough, C Austin Barnes, UTL Enrique Hernandez, SS Miguel Rojas, SS Amed Rosario, UTL Chris Taylor, OF Mookie Betts
Acquired via waivers : 1 - 3 % of roster - P Evan Phillips
Acquired via Draft or signed as an amateur free agent and developed : 10 - 36 % of roster - P Ryan Brasier, P Caleb Ferguson, P Victor Gonzalez, P Michael Grove, P Clayton Kershaw, P Bobby Miller, P Ryan Pepiot, P Emmet Sheehan, C Will Smith, CF James Outman
Milwaukee Brewers :
Acquired via Free Agency : 6 - 22 % of roster - P Wade Miley, P Hoby Milner, P Colin Rea, 3B Josh Donaldson, 2B Andruw Monasterio, OF Blake Perkins
Acquired via Trade : 14 - 50 % of roster - P Andrew Chafin, P Adrian Houser, P Eric Lauer, P Trevor Megill, P Joel Payamps, P Freddy Peralta, P Bryse Wilson, C Victor Caratini, C William Contreras, SS Willy Adames, 1B/DH Carlos Santana, 1B Rowdy Tellez, OF Mark Canha, OF Christian Yelich
Acquired via waivers : 0 - 0 % of roster
Acquired via Draft or signed as an amateur free agent and developed : 8 - 28 % of roster - P Corbin Burnes, P Abner Uribe, P Devin Williams, P Brandon Woodruff, 2B Brice Turang, OF Sal Frelick, OF Garrett Mitchell, OF Tyrone Taylor
Philadelphia Phillies :
Acquired via Free Agency : 10 - 36 % of roster - P Jeff Hoffman, P Craig Kimbrel, P Matt Strahm, P Taijuan Walker, P Zack Wheeler, SS Trea Turner, INF Weston Wilson, OF Nick Castellanos, OF Kyle Schwarber, 1B Bryce Harper
Acquired via Trade : 10 - 36 % of roster - P Jose Alvarado, P Michael Lorenzen, P Nick Nelson, P Christopher Sanchez, P Gregory Soto, C JT Realmuto, C Garrett Stubbs, INF Edmundo Sosa, OF Brandon Marsh, OF Cristian Pache,
Acquired via waivers : 1 - 3 % of roster - OF Jake Cave
Acquired via Draft or signed as an amateur free agent and developed : 7 - 25 % of roster - P Seranthony Dominguez, P Orion Kerkering, P Aaron Nola, P Ranger Suarez, 3B Alec Bohm, 2B Bryson Stott, OF Johan Rojas
Miami Marlins :
Acquired via Free Agency : 7 - 25 % of roster - P Huascar Brazoban, P Johnny Cueto, P Steven Okert, 1B Yuli Gurriel, UTL Garrett Hampson, UTL Jon Berti, OF Jorge Soler
Acquired via Trade : 14 - 50 % of roster - P JT Chargois, P Jesus Luzardo, P AJ Puk, P David Robertson, P Tanner Scott, C Jacob Stallings, 2B Luis Arraez, 1B Josh Bell, 3B Jake Burger, INF Xavier Edwards, INF Joey Wendle, CF Jazz Chisholm, OF Bryan De La Cruz, OF Jesus Sanchez
Acquired via waivers : 1 - 3 % of roster - P Matt Moore
Acquired via Draft or signed as an amateur free agent and developed : 6 - 22 % of roster - P Edward Cabrera, P Braxton Garrett, P Bryan Hoeing, P Andrew Nardi, P George Soriano, C Nick Fortes,
Arizona Diamondbacks :
Acquired via Free Agency : 5 - 18 % of roster - P Miguel Castro, P Merrill Kelly, P Joe Mantiply, P Ryan Thompson, 3B Evan Longoria
Acquired via Trade : 8 - 28 % of roster - P Zac Gallen, P Paul Sewald, C Gabriel Moreno, 2B Ketel Marte, 3B Jace Peterson, 3B Emmanuel Rivera, OF Lourdes Gurriel Jr, OF Tommy Pham
Acquired via waivers : 3 - 11 % of roster - P Kyle Nelson, C Seby Zavala, 1B Christian Walker
Acquired via Draft or signed as an amateur free agent and developed : 12 - 43 % of roster - P Luis Frias, P Kevin Ginkel, P Bryce Jarvis, P Justin Martinez, P Ryne Nelson, P Brandon Pfaadt, P Andrew Saalfrank, SS Jordan Lawler, SS Geraldo Perdomo, OF Corbin Carroll, OF Jake McCarthy, OF Alek Thomas
American League :
Baltimore Orioles :
Acquired via Free Agency : 2 - 7 % of roster - P Kyle Gibson, OF Aaron Hicks
Acquired via Trade : 10 - 36 % of roster - P Kyle Bradish, P Yennier Cano, P Danny Coulombe, P Jack Flaherty, P Shintaro Fujinami, P Dean Kremer, P Bruce Zimmermann, C James McCann, 2B Adam Frazier, 1B Ryan O’Hearn
Acquired via waivers : 5 - 18 % of roster - P Cionel Perez, P Jacob Webb, P Tyler Wells, INF Jorge Mateo, INF Ramon Urias
Acquired via Draft or signed as an amateur free agent and developed : 11 - 39 % of roster - P DL Hall, P John Means, P Grayson Rodriguez, C Adley Rutschman, INF Gunnar Henderson, 1B Ryan Mountcastle, 2B Jordan Westburg, OF Austin Hays, OF Heston Kjerstad, OF Cedric Mullins, OF Anthony Santander
Texas Rangers :
Acquired via Free Agency : 9 - 32 % of roster - P Matt Bush, P Nathan Eovaldi, P Andrew Heaney, P Martin Perez, P Will Smith, SS Corey Seager, 2B Marcus Semien, OF Robbie Grossman, OF Travis Jankowski
Acquired via Trade : 13 - 46 % of roster - P Brock Burke, P Aroldis Chapman, P Dane Dunning, P Jordan Montgomery, P Josh Sborz, P Chris Stratton, C Mitch Garver, C Austin Hedges, C Jonah Heim, SS Ezequiel Duran, 1B Nathaniel Lowe, 2B Josh Smith, OF Adolis Garcia
Acquired via waivers : 0 - 0 % of roster
Acquired via Draft or signed as an amateur free agent and developed : 6 - 22 % of roster - P Cody Bradford, P Jonathan Hernandez, P Jose Leclerc, 3B Josh Jung, OF Evan Carter, OF Leody Taveras
Minnesota Twins :
Acquired via Free Agency : 6 - 22 % of roster - P Dallas Keuchel, P Brock Stewart, P Caleb Thielbar, INF Donovan Solano, OF Will Castro, OF Andrew Stevenson
Acquired via Trade : 10 - 36 % of roster - P Jhoan Duran, P Sonny Gray, P Pablo Lopez, P Kenta Maeda, P Chris Paddack, P Emilio Pagan, P Joe Ryan, C Christian Vazquez, 2B Kyle Farmer, OF Michael Taylor
Acquired via waivers : 1 - 3 % of roster - OF Jordan Luplow
Acquired via Draft or signed as an amateur free agent and developed : 11 - 39 % of roster - P Kody Funderburk, P Griffin Jax, P Bailey Ober, P Louie Varland, C Ryan Jeffers, INF Edouard Julien, 1B Alex Kirilloff, SS Jorge Polanco, OF Max Kepler, OF Trevor Larnach, OF Matt Wallner
Tampa Rays :
Acquired via Free Agency : 6 - 22 % of roster - P Shawn Armstrong, P Chris Devenski, P Jake Diekman, P Zach Eflin, P Andrew Kittredge, OF Ramiel Tapia
Acquired via Trade : 15 - 53 % of roster - P Aaron Civale, P Peter Fairbanks, P Tyler Glasnow, P Kevin Kelly, P Colin Poche, P Robert Stephenson, C Christian Bethancourt, SS Osleivis Basabe, SS Junior Caminero, 1B Yandy Diaz, 3B Curtis Mead, INF Isaac Paredes, OF Randy Arozarena, OF Manuel Margot, DH Harold Ramirez
Acquired via waivers : 2 - 7 % of roster - P Cooper Criswell, P Zack Littell
Acquired via Draft or signed as an amateur free agent and developed : 5 - 18 % of roster - P Taj Bradley, C Rene Pinto, SS Jonathan Aranda, INF Taylor Walls, OF Josh Lowe
Toronto Blue Jays :
Acquired via Free Agency : 10 - 36 % of roster - P Yimi Garcia, P Kevin Gausman, P Chad Green, P Jay Jackson, P Yusei Kikuchi, P Chris Bassitt, P Hyun Jin Ryu, OF Kevin Kiermaier, OF George Springer, 1B/DH Brandon Belt
Acquired via Trade : 10 - 36 % of roster - P Jose Berrios, P Genesis Cabrera, P Jordan Hicks, P Trevor Richards, P Erik Swanson, C Tyler Heineman, 3B Travis Chapman, INF Santiago Espinal, INF Whit Merrifield, OF Daulton Varsho
Acquired via waivers : 0 - 0 % of roster
Acquired via Draft or signed as an amateur free agent and developed : 8 - 28 % of roster - P Tim Mayza, P Jordan Romano, C Alejandro Kirk, SS Bo Bichette, INF Cavan Biggio, 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr, INF Davis Schneider, OF Cam Eden
Houston Astros :
Acquired via Free Agency : 4 - 14 % of roster - P Hector Neris, 1B Jose Abreu, 1B Jon Singleton, DH Michael Brantley
Acquired via Trade : 9 - 32 % of roster - P Kendall Graveman, P Phil Maton, P Rafael Montero, P Ryan Pressly, P Justin Verlander, C Yainer Diaz, C Martin Maldonado, INF Mauricio Dubon, OF Yordan Alvarez
Acquired via waivers : 2 - 7 % of roster - P Seth Martinez, P Bennett Sousa
Acquired via Draft or signed as an amateur free agent and developed : 13 - 47 % of roster - P Bryan Abreu, P Hunter Brown, P JP France, P Cristian Javier, P Jose Urquidy, P Framber Valdez, 2B Jose Altuve, 3B Alex Bregman, INF Grae Kessinger, SS Jeremy Pena, OF Chas McCormick, OF Jake Meyers, OF Kyle Tucker
Twelve team Totals :
Acquired via Free Agency : 79 - 23 % of rosters
Acquired via Trade : 132 - 39 % of rosters
Acquired via waivers : 19 - 6 % of rosters
Acquired via Draft or signed as an amateur free agent and developed : 106 - 32 % of rosters
12 team Breakdown by Category - Most to Least
Acquired via Free Agency :
Philadelphia - 10 - 36 % of roster
Toronto - 10 - 36 % of roster
Texas - 9 - 32 % of roster
Los Angeles - 7 - 25 % of roster
Atlanta - 7 - 25 % of roster
Miami - 7 - 25 % of roster
Tampa - 6 - 22 % of roster
Minnesota - 6 - 22 % of roster
Milwaukee - 6 - 22 % of roster
Arizona - 5 - 18 % of roster
Houston - 4 - 14 % of roster
Baltimore - 2 - 7 % of roster
Acquired via Trade :
Tampa - 15 - 53 % of roster
Miami - 14 - 50 % of roster
Milwaukee - 14 - 50 % of roster
Texas - 13 - 46 % of roster
Philadelphia - 10 - 36 % of roster
Toronto - 10 - 36 % of roster
Baltimore - 10 - 36 % of roster
Los Angeles - 10 - 36 % of roster
Minnesota - 10 - 36 % of roster
Houston - 9 - 32 % of roster
Atlanta - 9 - 32 % of roster
Arizona - 8 - 28 % of roster
Acquired via waivers :
Baltimore - 5 - 18 % of roster
Atlanta - 3 - 11 % of roster
Arizona - 3 - 11 % of roster
Houston - 2 - 7 % of roster
Tampa - 2 - 7 % of roster
Los Angeles - 1 - 3 % of roster
Miami - 1 - 3 % of roster
Minnesota - 1 - 3 % of roster
Philadelphia - 1 - 3 % of roster
Toronto - 0 - 0 % of roster
Texas - 0 - 0 % of roster
Milwaukee - 0 - 22 % of roster
Acquired via Draft or signed as an amateur free agent and developed :
Houston - 13 - 47 % of roster
Arizona - 12 - 43 % of roster
Baltimore - 11 - 39 % of roster
Minnesota - 11 - 39 % of roster
Los Angeles - 10 - 36 % of roster
Atlanta - 9 - 32 % of roster
Toronto - 8 - 28 % of roster
Milwaukee - 8 - 28 % of roster
Philadelphia - 7 - 25 % of roster
Texas - 6 - 22 % of roster
Miami - 6 - 22 % of roster
Tampa - 5 - 18 % of roster
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Good stuff Mr. Potter. Great analysis.
Big Al