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10/1/24 : Did Ya Know - Playoff Teams 🧐

I did a review of the regular season ending rosters (28 man rosters) of the twelve playoff teams to reflect the makeup.  Of the 336 roster spots 112 (33 %) were occupied by “home grown” players playing on the same team that either originally drafted/signed or signed them as an international or un-drafted free agent.


Here’s the breakdown (players on roster of the same team that originally signed them) :


Tigers - 17

Guardians - 15

Astros - 13

Royals - 13

Orioles - 10

Dodgers - 8

Yankees - 8

Mets - 7

Phillies - 6

Brewers - 6

Braves - 5

Padres - 4

Total - 112


Secondly I looked at the 12 playoff team group to determine how many players they had originally signed were on one of the rosters of the other 11 playoff teams - here’s the breakdown :


Padres - 14

Dodgers - 9

Brewers - 9

Braves - 9

Tigers - 8

Phillies - 8

Astros - 8

Yankees - 8

Royals - 7

Orioles - 7

Guardians - 6

Mets - 4

Total - 97


So … of the 336 regular season ending roster spots for the 12 playoff teams 209 (62%) of the players were originally signed by one of the 12 playoff teams - here’s the breakdown :


Tigers - 25

Astros - 21

Guardians - 21

Royals - 20

Padres - 18

Dodgers - 17

Orioles - 17

Yankees - 16

Brewers - 15

Phillies - 14

Braves - 14

Mets - 11

Total - 209


Lastly where did the other 127 players come from that were on the 12 playoff teams regular season ending rosters?  Here’s a breakdown of the teams that originally signed those players.


Cardinals - 11

Rangers - 11

Marlins - 10

Cubs - 9

Jays - 9

White Sox - 9

Pirates - 8

Red Sox - 8

Diamondbacks - 7

Rays - 7

Reds - 7

A’s - 6

Mariners - 5

Rockies - 5

Twins - 5

Nationals - 4

Angels - 3

Giants - 3

Total - 127


Just some numbers for those curious on how the 12 playoff teams rosters were built - now ya know 🤓.


Happy Day, Happy Baseball ⚾️



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