Below is an idea inspired by Geoff Young at Ducksnorts. It is a kind of family tree of how the current 40 man roster came to be. I’ll be tweaking the format, and adding player links as well. In the meantime, the method of acquistion is indicated in parentheses for each player. If you see players listed below another player, those were the players surrendered in a trade (like Jeff Weaver being traded for Jeremy Bonderman).
This is based on the 40 man roster as of 11/13/2009.
- Alex Avila (2008 Rd 5)
- Jeremy Bonderman
- Jeff Weaver (1998 Rd 1)
- Eddie Bonine
- Miguel Cabrera
- Cameron Maybin (2005 Rd 1)
- Andrew Miller (2006 Rd 1)
- Burke Badenhop (2005 Rd 19)
- Dallas Trahern (2004 Rd 34)
- Eulogio De La Cruz (Am FA 2001)
- Mike Rabelo (2001 Rd 4)
- Brent Dlugach (2004 Rd 6)
- Freddy Dolsi (FA)
- Adam Everett (FA)
- Casey Fien (2006 Rd 20)
- Alfredo Figaro (FA)
- Armando Galarraga
- Michael Hernandez (FA)
- Curtis Granderson (2002 Rd 3)
- Carlos Guillen
- Ramon Santiago (Am FA 1998)
- Juan Gonzalez (Am FA 1999)
- Brandon Inge (1998 Rd 2)
- Don Kelly (FA)
- Gerald Laird
- Guillermo Moscoso (FA)
- Carlos Melo (FA)
- Jeff Larish (2005 Rd 5)
- Brandon Lyon (FA)
- Zach Miner
- Kyle Farnsworth
- Scott Moore (2002 Rd 1)
- Bo Flowers (2002 Rd 5)
- Roberto Novoa
- Randall Simon (FA)
- Kyle Farnsworth
- Fu-Te Ni (FA)
- Magglio Ordonez (FA)
- Placido Polanco
- Ugueth Urbina (FA)
- Rick Porcello (2007 Rd 1)
- Ryan Perry (2008 Rd 1)
- Clay Rapada
- Craig Monroe (Waiver Claim)
- Ryan Raburn (2001 Rd 5)
- Wilkin Ramirez (FA)
- Nate Robertson
- Mark Redman
- Todd Jones
- Brad Ausmus
- John Flaherty
- Rich Rowland (1998 Rd 17)
- Chris Gomez (1992 Rd 3)
- John Flaherty
- Jose Lima (Am FA 1989)
- Trever Miller (1991 Rd 1)
- CJ Nitkowski
- David Wells (FA)
- Daryle Ward (1994 Rd 15)
- Brad Ausmus
- Todd Jones
- Mark Redman
- Fernando Rodney (Am FA 1997)
- Ramon Santiago (FA)
- Jay Sborz (2003 Rd 2)
- Bobby Seay (FA)
- Zach Simons
- Jason Grilli (FA)
- Clete Thomas (2005, Rd 6)
- Jacob Turner (2009 Rd 1)
- Justin Verlander (2004 Rd 1)
- Casper Wells (2005 Rd 14)
- Dontrelle Willis
- Cameron Maybin (2005 Rd 1)
- Andrew Miller (2006 Rd 1)
- Burke Badenhop (2005 Rd 19)
- Dallas Trahern (2004 Rd 34)
- Eulogio De La Cruz (Am FA 2001)
- Mike Rabelo (2001 Rd 4)
- Joel Zumaya (2002 Rd 11)
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