Graph of the Day: The 40-Man Roster - How'd We Get Here?
by Slyde on Jan 20, 2011 2:05 PM EST
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I hope you brought your big monitor to work today because you're going to need it. After looking yesterday at the longest running current trade chain for the Reds (it's in the fanshots, so you probably haven't seen it), I decided to take a stab at mapping how and when every player on the 40-man roster joined the organization. My starting point with each player is the first person in their chain who was either drafted or signed by the Reds and then I went from there. Hopefully it is self-explanatory.
If you'd like to view a larger version, click here.
Let me know if you have any questions or see any issues in the comments.
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I just had a fanshot in my pants.
by GlennBraggsSwingAndMissBrokenBat on Jan 20, 2011 2:21 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
Mindboggling
I bet if somebody wanted, they could take this backward to the 1890s and find out just how we did get Snake Deal.
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Thats neat.
Super duper. neato gang. swell job. hip hip hooray.
He called me a baboon, he thinks I'm his wife.
I guess we should send Bobby Ayala a fruit basket or something.
Thanks!
Calmer than you are.
by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Jan 20, 2011 2:36 PM EST reply actions
two things
Kris Negron was had in trade, not draft. And this is great.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jan 20, 2011 2:46 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Good catch, fixed.
Not sure why I did that. I knew he wasn’t drafted by the Reds. I think by that point I was in hurry to get things done and I was worried about how I was going to fit Masset in without screwing the whole design up.
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who's the new guy?
looks like he’s not even a mod.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Jan 20, 2011 2:49 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
Yeah, there's no "Slyde" on the manager list.
Crazy newbies taking over again.
Finally, if you will permit me, I'd like to make a comment which in my mind, is indicative, perhaps, of the greater significance of football and sports emphasis in general in this country, and that is, I thank God I was warring on the gridirons of the Midwest and not on the battlefields of Europe. Nile Kinnick, 1939
by Hawkeyegirl96 on Jan 20, 2011 3:46 PM EST up reply actions
With 10-15 more graphs of this quality
he just might earn a nomination for “beat reporter” status.
He or she has a long way to go until he or she is writing front-page essays about bullpen resource allocation…
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Jan 20, 2011 5:22 PM EST up reply actions
very cool
I’ve been wishing someone would do this. I’ve seen it done for the Yanks in Yankees blogs (often with the title “Where did you come from, cotton-eyed Joe?”), but not for the Reds. Until now.
I’d kind of like to see the last column colored-coded. To make it easier to see how much of the team is home-grown. Maybe different colors for free agents, Reds-drafted players, and players who were partly developed by the Reds?
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Yankee fans must have a helluva time recalling how they acquired all of their players.
How about you agree to waive the fine and I promise not to email you the remaining eighty six photos of my dog dressed as a bear.
by Fat Vegas Alan on Jan 20, 2011 3:32 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Right.
I guess they need a flow chart to recall who is to take the blame for each ridiculous signing.
How about you agree to waive the fine and I promise not to email you the remaining eighty six photos of my dog dressed as a bear.
by Fat Vegas Alan on Jan 20, 2011 3:51 PM EST up reply actions
actually
I was surprised at how many home-grown (or partly home-grown) players they had. They might have more than the Reds.
The difference is their FA signings tend to be blockbusters, while many of the homegrown players are of the Eduardo Nunez/Kevin Russo variety.
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NOTE: A fair amount of their players were homegrown, but were bought out of free agency with giant contracts.
They would not have been able to keep as many without outspending everyone by giant margins, so comparisons are not completely apt.
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by PeteyHendrix on Jan 21, 2011 3:46 PM EST up reply actions
that's true
Though I also think the Yankees bench is often stocked with young farmhands precisely because there’s so much money invested in stars.
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That's an excellent suggestion on the last-column color-coding
This thing is still perfect, it would just be “more perfect,” like the ol’ Constitution says.
Need the number of that store where they make ceramics in an oven made out of damaged circus supplies. It's called Rumpled Stilts Kiln. - Jon Wurster
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Jan 20, 2011 5:16 PM EST up reply actions
Precisely my second reaction.
1. Damn! This is neat!
2. Somebody has waaaaay too much time on their hands.
(3. I can only wonder about his Slyde’s next project).
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by jch24 on Jan 20, 2011 4:42 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
But what about the effect the idling fumes have on the environment?
I see multiple graphs in Slyde’s future on this fascinating and popular topic.
Finally, if you will permit me, I'd like to make a comment which in my mind, is indicative, perhaps, of the greater significance of football and sports emphasis in general in this country, and that is, I thank God I was warring on the gridirons of the Midwest and not on the battlefields of Europe. Nile Kinnick, 1939
by Hawkeyegirl96 on Jan 20, 2011 6:40 PM EST up reply actions
I will in turn protest your protest
"He’s like if Ron Gant and Eric Davis had a white baby." -- GlennBraggsSwingAndMissBrokenBat on Drew Stubbs
Looks like we won "the trade"
5 years later
by jsl413 on Jan 20, 2011 4:27 PM EST via mobile reply actions
isn't that interesting?
As I was looking at it, I thought, Wait, isn’t that The Trade?
I don’t know that I’d say we won it; I’d probably call it a wash. More importantly, it was a trade of a bunch of second (or third) tier players. It just didn’t matter much, one way or the other.
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With that title
You’ve entered into an oral contract to produce a graph every day. And with the unparalleled quality of the product, an expectation that will have to be matched with each successive graph or you’ll be sued by our powerful lawyers.
Rec’d.
Need the number of that store where they make ceramics in an oven made out of damaged circus supplies. It's called Rumpled Stilts Kiln. - Jon Wurster
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Jan 20, 2011 5:21 PM EST reply actions
Yeah, here's what I'd like to see:
Corndog cooking instructions: 20-25 minutes at 450.
Crinkle fries cooking instructions: 16-20 minutes at 375.
Lil’ help?
(Now we’ll see just how bored GraphBoy is or is not.)
How about you agree to waive the fine and I promise not to email you the remaining eighty six photos of my dog dressed as a bear.
by Fat Vegas Alan on Jan 20, 2011 5:41 PM EST up reply actions
All kidding aside, Slyde-
Excellent work. The front office really has made some excellent moves (with few hiccups, of course) to put a good product on the field, and that’s a lot easier to see in graph form.
Finally, if you will permit me, I'd like to make a comment which in my mind, is indicative, perhaps, of the greater significance of football and sports emphasis in general in this country, and that is, I thank God I was warring on the gridirons of the Midwest and not on the battlefields of Europe. Nile Kinnick, 1939
by Hawkeyegirl96 on Jan 20, 2011 6:43 PM EST up reply actions
Yes, there were hiccups
but we did our best.
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I remember thinking that Zach Ward would be a loss
"I can’t imagine playing anywhere else. I enjoy myself. I can’t imagine being with a better team."
-Joey Votto
I remember having no memory of Zach Ward whatsoeverwitherhapperdapper.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
Reds traded him for Kyle Lohse
he was a 3rd round 2005 draft pick.
"I can’t imagine playing anywhere else. I enjoy myself. I can’t imagine being with a better team."
-Joey Votto
by justin007000 on Jan 20, 2011 7:47 PM EST up reply actions
We got him back at the end of last year
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by BK on Jan 20, 2011 8:19 PM EST up reply actions
I'm sure liking the Brandon Phillips for Jeff Stevens (PTBNL) trade right now
I guess Stevens could still make an impact, but it seems unlikely.
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he's a reliever on the Cubs right now
so yeah, not much of an impact outside of padding Votto’s stats.
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by Cy Schourek on Jan 21, 2011 3:57 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Great job, Slyder
I love stuff like this, I wish there was one for every team. (hint hint)
"He’s like if Ron Gant and Eric Davis had a white baby." -- GlennBraggsSwingAndMissBrokenBat on Drew Stubbs
unfortunately, this was all done by hand in a photo editor program (because that's where I work fastest)
which is to say, it’s not easy. I agree it would be cool to see for every team.
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We should "challenge" all the other baseball blogs to do it!
"He’s like if Ron Gant and Eric Davis had a white baby." -- GlennBraggsSwingAndMissBrokenBat on Drew Stubbs
or get some computer nerd
To put up a web site that does the grunt work.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
It would be cool to see the intersections
But how on earth could you construct this thing?
With 30 MLB teams all trading all the time, not counting FA signings and waiver pickups, wow …
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Yea, I'll echo all the "great work" sentiments.
also JEEZ GUISE, SLYDE USED 2 RUN THE SIGHT, HE’Z NOT A N00B LOLLERSKATES.
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