Breakdown of Astros 2022 World Series Roster Acquisitions

This is a total breakdown of all the moves the 2022 Astros made to get the 27 players on the world series roster. This is how the players were originally acquired, so players re-signed after a trade are still included in trades

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**Also submitted to r/baseball but I wanted to share this here also**

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Free Agent / IFA	Draft	Trade
Y. Gurriel	A. Bregman* – 2nd Overall '15	M. Maldonado
H. Neris	D. Hensley – 29th Rd '18	C. Vazquez
R. Stanek	J. Peña – 102nd Overall '18	M. Dubon
B. Abreu (IFA)	C. McCormick – 21st Rd '17	T. Mancini
L. Garcia (IFA)	K. Tucker – 5th Overall '15	Y. Alvarez
C. Javier (IFA)	K. Lee – 32nd Overall '19	R. Pressly
J. Urquidy (IFA)	H. Brown – 166th Overall '19	W. Smith
F. Valdez (IFA)	L. McCullers** – 41st Overall '12	J. Verlander
J. Altuve (AFA)		R. Montero
		A. Diaz

* Bregman's pick was awarded after failure to sign Brady Aiken

**McCuller's pick was awarded after Clint Barmes turned down a Qualifying Offer & Signed elsewhere

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Trades

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Traded For	Traded away (acquired)
C. Vazquez	E. Valdez (IFA) / W. Abreu (IFA)
M. Dubon	M. Papiersky (9th Rd '19)
T. Mancini	J. Siri (Minor League FA) / C. McDermott(132nd Overall '21)*
Y. Alvarez	Josh Fields (Rule 5 selection)
R. Pressly	J. Alcala (IFA) / G. Celistino (IFA)
W. Smith	Odorizzi (FA)
J. Verlander	F. Perez (AFA) / D. Cameron (37th Overall '15)** / J. Rogers (97th Overall '16)
R. Montero	A. Toro(5th Rd '16) / J. Smith (FA)
A. Diaz	T. Thorton (5th Rd '15)
M. Maldonado (1)	P. Sandoval (11th Rd '15)
M. Maldonado (2)	T. Kemp (5th Rd '13)

*McDermot was taken with the 132nd Overall pick in the 2021 Draft, this was compensation for Springer signing with the Blue Jays

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**Daz Cameron was taken with the 37th Overall pick in 2015, this Pick was acquired via a larger trade that sent Jared Cosart, Enrique Hernandez, & Ausitn Wates to Miami

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Acquisition of remaining "Building Block" Players

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Traded for	Traded Away
Jared Cossart	Hunter Pence (64th Overall '04)
Clint Barmes	Felipe Paulino (IFA)

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Felipe Paulino was signed all the way back in 2001 if you're curious.

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So 2 guys who the Astros acquired 20 years ago played a role in building the modern World Series roster. Baseball is freaking awesome.