How the 2022 Phillies Were Acquired

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When the Phillies clinched I tweeted that there was a direct line from Jeremy Hellickson to Jose Alvarado, and that was probably the most improbable rebuild trade working out possible. I didn’t actually do any sort of research at the time, but I can do that now. The exercise is meant to be fun, so the loosest of criteria will apply. For example, the J.T. Realmuto’s career will be an unbroken line, ignoring that he went to free agency and re-signed (if he had signed elsewhere in the mean time and come back that doesn’t count, but this is already too much in the weeds). All players on the 40 man roster are included here, even if they are on the 60 day version (in alphabetic order).

  • Aaron Nola – 1st Round 2014
  • Alec Bohm – 1st Round 2018
  • Andrew Belatti – Free Agent
  • Bailey Falter – 5th Round 2015
  • Brad Hand – Free Agent
  • Brand Marsh – Trade
    • Logan O’Hoppe – 23rd Round 2018
  • Bryce Harper – QO Free Agent
    • 2nd Round 2019
  • Bryson Stott – 1st Round 2019
  • Chris Devenski – Free Agent
  • Connor Brogdon – 10th Round 2017
  • Corey Knebel – Free Agent
  • Cristopher Sanchez – Trade
    • Curtis Mead – International Signing
  • Dalton Guthrie – 6th Round 2017
  • Damon Jones – 18th Round 2017
  • Darick Hall – 14th round 2016
  • David Robertson – Trade
    • Ben Brown – 33rd Round 2017
  • Donny Sands – Trade
    • T.J. Rumfield – 12th Round 2021
    • Joel Valdez – International Signing
  • Edmundo Sosa – Trade
    • JoJo Romero – 4th Round 2016
  • Francisco Morales – International Signing
  • Garrett Stubbs – Trade
    • Logan Cerny – 10th Round 2021
  • Hans Crouse – Trade
    • Spencer Howard – 2nd Round 2017
    • Kevin Gowdy – 2nd Round 2016
    • Josh Gessner – International Signing / Trade (money acquired for Thomas Eshelman)
      • Thomas Eshelman – Trade
        • Jonathan Arauz – International Signing
        • Ken Giles – 7th Round 2011
  • J.T. Realmuto – Trade
    • Will Stewart – 20th Round 2015
    • Jorge Alfaro – Trade
      • Jake Diekman – 30th Round 2007
      • Cole Hamels – 1st Round 2002
    • Sixto Sanchez – International Signing
  • James McArthur – 12th Round 2018
  • Jean Segura – Trade
    • J.P. Crawford – 1st Round 2013
    • Carlos Santana – QO Free Agent
      • 2nd Round 2018
  • Jhailyn Ortiz – International Signings
  • Jose Alvarado – Trade
    • Garrett Cleavinger – Trade
      • Jeremy Hellickson – Trade
        • Sam McWilliams – 8th Round 2014
  • Kent Emanuel – Waivers
  • Kyle Gibson – Trade (see Hans Crouse)
  • Kyle Schwarber – Free Agent
  • Mark Appel – Trade
    • Jonathan Arauz – International Signing
    • Ken Giles – 7th Round 2011
  • Matt Vierling – 5th Round 2018
  • Michael Plassmeyer – Trade
    • Austin Wynn – Free Agent
  • Nick Castellanos – QO Free Agent
    • 2nd Round 2022
  • Nick Maton – 7th Round 2017
  • Nick Nelson – Trade (see Donny Sands)
  • Noah Syndergaard – Trade
    • Mickey Moniak – 1st Round 2016
    • Jadiel Sanchez – International Signing
  • Rafael Marchan – International Signing
  • Ranger Suarez – International Signing
  • Rhys Hoskins – 5th Round 2014
  • Sam Coonrod – Trade
    • Carson Ragsdale – 4th Round 2020
  • Seranthony Dominguez – International Signing
  • Simon Muzziotti – International Signing
  • Taylor Scott – Waivers
  • Vinny Nittoli – Trade
    • Karl Ellison – Free Agent
  • Yairo Munoz – Free Agent
  • Zach Eflin – Trade
    • Jimmy Rollins – 2nd Round 1996
  • Zack Wheeler – QO Free Agent
    • 2020 Second Round

The Final Cost:

  • Draft Picks
    • 1st Round 2002 – Cole Hamels
    • 1st Round 2013 – J.P. Crawford
    • 1st Round 2014 – Aaron Nola
    • 1st Round 2016 – Mickey Moniak
    • 1st Round 2018 – Alec Bohm
    • 1st Round 2019 – Bryson Stott
    • 2nd Round 1996 – Jimmy Rollins
    • 2nd Round 2016 – Kevin Gowdy
    • 2nd Round 2017 – Spencer Howard
    • 2nd Round 2018 – Forfeited for Carlos Santana
    • 2nd Round 2019 – Forfeited for Bryce Harper
    • 2nd Round 2020 – Forfeited for Zack Wheeler
    • 2nd Round 2022 – Forfeited for Nick Castellanos
    • 4th Round 2016 – JoJo Romero
    • 4th Round 2020 – Carson Ragsdale
    • 5th Round 2014 – Rhys Hoskins
    • 5th Round 2015 – Bailey Falter
    • 5th Round 2018 – Matt Vierling
    • 6th Round 2017 – Dalton Guthrie
    • 7th Round 2011 – Ken Giles
    • 7th Round 2017 – Nick Maton
    • 8th Round 2014 – Sam McWilliams
    • 10th Round 2017 – Connor Brogdon
    • 10th Round 2021 – Logan Cerny
    • 12th Round 2018 – James McArthur
    • 12th Round 2021 – T.J. Rumfield
    • 14th Round 2016 – Darick Hall
    • 18th Round 2017 – Damon Jones
    • 20th Round 2015 – Will Stewart
    • 23rd Round 2018 – Logan O’Hoppe
    • 30th Round 2007 – Jake Diekman
    • 33rd Round 2017 – Ben Brown
  • International Signings
    • Curtis Mead
    • Francisco Morales
    • Jadiel Sanchez
    • Jhailyn Ortiz
    • Joel Valdez
    • Josh Gessner
    • Jonathan Arauz
    • Rafael Marchan
    • Ranger Suarez
    • Seranthony Dominguez
    • Simon Muzziotti
    • Sixto Sanchez
  • Free Agent
    • Andrew Bellatti
    • Austin Wynn
    • Brad Hand
    • Bryce Harper
    • Carlos Santana
    • Chris Devenski
    • Corey Knebel
    • Karl Ellison
    • Kyle Schwarber
    • Yairo Munoz
    • Zack Wheeler
  • Waivers
    • Kent Emanuel
    • Taylor Scott