Building Blocks: How the Pirates' 40-man roster -- plus injured players -- was built

Sunday, April 02, 2006

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Amateur draft (18)
Player	Year	Round
John Grabow	1997	3rd
Mike Johnston	1998	20th
Ryan Doumit	1999	2nd
Sean Burnett	2000	1st
*-Jose Bautista	2000	20th
Nate McLouth	2000	25th
Ian Snell	2000	26th
John Van Benschoten	2001	1st
Chris Duffy	2001	8th
Zach Duke	2001	20th
Rajai Davis	2001	38th
Bryan Bullington	2002	1st
Brad Eldred	2002	6th
Matt Capps	2002	7th
Paul Maholm	2003	1st
Tom Gorzelanny	2003	2nd
Craig Stansberry	2003	5th
Josh Sharpless	2003	24th
International signings (3)
Player	Year	Country
Jose Castillo	1997	Venezuela
*-Ronny Paulino	1997	Dominican
Javier Guzman	2000	Dominican
Major-league free agents (3)
Player	Year	Term
Roberto Hernandez	2005	1-$2.75
Joe Randa	2005	1-$4.00
Jeromy Burnitz	2006	1-$6.00
Term: Year(s)-millions of dollars
Minor-league free agents (1)
Player	Year	Term
Salomon Torres	2002	1-$325,000
Jose Hernandez	2006	1-$850,000
Term: Year(s)-dollars
Trades (13)
Player	Year	From
Craig Wilson	1996	Toronto
Humberto Cota	1999	Tampa Bay
Jack Wilson	2000	St. Louis
Ryan Vogelsong	2001	San Francisco
Kip Wells	2001	Chicago (AL)
Jason Bay	2003	San Diego
Oliver Perez	2003	San Diego
Mike Gonzalez	2003	Boston
Freddy Sanchez	2003	Boston
Jody Gerut	2005	Chicago (NL)
Jonah Bayliss	2005	Kansas City
Sean Casey	2005	Cincinnati
Damaso Marte	2005	Chicago (AL)
Rule 5 draft picks (2)
Player	Year	From
Yurendell DeCaster	2000	Tampa Bay
Victor Santos	2005	Kansas City