Here are the player development origins of the 2009 American League Champion New York Yankees. I'll do a comparison of the Yankees and Phillies tomorrow.
PITCHERS
Alfredo Aceves, RHP: Signed out of Mexico as a free agent in 2008.
A.J. Burnett, RHP: Drafted by the New York Mets in the eighth round out of high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1995. The Yankees signed him as a major league free agent for 2009.
Joba Chamberlain, RHP: Drafted by the Yankees in the supplemental first round in 2006 from the University of Nebraska.
Phil Coke, LHP: Drafted by the Yankees in the 26th round in 2002, out of San Joaquin Delta Community College.
Chad Gaudin, RHP: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 34th round in 2001, from high school in Harahan, Louisiana. The Yankees traded for him in the summer of 2009.
Phil Hughes, RHP: Drafted by the Yankees in the first round of the 2004 draft, from high school in Santa Ana, California.
Damaso Marte, LHP: Signed by the Seattle Mariners as a free agent from the Dominican Republic in 1992. Yankees acquired him in a 2008 trade.
Andy Pettitte, LHP: Drafted by the Yankees in the 22nd round in 1991 out of high school in Texas, signed as a draft-and-follow from San Jacinto JC in '92. Went to Houston as a free agent in 2004 but re-signed by the Yankees for 2007.
Mariano Rivera, RHP: Signed by the Yankees as a free agent from Panama in 1990.
David Robertson, RHP: Drafted by the Yankees in the 17th round in 2006, from the University of Alabama.
C.C. Sabathia, LHP: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the first round of the 1998 draft, out of high school in Vallejo, California. Signed by the Yankees as a major league free agent for 2009.
POSITION PLAYERS
Melky Cabrera, OF: Signed by the Yankees as a free agent from the Dominican Republic in 2001.
Robinson Cano, 2B: Signed by the Yankees as a free agent from the Dominican Republic in 2001.
Francisco Cervelli, C: Signed by the Yankees as a free agent out of Venezuela in 2004.
Johnny Damon, OF: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the supplemental first round in 1992, out of high school in Orlando, Florida. The Yankees signed him as a major league free agent in 2006.
Brett Gardner, OF: Drafted by the Yankees in the third round in 2005, from the College of Charleston.
Freddy Guzman, OF: Signed by the San Diego Padres as a free agent from the Dominican Republic in 2000. Acquired in a trade in late August 2009.
Jerry Hairston JR, INF: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 11th round in 1997, from Southern Illinois University. Acquired by the Yankees in a trade in July 2009.
Derek Jeter, SS: Drafted by the Yankees in the first round in 1992, out of high school in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Hideki Matsui, OF: Signed by the Yankees as a free agent from Japan in 2002. I am counting him as a "major league free agent" on the list below, not as a Yankee farm system product, since he was already an established star in Japan.
Jose Molina, C: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 14th round in 1993, from high school in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico. The Yankees acquired him in a trade from the Angels in 2007.
Jorge Posada, C: Drafted by the Yankees in the 24th round in 1990, out of high school in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico.
Alex Rodriguez, 3B: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the first round in 1993, out of high school in Miami, Florida. The Yankees acquired him in a trade with the Rangers in 2004.
Nick Swisher, OF: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the first round of the 2002 draft, from Ohio State University. Acquired in a trade with the White Sox in November 2008.
Mark Teixeira, 1B: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the first round in 2001, from Georgia Tech. Signed by the Yankees as a free agent in December 2008.
ACQUISITIONS
Trades or Waivers: Gaudin, Marte, Guzman, Hairston, Molina, Rodriguez, Swisher.
Yankees Farm System Products: Aceves, Chamberlain, Coke, Hughes, Rivera, Robertson, Cabrera, Cano, Cervelli, Gardner, Jeter, Posada.
Major League Free Agents: Burnett, Pettitte, Sabathia, Damon, Matsui, Teixeira.
ORIGINS
Drafted from North American high schools: Burnett (8th), Gaudin (34th), Hughes (1st), Sabathia (1st), Damon (1-S), Jeter (1st), Molina (14th), Posada (24th), Rodriguez (1st),
Drafted from junior colleges: Coke (26th), Pettitte (22nd).
Drafted from four-year colleges: Chamberlain (1-S), Robertson (17th), Gardner (3rd), Hairston (11th), Swisher (1st), Teixeira (1st).
Undrafted free agents from North America: none.
Latin Free Agents: Aceves, Marte, Rivera, Cabrera, Cano, Cervelli, Guzman,
Asian Free Agents: Matsui
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