The longest-tenured player on each club

The rosters of your favourite staff will shuffle and reorganize sooner than we ever notice. That 2016 Cubs staff, the one which gained the World Series? There is just one participant who performed on that staff on the 2023 roster: Kyle Hendricks. Our groups are always shifting and remodeling into one thing totally different, whether or not we notice it or not.

Thus, in the present day at The Thirty, we take a look at the uncommon constants for every staff: The gamers who’ve been with their present organizations the longest. It’s not the longest they’ve been within the massive leagues — it’s the longest they’ve been part of their present franchise with out leaving. They should be on the large league roster proper now, as properly. They’re the franchise greybeards. And they’re in all probability quite a bit youthful than you assume.

Blue Jays: Tim Mayza
Date acquired: June 8, 2013
MLB debut: Aug. 15, 2017
Mayza was a strong left-handed aid specialist final season, although he’s in all probability destined to be often known as the man who gave up Aaron Judge’s 61st dwelling run.

Orioles: Ryan Mountcastle
Date acquired: June 8, 2015
MLB debut: Aug. 21, 2020
There is not any higher instance of simply how younger the Orioles are, and the way a lot they’ve turned over their complete group, than their longest-tenured participant continues to be 25 years outdated.

Rays: Vidal Brujan
Date acquired: October 17, 2014
MLB debut: July 7, 2021
Of course, there may be Brujan, who is barely 24, although he has an excuse: The Rays signed him out of the Dominican on the age of 16.

Red Sox: Rafael Devers
Date acquired: August 9, 2013
MLB debut: July 25, 2017
Now that Christian Vázquez and Xander Bogaerts are gone, Devers is the final outdated Red Sox participant standing.

Yankees: Kyle Higashioka
Date acquired: June 5, 2008
MLB debut: April 10, 2017
Amazing, proper? Higashioka, who has performed solely 222 video games in pinstripes, has been bouncing across the Yankees’ group since they drafted him within the seventh spherical again in 2008.

Indians: José Ramírez
Date acquired: November 26, 2009
MLB debut: Sept. 1, 2013
Signed by way of 2028, Ramírez appears prone to attain a full 20 years with this franchise.

Royals: Salvador Perez
Date acquired: Oct. 10, 2006
MLB debut: Aug. 10, 2011
There had been some commerce rumors this offseason, however it’s tough, actually, to think about him carrying every other uniform.

Tigers: Miguel Cabrera
Date acquired: Dec. 4, 2007
MLB debut: June 20, 2003
He has stated this will likely be his remaining season, so it’s going to be a wonderful year-long goodbye.

Twins: Jorge Polanco
Date acquired: July 6, 2009
MLB debut: June 26, 2014
Polanco was 16 years outdated when the Twins signed him in 2009 — in reality, it was the day after his sixteenth birthday.

White Sox: Tim Anderson
Date acquired: June 6, 2013
MLB debut: June 10, 2016
Injuries derailed Anderson final yr, however he stays one of the thrilling gamers in baseball.

Angels: Mike Trout
Date acquired: June 9, 2009
MLB debut: July 8, 2011
All these years and, all collectively now, nonetheless no postseason victories.

Athletics: Seth Brown
Date acquired: June 10, 2015
MLB debut: Aug. 26, 2019
It is kind of the rarity for anybody to be drafted by the A’s and make it into their 30s nonetheless with the membership.

Astros: Jose Altuve
Date acquired: March 6, 2007
MLB debut: July 20, 2011
They had zero World Series titles earlier than he was drafted, and so they now have two. And counting.

Mariners: Matthew Festa
Date acquired: June 10, 2016
MLB debut: July 14, 2018
You know what’s nice in regards to the Mariners? You know who’s second place on the franchise’s seniority listing? It’s Julio Rodríguez, who signed as an newbie out of the Dominican in July 2017.

Rangers: José Leclerc
Date acquired: Dec. 9, 2010
MLB debut: July 6, 2016
The solely participant left with the Rangers who might, in 2011, say, “Hey, the team that pays me right now is in the World Series.”

Braves: Ozzie Albies
Date acquired: July 2, 2013
MLB debut: Aug. 1, 2017
Ozzie Albies will likely be 26 for the 2023 season, which makes him a greybeard amongst plenty of these Braves.

Marlins: Miguel Rojas
Date acquired: December 11, 2014
MLB debut: June 6, 2014
Now that Brian Anderson is lastly a free agent, Rojas — who came to visit within the Dee Strange-Gordon/Andrew Heaney/Dan Haren commerce — is the senior Marlin, in each doable manner.

Mets: Brandon Nimmo
Date acquired: June 6, 2011
MLB debut: June 26, 2016
By re-signing their outfielder, the Mets assured that Nimmo goes to proceed to climb their all-time leaderboard at a speedy fee.

Nationals: Carter Kieboom
Date acquired: June 9, 2016
MLB debut: April 26, 2019
Their first-round decide from 2016 hasn’t fairly panned out how they could have hoped, however he’s nonetheless there.

Phillies: Seranthony Domínguez
Date acquired: April 1, 2012
MLB debut: May 7, 2018
Domínguez has battled elbow points throughout his profession, and even underwent Tommy John surgical procedure in 2020, however he is confirmed to be a dominant reliever when wholesome.

Brewers: Tyrone Taylor
Date acquired: June 10, 2012
MLB debut: Sept. 7, 2019
The Brewers had been ready a very long time for his or her 2012 second-round decide to make an influence, however final yr, he lastly did.

Cardinals: Adam Wainwright
Date acquired: Dec. 13, 2003
MLB debut: Sept. 11, 2005
This is Wainwright’s remaining yr, the definitive finish of an period. The second-longest tenured Cardinal? Jack Flaherty, the membership’s first-round decide in 2014.

Cubs: Kyle Hendricks
Date acquired: July 31, 2012
MLB debut: July 10, 2014
The solely Cub left who has a World Series ring with the staff. (Though new teammate Cody Bellinger has one with the Dodgers.)

Pirates: Mitch Keller
Date acquired: June 5, 2014
MLB debut: May 27, 2019
He might by no means turn into what the Pirates had envisioned, however there’s one thing to be stated for nonetheless going on the market and making an attempt.

Reds: Joey Votto
Date acquired: June 4, 2002
MLB debut: Sept. 4, 2007
There’s a membership possibility after this yr, so this may very well be it for Votto in Cincinnati. But it looks like we’ve stated that earlier than.

D-backs: Nick Ahmed
Date acquired: Jan. 24, 2013
MLB debut: June 29, 2014
Ahmed was a part of the Justin Upton commerce with the Braves so way back. (OK, 2013.)

Dodgers: Clayton Kershaw
Date acquired: June 6, 2006
MLB debut: May 25, 2008
Kershaw’s by no means going wherever — all of us perceive that by now, proper?

Giants: Brandon Crawford
Date acquired: June 5, 2008
MLB debut: May 27, 2011
The solely man left who signed with a San Francisco Giants staff that had by no means gained a World Series.

Padres: Fernando Tatis Jr.
Date acquired: June 4, 2016
MLB debut: March 28, 2019
The Padres have turned over every part over the past decade, to the purpose that Tatis — who had, uh, fairly a yr final yr — is their longest-serving Padre. And it positive seems prefer it may keep that manner for an additional decade.

Rockies: Charlie Blackmon
Date acquired: June 5, 2008
MLB debut: June 7, 2011
He was drafted one yr earlier than Nolan Arenado, however Blackmon is 5 years older.