In a span of five years, the Indians went from being a club that flirted with 100 losses to one that won 102 games, clinched the top postseason seed in the American League and is trying to reach the World Series for the second year in a row.

“It’s pretty cool to think about organizationally,” Chris Antonetti, the Indians’ president of baseball operations said last month. “When you go up and down the roster, you can see contributions from everywhere in the organization.

“From our amateur scouts, our professional scouts, international, the impact our player development department’s had, our Major League coaches. It’s really an organizational effort and an organizational accomplishment.”

The 25–man roster that the Indians constructed for the AL Division Series includes 11 players acquired via trade, seven taken in the MLB Draft, four signed as non-drafted international free agents, one Major League free-agent, one Minor League free-agent and a player claimed off waivers.

What follows is the timeline for how this ALDS group was built, including the non-rostered players (italicized) who remain with the team: