Each player on the active roster was either drafted and developed by the team (homegrown), or acquired by trade, free agency, waiver claim, or rule-5 claim. Those numbers are different for each team. Those differences provide insights on how the teams made their active rosters.
Teams have different styles.
Every team had important influencers that drove how they made their active roster. Obviously, a big driver is player performance. On a deeper level, drivers are team payroll and team skill in drafting/developing players. This season, a few team styles stood out to me:
Homegrown Players.