Winter Meetings Day 4
Where Have You Gone, Andy Van Slyke? —
... 1:55- Names of the players selected from the Minor League portion of the Rule 5: Andres Santos (LHP, DSL Yankees), Rafael Quintero (INF, DSL Indians), and Gerardo Esperanza (RHP, VSL Mariners) are the AAA picks. ...
Thursday Winter Meetings Update
Batter's Box Interactive Magazine —
... the deal. Franklin Gutierrez and Aaron Heilman are other big names changing teams. Summary of player movement: Mariners -> Mets: Putz, RHP Sean Green, OF Jeremy Reed Indians -> Mariners: Gutierrez Mets -> Mariners: OF Endy Chavez, RHP Aaron Heilman, 1B Mike Carp, RHP Maikel Cleto, LHP Jason Vargas, OF Ezekiel Carrera Mets -> Indians: RHP Joe Smith Mariners -> Indians: IF Luis Valbuena In the AAA phase of the Rule V Draft, the Jays lost Anthony Hatch and Ryan Klosterman, and selected Cody Haerther from St. Louis. ...
Rule 5 Draft: 2008
obsessivegiantscompulsive —
The results are here on MLB.com. The Giants drafted: RHP Luis Perdomo in the major league portion of the draft (from the Cardinal's) LHP Matt Yourkin in the AAA portion of the draft (from the Marlins) and lost three players: ...
Rule 5 Draft Results…And Why You Should Care
The 3rd String Safety —
... roster that were drafted in 2004 at age 18 younger or 2005 at 19 are available to be drafted. The catch is the player must stick on the 25 man roster all season, or he must be offered back to his original team.
It’s complex and there’s about a 99% you’ve never heard of any of the guys drafted today.
So why should you care?
Joakim Soria and Josh Hamilton….that’s why. Two young All-Star players acquired via the Rule 5 draft.
MLB.com has the results of the Rule 5 draft.
Only one name among the Rule 5 Draftees ...
Rule V Draft Summary
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
... —The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Thursday, December 11, 2008 Rule V Draft Summary Terrell Young is the first pick. ...
Friday Filberts
ESPN Feed: neyer rob —
... many of them at the same time? Josh thinks maybe they weren't, and I'm inclined to agree with him. I don't think he's quite figured out the mechanism of those bizarrely brilliant ERA+'s; I don't think I have, either (though I think I've come a little closer than he has). What I really think, though, is that it's almost certainly not possible that all the best pitchers of the last 50 years just happened to pitch at almost exactly the same time. • The Padres were active in Thursday's Rule 5 draft , and Paul DePodesta's got ...
YANKEES GET SABATHIA & BURNETT, PIRATES GET...RAMON VAZQUEZ
Mondesi's House —
... This is Vazquez's sixth team since entering the league in 2001, which isn't all that encouraging. But I presume he's good value for his role as a Ramon-of-all-trades, especially if some team takes Jack Wilson off the Pirates' hands, which is looking less likely with each passing day. In other news of the Bucco variety, the Pirates were active in the Rule 5 draft, picking up LHP Donald Veal from the Cubs and losing LHP Kyle Bloom for the Tigers. So that means we leave the Winter Meetings with Donald Veal and Ramon Vazquez. They're not quite C.C. ...
Bubbly Part Two
MVN RSS —
... The 2008 Rule V draft took place. I’d say the Mets pick of Darren O’Day looks like a risk worth taking. He was a solid relief man for the University of Florida. ...
Don't Try This at Home
FutureAngels.com —
... Rule 5 has lesser known minor league phases to go along with the major league phase. Click Here to see the 2008 Rule 5 Draft with minor league phases. I don't pretend to know all the intricacies of the minor league phase rules, but suffice to say minor league players have to be assigned to a certain roster to be protected, just as are those exposed to the major league phase. ...
Around the Majors Prospect Watch
Around the Majors —
... a list worth checking out as he finds players before they are household names. However, if you are looking for names everyone is talking about you can't go wrong with Baseball America's Top 100, Baseball Prospectus Top 100, or ESPN Keith Law's Top 100. If you are looking at the prospects for the upcoming 2009 draft, look no further than here for names to know.Also, for names that were left unprotected and selected in the Rule V draft, here is that list. The Fantasy Phenoms site breaks down prospects to know by ...
Washington Nationals: Rule 5 Draft History.
Federal Baseball —
... ' organization with the first pick of the Major League phase of the 2008 Rule 5 Draft, but the 23-year-old injured his shoulder and Washington returned Young, recouping half of the $50,000 dollars they'd paid the Reds to take him. With the first pick of the Triple-A Phase, the Nationals selected OF ...
Forty Spots, Little Freedom
Fack Youk —
... curious as to why the Yankees chose to protect so many players. I'm sure there was sound reasoning behind it, but it isn't readily evident to me. At the most basic level, the Yankees protected these seven players because they wanted to ensure they would retain their services. But because of the nature of the Rule 5 draft, sometimes the best way to retain a Rule 5 eligible player is to expose him - particularly in the cases of "fringey" players like Corona, Nunez, Sanchez, and Noesi. Last year for example, the Yankees lost four players in the Rule 5 Draft: Corona, Nova, Zach ...
