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The Rule V Draft will take place at 9am Eastern Thursday on MLB.com.
The purpose of the draft is to limit teams from stockpiling talent in the minors when others are willing to offer them a MLB spot. Players eligible to drafted must fit these criteria:
-Must not be on the major league team's 40-man roster
-Signed at 19 or older and be in the organization for 4 years or signed at 18 and been in the organization for 5 years.
Teams can pick a player for $50,000 and they must be kept on the 25-man roster in the majors. They cannot be demoted in the following season. If the team wishes remove them from the 25-man roster, they must offer the player back to their original team for $25,000.
Famous recent Rule 5 picks include Johan Santana, Josh Hamilton, Dan Uggla, Shane Victorino, Joakim Soria, Scott Posednik
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Some players to keep an eye on Thursday:
RHP Pedro Beato (24 Years Old, Baltimore Orioles) : "Beato is a fastball/curveball pitcher, throwing in the low-to-mid 90s, and made the Eastern League's All-Star team for Bowie going 4-0-16 with a 2.11 ERA. More encouraging for a team looking to break him in as a long man, at least for 2011, he made 43 appearances and went nearly 60 innings, so he's not limited to one-and-out work from the pen." http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2010/12/rule-5-relievers.html
LHP Jeremy Horst (25 Years Old, Cincinnati Reds): "fashioned a 2.62 ERA and 75 strikeouts in 72 innings across three levels of the minor leagues in 2010. The six-foot-four, 220-pounder fanned 9.4 batters per nine innings while walking just 2.2 batters every nine frames." http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/story/2010/12/07/sp-rule-five-draft-preview.html#ixzz17T7o7Io7
RHP Wynn Pelzer (24 Years Old, Baltimore Orioles): "He doesn't really have an effective off-speed pitch, just a two and four seam heater thrown with sink and at 93-95 MPH. Pelzer gets grounders and strikes out nearly a batter per inning; he also walks five per game, and that's why he's Rule 5 eligible. But he projects down the road as a closer." http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2010/12/rule-5-relievers.html
RHP Michael Dubee (24 Years Old, Pittsburgh Pirates): "a six-foot-three reliever in the Pittsburgh Pirates system, has been dominant the past two campaigns. The 24-year-old had a 6-2 record and 2.21 ERA in 77 1/3 innings pitched this past season, all but one at the AA level." http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/story/2010/12/07/sp-rule-five-draft-preview.html#ixzz17T98o8D4
OF John Drennan (24 Years Old, Cleveland Indians): "Was always an advanced lefthanded hitter who played with an aggressive edge, he just hasn’t hit for power in the minors.* Drennen can help now as a backup outfielder in all three spots; I still believe it’s in him to become a good MLB bat.* Turns 25 next August, I and other scouts compared his upside to a young Brian Giles in high school." http://bucsprospects.com/2010/12/06...nge-of-beating-other-teams-on-their-own-farm/
RHP Adam Miller (26 Years Old, Cleveland Indians): "Yet another Cleveland Indian.* I’ve never seen Miller, but good scouts I’ve spoken with thought he had ace potential in the mid-2000s though Miller could never stay healthy.* He’s missed the last two seasons, but was in instructional league over the fall.* Sounds like a good sleeper." http://bucsprospects.com/2010/12/06...nge-of-beating-other-teams-on-their-own-farm/
"Drafted in the first round of the 2003 draft, Miller was Indian's top prospect for several seasons. He fell victim to a tendon problem in his finger that eventually required a transplant. Anyway, he's supposedly healthy and throwing in the Instructional league, and hitting the mitt in the lower nineties.
He hasn't thrown a pitch in a game since 2008, and he's a project. But Miller's a project with upside; if he gets another foot back on his fastball, he could be a mid-rotation arm. And hey, if you can take a chance on Andy Marte, how much could a roll of the dice on Miller hurt?" http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2010/12/rule-5-starters.html
RHP Aneury Rodriguez (23 Years Old, Tampa Bay Rays): "Aneury Rodriguez has posted a 1.22 ERA and 33/9 K/BB ratio over 37 innings this offseason in the Dominican Winter League. Rodriguez, 22, is eligible for next week's Rule 5 Draft and is likely to be one of the first players off the board. He finished with a 3.71 ERA and 1.33 WHIP over 123 2/3 total innings in the minor leagues this past year, with 113 2/3 of those innings coming at the Triple-A level." rotoworld.com
Every eligible player is listed at http://denardspanfan.mlblogs.com/ar...yer-eligible-for-the-2010-rule-5-draft-1.html
The draft order is the same as the rookie draft order (from worst team to best in terms of 2010 record)
Top ten picks go to: Pirates, Mariners, DBacks, Orioles, Royals, Nationals, Indians, Cubs, Astros and Brewers.
Last year, only 17 picks were made (a lot of teams pass) with several of them returning to their former teams...Nationals traded the top pick to the Yankees for Brian Bruney.
The purpose of the draft is to limit teams from stockpiling talent in the minors when others are willing to offer them a MLB spot. Players eligible to drafted must fit these criteria:
-Must not be on the major league team's 40-man roster
-Signed at 19 or older and be in the organization for 4 years or signed at 18 and been in the organization for 5 years.
Teams can pick a player for $50,000 and they must be kept on the 25-man roster in the majors. They cannot be demoted in the following season. If the team wishes remove them from the 25-man roster, they must offer the player back to their original team for $25,000.
Famous recent Rule 5 picks include Johan Santana, Josh Hamilton, Dan Uggla, Shane Victorino, Joakim Soria, Scott Posednik
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Some players to keep an eye on Thursday:
RHP Pedro Beato (24 Years Old, Baltimore Orioles) : "Beato is a fastball/curveball pitcher, throwing in the low-to-mid 90s, and made the Eastern League's All-Star team for Bowie going 4-0-16 with a 2.11 ERA. More encouraging for a team looking to break him in as a long man, at least for 2011, he made 43 appearances and went nearly 60 innings, so he's not limited to one-and-out work from the pen." http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2010/12/rule-5-relievers.html
LHP Jeremy Horst (25 Years Old, Cincinnati Reds): "fashioned a 2.62 ERA and 75 strikeouts in 72 innings across three levels of the minor leagues in 2010. The six-foot-four, 220-pounder fanned 9.4 batters per nine innings while walking just 2.2 batters every nine frames." http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/story/2010/12/07/sp-rule-five-draft-preview.html#ixzz17T7o7Io7
RHP Wynn Pelzer (24 Years Old, Baltimore Orioles): "He doesn't really have an effective off-speed pitch, just a two and four seam heater thrown with sink and at 93-95 MPH. Pelzer gets grounders and strikes out nearly a batter per inning; he also walks five per game, and that's why he's Rule 5 eligible. But he projects down the road as a closer." http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2010/12/rule-5-relievers.html
RHP Michael Dubee (24 Years Old, Pittsburgh Pirates): "a six-foot-three reliever in the Pittsburgh Pirates system, has been dominant the past two campaigns. The 24-year-old had a 6-2 record and 2.21 ERA in 77 1/3 innings pitched this past season, all but one at the AA level." http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/story/2010/12/07/sp-rule-five-draft-preview.html#ixzz17T98o8D4
OF John Drennan (24 Years Old, Cleveland Indians): "Was always an advanced lefthanded hitter who played with an aggressive edge, he just hasn’t hit for power in the minors.* Drennen can help now as a backup outfielder in all three spots; I still believe it’s in him to become a good MLB bat.* Turns 25 next August, I and other scouts compared his upside to a young Brian Giles in high school." http://bucsprospects.com/2010/12/06...nge-of-beating-other-teams-on-their-own-farm/
RHP Adam Miller (26 Years Old, Cleveland Indians): "Yet another Cleveland Indian.* I’ve never seen Miller, but good scouts I’ve spoken with thought he had ace potential in the mid-2000s though Miller could never stay healthy.* He’s missed the last two seasons, but was in instructional league over the fall.* Sounds like a good sleeper." http://bucsprospects.com/2010/12/06...nge-of-beating-other-teams-on-their-own-farm/
"Drafted in the first round of the 2003 draft, Miller was Indian's top prospect for several seasons. He fell victim to a tendon problem in his finger that eventually required a transplant. Anyway, he's supposedly healthy and throwing in the Instructional league, and hitting the mitt in the lower nineties.
He hasn't thrown a pitch in a game since 2008, and he's a project. But Miller's a project with upside; if he gets another foot back on his fastball, he could be a mid-rotation arm. And hey, if you can take a chance on Andy Marte, how much could a roll of the dice on Miller hurt?" http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2010/12/rule-5-starters.html
RHP Aneury Rodriguez (23 Years Old, Tampa Bay Rays): "Aneury Rodriguez has posted a 1.22 ERA and 33/9 K/BB ratio over 37 innings this offseason in the Dominican Winter League. Rodriguez, 22, is eligible for next week's Rule 5 Draft and is likely to be one of the first players off the board. He finished with a 3.71 ERA and 1.33 WHIP over 123 2/3 total innings in the minor leagues this past year, with 113 2/3 of those innings coming at the Triple-A level." rotoworld.com
Every eligible player is listed at http://denardspanfan.mlblogs.com/ar...yer-eligible-for-the-2010-rule-5-draft-1.html
The draft order is the same as the rookie draft order (from worst team to best in terms of 2010 record)
Top ten picks go to: Pirates, Mariners, DBacks, Orioles, Royals, Nationals, Indians, Cubs, Astros and Brewers.
Last year, only 17 picks were made (a lot of teams pass) with several of them returning to their former teams...Nationals traded the top pick to the Yankees for Brian Bruney.
