Rule 5 Draft

It would not surprise me if the Washington ExReds took a Cincy player in the draft. Bowden heavily favors Reds players. Probably because the Reds have rocked and been one of the best teams in Baseball the past decade. LOL.

can you trade someone youve selected in the rule v draft without offering them back to their original club

can you trade someone youve selected in the rule v draft without offering them back to their original club

Posted by: roguesaw | December 11, 2008 at 11:05 AM

I believe you can. Isn't that how the Reds ended up with Josh Hamilton a couple of years ago? He was picked by the Cubs in the Rule V draft, I believe, then traded to the Reds. It sounds like most of the deals are pre-arranged and have something to do with a team not taking a player who's left unprotected in exchange for getting the player they want for cheap.

Good job on not trading Veal when he had some value, not protecting him from the Rule 5, and watching him go to a team within the division.

Almost as impressive as not getting Roberts because we didn't want to include Ceda and then trading him straight up for Kevin Gregg.

A team can only participate if they have fewer than 40 players on your ML roster.

No roster space = no pick.

Also, very surprised to see Corona go. I guess there's a longshot he sticks as a utility guy with them. I think there's a real chance Veal stays with Pittsburgh all year though.

Bdlugz, I hear you. I tried to forget all of that. My headache has returned.

"Cubby i dont think so on Igawa because he wasnt drafted by the yanks but i could be wrong on this..."

He's eligible. I'm not sure what the technicalities are on foreign players, but he's eligible for the draft since he's not on the 40 man and I guess he has 4+ years of baseball servcie time. I'm assuming they count Japan as service time.

If a player is selected in Rule5 and is traded, do the standard rule5 rules apply, like having to keep them on the 25 man roster all year.

Unless Arizona moves a catcher, they have no room for Skelton.

No way Veal has a chance to compete against the Indian flamethrowers.

Tim...

Double Yankees in the post about whoever the Mariners took.

CincyKid-Jim Bowden was gone in 2003, Terrell Young was drafted in 2004.

Donald Veal is so far away, it would be very hard to keep him all seasons.

Anyone with updates? BA seems to be having problems.

thx

Valido to the Orioles, Ryan Klosterman to the Marlins, Haerther to the Jays were a few names that caught my eye in the AAA portion. Klosterman was a pretty decent prospect a few years ago but has fallen apart. Perhaps going to a new organization can help him turn things around.

O'day torn his shoulder apart at the end of the season and refused to get surgery. Its going to be a long rehab. Dont believe me ask Kelvim Escobar.

Thanks BK, totally forgot about that.

Don't understand the Sox passing on all of their turns. Thankfully we didn't lose anyone good at least.

Wouldn't it be fun if MacDougal had a nice comeback season. I don't see it, but hell, he keeps trying.

Looking at Haerther's stats, it doesn't look like we'll miss him much. Still, I liked him. He signed my favorite hat at a Memphis (or Springfield, I don't remember) game.

I used to think he'd be an .800 OPS left fielder who would hit .300 consistently. Obviously disappointed but he could still be a good 4th OF for the Jays.

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I'm borderline shocked the Cubs would leave Veal unprotected when they have 4 spots open on the 40 man roster and then trade for a righthanded reliever that will have to stay on the ML team the entire season or they return him? Who is he going to beat out for a roster spot? Wierd

Giants took Luis Perdomo from the Cardinals. Perdomo was the reliever the Cards acquired in the Anthony Reyes to the Indians deal.