Rule 5 Draft Rumors
By Tim Dierkes [December 11, 2008 at 2:32pm CST]
2:32pm: Patton, a righty reliever, was traded from the Reds to the Cubs in a prearranged deal. And the Royals immediately send Lugo to the Mariners. Head on over to Baseball America for analysis of the draft. 12:28pm: Baseball America has all the picks. 10:54am: The latest on the Rule 5 draft, to be updated... Here is the draft order. Baseball America's John Manuel suggests 10-12 players will be picked. You can refresh this MLB.com page to get the results as they come in. The Nationals took Reds righty Terrell Young with the first pick but may be trading or...
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By Tim Dierkes [December 11, 2008 at 7:00am CST]
Stray links I've collected over the past few days... John Manuel and Jonathan Mayo get us ready for the Rule 5 draft. Manuel has a second post on it here. Sarah Green looks at A.J. Burnett's possible commutes. LEN3 suggests the Twins might be part of Adrian Beltre's limited no-trade clause. K-Rod signing analysis from Dave Cameron, Jesse Spector, and Keith Law. Also check out the usual solid analysis over at Ken Davidoff's blog. Law also takes on the Edwin Jackson, Ramon Hernandez, J.J. Putz, and C.C. Sabathia moves. The Red Sox are likely to non-tender Kevin Cash. Josh Bard...
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By Tim Dierkes [November 24, 2008 at 9:23am CST]
Several readers have emailed asking for information about the Rule 5 draft, which takes place on December 7th at the winter meetings. First you should start with Kary Booher's article at Baseball America explaining how everything works. Booher also looks at notable additions to the 40-man roster for all 30 teams. Between Booher's article, Peter Gammons' latest blog post, and an article from Nick James at Camden Depot, here are some available players (several are injured): Juan Abreu Jordan Brown Bobby Brownlie Matt Fox Alan Horne Kei Igawa Chuck Lofgren Daniel Mayora Eduardo Morlan Chris Nicoll Jay Rainville James Skelton...
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