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Final Rule 5 Buzz

LAS VEGAS—Catching up on a few news & notes before Thursday’s Rule 5 draft, which begins at 12 p.m. ET: • Rule 5 buzz remains faint, but that doesn’t mean teams will sit out the draft. Most writers...

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Rule 5 Draft Order

LAS VEGAS—The raw order for Thursday’s Rule 5 draft, which begins at noon Eastern time (9 a.m. local) at the Bellagio hotel. This order applies to the major league and minor league phases. RULE 5 DRAFT...

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With The First Pick . . .

We’re hearing that the Nationals will take Reds righthander Terrell Young with the first pick in the Rule 5 draft. Young, 24, went 2-5, 2.88 in 59 innings between low Class A Dayton and high Class A...

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We’re Live From The Grand Ballroom

LAS VEGAS—We found the ballroom, and I’ll be here to live blog the Rule 5 draft. This is either the third, fourth or fifth straight year that we have live blogged the Rule 5, and I’m always surprised...

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Major League Phase Begins

Roll call tells us which teams have room on their rosters; we’ll go the quick way to tell you who is at 40: Rangers, Rockies, Dodgers, Blue Jays and Yankees. And Terrell Young is off the board.

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M’s Take A Corona

Seattle drafted middle infielder Reegie Corona from the Yankees system. Corona’s a light-hititng second baseman/shortstop. Then the Padres follow with the Rockies’ Everth Cabrera with the third pick.

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Veal Time

Pirates take Donald Veal, and the Orioles draft catcher Lou Palmisano. Word is the O’s will deal him to the Astros. Picking sixth, the Giants select Luis Perdomo, so things are going according to plan.

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Four more picks!

Two more guys from our preview: David Patton, Rockies righthander, to the Reds, and Tigers take lefty Kyle Bloom from the Pirates. The Royals took hard-throwing lefty Jose Lugo from the TWins, and the...

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Skelton To AZ

The Diamondbacks take James Skelton in an active first round, and the Marlins took lefthander Zack Kroenke, who made our pre-draft blog buzz. No huge surprises yet, other than Reegie Corona, who’s just...

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More First Round Picks

The Twins take Jason Jones, a righthander from the Yankees, while the Mets try to fortify their bullpen—again—by taking sidearming Darren O’Day from the Angels. The Brewers then pop the elephant in the...

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Rule 5 Draft Pick By Pick

  Major League Phase First Round 1. Nationals Terrell Young, rhp, Reds 2. Mariners Reegie Corona, ss/2b, Yankees 3. Padres Everth Cabrera, ss/2b, Rockies 4. Pirates Donald Veal, lhp, Cubs *5. Orioles...

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Rule 5 Draft Selections With Analysis

  Major League Phase First Round 1. Nationals Terrell Young, rhp, Reds Skinny: Mississippi prep product always has had arm strength, but improved control and changeup in ’08. 2. Mariners Reegie Corona,...

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Final Rule 5 Musings

INDIANAPOLIS—Baseball is the only draft of amateur talent where teams are not allowed to trade draft picks. I’ve never been an advocate of trading picks—after all, sports such as basketball and...

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Live From The Westin

INDIANAPOLIS—The Rule 5′s about to be on, and our connection looks secure. If we lose our site here due to crazy Rule 5 traffic, we’ll switch to the BA Twitter feed. The roll call is starting, so no...

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Hoffmann Goes 1st

The Nationals take Jamie Hoffmann first overall, and he’ll be traded to the Yankees for Brian Bruney. The Pirates follow with speedster John Raynor out of the Marlins system.

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Rule 5 Picks

Orioles take lefty Ben Snyder from the Giants and will trade him to the Rangers in the Kevin Millwood trade. The Royals follow with lefty Edgar Osuna from the Braves.

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Tribe Takes Ambriz

Former UCLA righthander Hector Ambriz to the Indians with the fifth pick; kudos to MLB.com’s Jonathan Mayo, who was on that. The Diamondbacks take lefty Zack Kroenke from the Yankees system.

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Meet The New Met

New York selects Carlos Monasterios, the righthander in the Phillies system, a sinkerballer acquired in 2006 in the Bobby Abreu trade. The Astros follow with Jorge Gimenez, a third baseman from the Red...

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A’s Take Cassevah

The Athletics took sinkerballing righthander Bobby Cassevah from the Angels. Toronto followed with righty Zech Zinicola, off the Nationals farm. He’s the former Arizona State closer. Man, it’s a busy...

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Lofgren To The Brew Crew

Chuck Lofgren, one-time Futures Game starter, goes to Milwaukee, while the Cubs took righty Mike Parisi from the Cardinals. Frankly none of these picks are exciting me. The Rays take Armando Zerpa from...

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