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...
View ArticleRule 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...
View ArticleWith 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...
View ArticleWe’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...
View ArticleMajor 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.
View ArticleM’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.
View ArticleVeal 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.
View ArticleFour 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...
View ArticleSkelton 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...
View ArticleMore 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...
View ArticleRule 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...
View ArticleRule 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,...
View ArticleFinal 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...
View ArticleLive 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...
View ArticleHoffmann 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.
View ArticleRule 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.
View ArticleTribe 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.
View ArticleMeet 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...
View ArticleA’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...
View ArticleLofgren 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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