Rule 5 Draft Discussion

[HokieRed]

I don't know why anybody is worried about the Valenzuela pickup, which has to be thought about completely separately from the Guevara issue. Three things are going to happen with Valenzuela. One is not very likely: he'll be so good he sticks on the 25 man roster. One is a little more likely: he's really bad and we send him back to the Braves, paying the 50 grand. The third is most likely of all, in fact, so likely I suspect it's pretty well already understood by the Reds and Braves: the kid's promising, we work out a minor league deal, he pitches where he belongs this year, at about Chattanooga.

[camisadelgolf]

The Reds take Juan Apodaca in the AAA phase - a catcher out of the Dodgers system.

Anyone remember this guy? He was just traded by the Red Sox (along with Argenis Reyes) to the Indians for future considerations.

[Mario-Rijo]

Anyone remember this guy? He was just traded by the Red Sox (along with Argenis Reyes) to the Indians for future considerations.

No but I often wonder what happened to the SS Lizarraga (sp?).

[redsmetz]

Anyone remember this guy? He was just traded by the Red Sox (along with Argenis Reyes) to the Indians for future considerations.

Apparently we turned around and sold him to the Bosox right away.

http://sonsofsamhorn.net/topic/26026...-juan-apodaca/

You scared me. I was afraid I had misreported this. Phew!

[camisadelgolf]

No but I often wonder what happened to the SS Lizarraga (sp?).

He was loaned to the Mexican League and is still playing in Mexico. He's doing quite terribly there.

[Mario-Rijo]

He was loaned to the Mexican League and is still playing in Mexico. He's doing quite terribly there.

Thanks Cam.