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11-28-2007, 04:11 PM
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Rule 5 Draft Discussion
The Rule 5 Draft coming up in a couple of weeks probably won't have results as exciting as last year's, mostly due to the fact that clubs can go without protecting players on their 40-man for an extra year. (This BA blog entry has some names that were added just in time.)
Here's a free Baseball America piece that explains it in detail. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today...ws/265252.html There have also been/will be a few Baseball Prospectus pieces about the draft, but they're subscriber only. One by Bryan Smith talks about AFL players that will be exposed come draft day. A few of those names: Sung Ki Jung, RHR, Braves Mark Rosen, LHR, Diamondbacks Raul Padron, C, Athletics Dusty Hughes, LHS, Royals Lincoln Holdzkom, RHR, Red Sox Fernando Hernandez, RHR, White Sox Steven Jackson, RHR, Yankees Jarrett Grube, RHR, Rockies Smith promises more pieces as well, so I'll link those when they come up. Carlos Guevara is the only Reds player mentioned as a real Rule 5 possibility so far. |
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11-28-2007, 04:27 PM
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Re: Rule 5 Draft Discussion
I'd rather protect Carlos Guevara than Craig Tatum.
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11-28-2007, 05:26 PM
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Re: Rule 5 Draft Discussion
I wonder if Krivsky can pull off another one or two this year?
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11-28-2007, 05:47 PM
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11-28-2007, 05:37 PM
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Re: Rule 5 Draft Discussion
You have to wonder if there is room. The only real option I see barring trades being made, is for a middle reliever type.
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11-28-2007, 09:25 PM
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Re: Rule 5 Draft Discussion
Hmmmm...
Dusty Hughes is described in Smith's article as a left-handed starter who induces a lot of ground balls and was just voted Pitcher of the Year in the Arizina Fall League. Hmmmm...
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He's also five-foot-nine and doesn't get a lot of strikeouts. |
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11-28-2007, 09:28 PM
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11-28-2007, 10:53 PM
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Re: Rule 5 Draft Discussion
When I look at all the people available, my eye goes to the reliever with a sub 3.00 ERA and 11.63 K/9. I wish we could get a like that........
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11-29-2007, 09:42 AM
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11-29-2007, 10:28 AM
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The point is, if you aren't going to promote him when he's absolutely dominating, then why keep him in your system at all? They should have traded him if they didn't think his screwball would work. I wouldn't give up on a guy who's killing his league because I think he might not succeed as he moves up. I'd move him up and see how it goes. I view him like knuckleballer who's a lot easier to catch. Tim Wakefield has had a fine career throwing essentially a single pitch.
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