The OFFICIAL Rule 5 Draft Thread

[Brian the Automator]

don't be fooled by imitations...

 

Round One

Rays: Tim Lahey (Twins) (probably will be traded to Cubs)

Pirates: Evan Meek (Rays)

Orioles: Randor Bierd

Giants: Jose Capellan (a different one)

Marlins: Carlos Guevara

Reds: Sergio Valenzuela (Braves)

Nats: Matt Whitney

Astros: Wes Wright (Dodgers)

A's: Fernando Hernandez (White Sox)

Cardinals: Brian Barton (Indians)

Twins: Pass

Dodgers: Pass

Blue Jays: Randy Wells (Cubs)

Brewers: Ineligible

Cubs: Pass

Mariners: RA Dickey (Twins)

Mets: Steven Register (Rockies)

Padres: Mike Gardner (Yankees)

Phillies: Travis Blackley

Rockies: Pass

Dbacks: Pass

Indians: Pass

Red Sox: Pass

Round Two

 

Nationals: Garrett Guzman (Twins)

Padres: Callix Crabbe (Brewers)

Phillies: Lincoln Holdkom (Red Sox)

[patrickgpe]

i can't find a live update of the draft, does anyone know where i can follow it. the usual places are not cooperating, unless it just hasn't started yet???

[Brian the Automator]

Roll Call commencing...

 

I think it can be heard live on XM, but since I'm not in my car right now, I'm following it on BA:

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?cat=18

[patrickgpe]

thanks brian

[patrickgpe]

didn't know there was a second Jose Capellan, but guess so.

[Hammer]

I wonder if Jose part deux is as nice of a guy as the one we affectionately called "Latin Cappy"?

[patrickgpe]

RA Dickey to the Mariners, round 1 over. BA has him twins property, which is an error

[Brian the Automator]

Brewers lose Callix Crabbe

[patrickgpe]

i thought Bray would go over Crabbe. Best of luck to him.

[Brian the Automator]

Still no word on what the Brewers did in round one http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif

[bball123h2]

Were we ineligible for the rule 5? I doubt we'd have taken anyone, but we didn't pass either.

[patrickgpe]

we were, our 40 was full.

[Brawndo the Thirst Mutilat]

Padres nab Callix Crabbe from us in Round 2 according to BA. The blogger hasn't mentioned whether we picked anyone or passed, but I'm guessing we passed. Too bad - there had to be somebody that could've outpitched Seth McClung and held down a bullpen spot all year.

 

Edit: for some reason, the previous 10 or so posts didn't show up until I wrote this one, which was completely unnecessary given that it contained no new info. Sorry.

[splitterpfj]

BA has him twins property, which is an error

 

I believe Dickey had signed with the Twins organization within the last week or two.

[patrickgpe]

thanks for clearing that up, i completely missed that and was very confused when he came up twins property.

[Brian the Automator]

there had to be somebody that could've outpitched Seth McClung and held down a bullpen spot all year.

Dunno, the success rate of these panning out is probably down around 10%...

[patrickgpe]

yeah us not having to take a Jeff Bennett, is a good thing not a bad thing. The draft does good to give minor leaguers major league jobs, but the last couple picks we made didn't go over well.

[jaybird2001wi]

Well, in the Triple-A phase, we got a guy named Joe Bateman. And wasn't Bo Hall a Brewers farmhand? He got drafted by the Yankees.

[Brawndo the Thirst Mutilat]

Dunno, the success rate of these panning out is probably down around 10%...

 

My thoughts on why this is the case:

 

Rule 5 picks tend to be guys who are still pretty young, who the scouts like, but who've had little or no success performance-wise in the minors, so have been unable to advance through the system. If they had the minor league numbers to go along with their scouting reports, their club would have them protected safely on the 40 man. If teams were more willing to use Rule 5 picks on the other sort of unprotected player - the older one with the numbers but without the love from the scouts, the success rate would be higher. But since there is another avenue to get this kind of player (a large pool of freely available minor league FAs), teams tend to not look at them here. I think this is a mistake - the rule that you have to keep the player on the major league roster all season means that you really should be looking at someone who can contribute right now, so as not to waste a roster spot a la Enrique Cruz.

 

I'm sorry to be losing Crabbe - If we do end up signing Iguchi for a part-time role (for too much money for that kind of thing), it'll be interesting to see whether he outperforms Crabbe by enough of a margin to justify the extra expenditure.

[Brian the Automator]

My guess is that Crabbe gets returned to the Brewers before the regular season starts.

[Brawndo the Thirst Mutilat]

Bateman numbers available here:

 

http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/B/Joe-Bateman.shtml

 

Pretty impressive peripherals, but at 27, he was very old for AA.

[twobrewers]

I heard from somewhere that a few teams were thinking about taking on reclaimation project Jeff Allison.

[dadofandrew]

If Crabbe could play SS, he'd be an excellent pick...but he'd also be on the 40.

[tigerbrew]

Just wondering why Crabbe isn't more deserving of the Brewers' 40 than Brad Nelson? Sad to lose him.

[JohnBriggs12]

I knew they'd lose Crabbe. He's been undervalued in the system (and on here) for a long time. That they protected Brad Nelson instead boggles my mind. The knock on him is he "can't play SS" whatever that means. He's very solid at 2nd and I have to believe in a pinch a guy that solid could also be respectable at SS. I won't be shocked if he goes on to have nice major league career.

 

He certainly is not going to be "overwhelmed" to be on a major league club like Enrique Cruz was several years ago with the Brewers.