2008 Rule 5 Draft Open Thread

by gondeee on Dec 11, 2008 10:00 AM EST in Braves Minor League News

The 2008 Rule 5 Draft will take place today from 11:30am to 3:00pm ET. It is apparently going to be covered live on MLB.com, but I'm not sure if you'll have to pay or not.

Baseball America has a list of all the players who are available to be drafted here. Notable Braves include:

Sung Ki Jung, RHP - a funky sidearm delivery reliever could intrigue some
Zach Schreiber, RHP - I guess if anyone wanted him, they would have picked him up last year when the Braves put him on waivers
Jonny Venters, LHP - after a good showing in the HWB league, someone might take a flier on him
Matt Young, OF - speedy young outfielder put up great numbers in the AFL, and someone might think he's turned a corner and can contribute on a ML club

There might be some other guys that teams are interested in. Heck, last year the Reds took pitcher Sergio Valenzuela from the Braves, after he hadn't pitched above hi-A barely half a season. Of course, that didn't end well.

Baseball America also has some possible selections.

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I saw that list on Baseball America last night and it’s nuts. That’s a ton of work figuring all that out.
Plenty of decent names on there, but a guy I didn’t even know was available was the one who stuck out the most to me. Jack Spradlin, a lefty with the Nationals is a darn good pitcher and a great guy and though it probably won’t happen, I’d be pretty happy if he got picked, especially by the Braves.
Jack was part of the Potomac Nationals team that beat out the Myrtle Beach Pelicans for the Carolina League Championship. He was pretty excited when I told him that Jason Heyward was one of the top five prospects in baseball; Jack came in twice just to face Heyward and struck him out on four pitches each time. The huge difference in age and experience had nothing to do with it…

by cbwilk on Dec 11, 2008 11:03 AM EST reply actions

Saw on MLB.com that the Nationals are going to take RHP Terrell Young from the Reds with the top pick. Doesn’t seem like the best player, but they are the Nationals.

by cbwilk on Dec 11, 2008 11:18 AM EST reply actions

We just passed with our pick.

by coldriver10 on Dec 11, 2008 12:09 PM EST reply actions

I know! What sense did getting rid of Cuevas make?

by cbwilk on Dec 11, 2008 12:09 PM EST up reply actions

Ok, now that I think about it, maybe there was somebody they wanted, but he got picked ahead of them.

by cbwilk on Dec 11, 2008 12:11 PM EST up reply actions

Maybe they thought they were close to acquiring Burnett, only to be beaten out by The Yanks’ reported 5 year, $85 million offer. Sigh, who knows.

by coldriver10 on Dec 11, 2008 12:12 PM EST up reply actions

Now they passed in the AAA phase too.

by cbwilk on Dec 11, 2008 12:27 PM EST up reply actions

So how does this work?

These guys that are eligible for the rule 5 draft…..if they aren’t taken in the draft, do they become free agents or just remain with the organization?

by secondbass on Dec 11, 2008 12:18 PM EST reply actions

They just remain with the organization. You need 6 years in the minors to become a free agent and most of these guys (unless they’ve just signed with the team as a free agent) only have 4 or 5 years.

by cbwilk on Dec 11, 2008 12:22 PM EST up reply actions

I just hope the Burnett thing ends today…either way….maybe we can get back on the Peavy bandwagon….the higher Burnett’s price range goes the more Peavy sounds good. If trading Esco and a couple prospects nets us a stud-ace then so be it…Maybe we can get Giles as well to play left and find a right-handed hitting CF/RF as our “#4 hole hitter” that Wren wants…..having Giles and his .375 OBP at the number 2 slot in front of Chipper would be awesome…sorry, I’m just throwing stuff out, highly unlikely it’ll happen or needs to happen for that matter.

by jwrocks on Dec 11, 2008 12:19 PM EST reply actions

The Mets just selected OF Carl Loadenthal in the AAA phase, which means he is now a Met, as players selected in the AAA phase just change teams, they don’t have to stay at any level for the whole season.

by cbwilk on Dec 11, 2008 12:33 PM EST reply actions

poor guy

by sddbaker on Dec 11, 2008 2:46 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah, he seemed a little ambivalent about it. Of course, I’ve thought differently of Carl since I saw pics of him wearing Phillies stuff during the World Series. His is from around Philly, but still.

by cbwilk on Dec 11, 2008 7:13 PM EST up reply actions