Rule 5 draft thread

[G-Snarls]

TEX: Russell Wilson, 2B, Tulsa (COL)

 

So did Texas just pick Russell Wilson for fun?

 

I guess so

 

He seems to be doing reasonably well at football so...

[G-Snarls]

Its probably like 50k so dont get too happy

 

Way mo money

[TheHurl]

AA said they have there eye on a few guys

 

And where was their spending coming into this? There might be someone who broke out in the winter leagues but really the top 100 are gone. So I'm wondering if they are looking elsewhere or their is a young Cuban they think will be available

[G-Snarls]

Odd. Oh well, to each their own.

 

Though I prefer adding international cap space over celebrity show and tells

 

[imsorry4beatinU]

Odd. Oh well, to each their own.

 

Though I prefer adding international cap space over celebrity show and tells

 

 

and it only cost them 25 k

[G-Snarls]

[jays_fever]

Odd. Oh well, to each their own.

 

Though I prefer adding international cap space over celebrity show and tells

 

 

They should use navy steals instead to train/motivate them

[ace3113]

The Jays said they have someone in mind to spend the 244k on. I wonder who it is. Maybe someone we haven't heard of yet, a pop-up guy. I know we got Lizardo for 250k, so we should have enough to get someone half-decent. From my list of IFAs not yet signed I have Rene Pinto ©, Luis Torrealba ©, Felix Osorio (OF), Dayan Perez Olmo (OF), Andres Sanchez (RHP), Rafelin Nunez Guzman ©, Alfredo Oropeza (RHP), Chakiro Pina (LHP), Edery Cuello (LHP), Emmanuel Herrera (3B), Hidekel Gonzalez ©, Meky Coronado ©.

[The Cats Ass]

From my list of IFAs not yet signed I have Rene Pinto ©, Luis Torrealba ©, Felix Osorio (OF), Dayan Perez Olmo (OF), Andres Sanchez (RHP), Rafelin Nunez Guzman ©, Alfredo Oropeza (RHP), Chakiro Pina (LHP), Edery Cuello (LHP), Emmanuel Herrera (3B), Hidekel Gonzalez ©, Meky Coronado ©.

 

Did you just make half those names up...

[ace3113]

Did you just make half those names up...

 

Sure. Why not.

[The Cats Ass]

Sure. Why not.

 

You could of and I'd have no idea..

 

Wanna get hired on as "Assistant to the Prospect Scouting Director" for "The WAR Puigs" of the DDL?

[ace3113]

You could of and I'd have no idea..

 

I never kid about prospects. They're all there is to look forward to with this friggin team.

[G-Snarls]

Wow that's significant.

 

Though I guess it's not as valuable since it has to be used this year.

 

Who is he after???

 

Sportsnet.ca:

 

The Blue Jays are eyeing an available international free agent and they could use their newly-acquired flexibility to pursue him. Earlier in the off-season the Blue Jays tried unsuccessfully to get cap space from the Philadelphia Phillies.

[The Cats Ass]

Who is he after???

 

Sportsnet.ca:

 

The Blue Jays are eyeing an available international free agent and they could use their newly-acquired flexibility to pursue him. Earlier in the off-season the Blue Jays tried unsuccessfully to get cap space from the Philadelphia Phillies.

 

Some plow boy AA noticed while he was down south on vacation. Big and Strong, no one else knows his name. Grew up an orphan. Has played baseball but he's never owned a glove to call his own. Alittle old then most of the kids coming out of there, but a fast riser in the system. Will make a huge impact in the next couple of years.

[ace3113]

http://www.astroscounty.com/2013/12/astros-select-ravel-santana-in-rule-5.html

 

Damn, just realized Luhnow and the Astros picked Ravel Santana from the Yanks in the minor league phase of the Rule 5. Astute pickup in my opinion. No risk high-reward. I wrote about Santana in my first feature.

 

http://www.breakingblue.ca/2013/11/20/the-other-guys/

 

Ravel Santana

Position: CF

Height/Weight: 6’2″ 160lb.

Bats/Throws: R/R

Born: May 1, 1992 (Age 21)

MLB.com Rank: NR

(NYPL – 2012) 247pa .216/.304/.289 3hr 19rbi 7(2b) 25bb 68so 3sb 1cs

 

Santana is different from many of the other players on this list in that he was – and in some circles still is – already a well known prospect. A five-tool player with explosive power and speed, Santana was in the midst of a star making turn in the Gulf Coast League as an 18-year-old when the Dominican center fielder suffered a gruesome ankle injury that has cast a dark cloud over his career ever since. Many scouting publications, even some which had him ranked as high as 6th in the organization pre-injury, didn’t even think to include him in their list of Yankees prospects for 2013 except as an honorable mention.

 

Santana will have to work hard to prove the doubters wrong. He did not play at all in 2013 and his 2012 post-injury performance in the New York Pen League was not exactly inspiring, as he didn’t hit worth a lick, and hardly showed any of the game-breaking speed that had become his trademark. But at just 21 years old, and hopefully fully healthy, the opportunity is still there for Santana to live up to the once lofty expectations. At his best Santana will flash 60 power and 70 speed. The kind of player who could one day hit 20+ homeruns and steal 20+ bases. Even if the speed-sapping ankle injury he suffered eventually forces him to an outfield corner, Santana has more than enough power and arm strength to profile in right. All he needs to do is to get fully healthy and get back to playing in games and gaining experience.

 

The Yankees have a ton of outfielders in the system ahead of Ravel including Mason Williams, Tayler Austin, Zoilo Almonte, Slade Heathcott, Ramon Flores, Aaron Judge, and while Santana may have as much if not more potential than any of the players ahead of him, there’s also a realistic chance that he never gets back to what he was. I think that’s the kind of gamble a team trading with the Yankees might be willing to take for a player with such enormous upside.