Rule 5 Draft thread...

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Then the Giants took Travis Bergen.

[jays4life19]

Speedster Richie Martin would be an upgrade on defence over Richard Urena. But Im sure he will be gone by the 10th selection slot

 

He went 1st overall

[tercet]

And we lose Bergen

[King]

lol we took an 18 year old named Elvis

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[Terminator]

Luciano is 18 years old lol

[tercet]

The guy we picked is f***in 18, born in 2000, wtf, no way he will stick right?

[BTS]

I'm happy Romano is gone. Kinda sucks to lose Bergen though.

[P2F]

He hasn't pitched above Rookie ball.

[BTS]

We took an 18-year old who has never pitched in full-season ball?

[Terminator]

The guy we picked is f***in 18, born in 2000, wtf, no way he will stick right?

 

If he does stick it's going to be one hell of a year. Which I think we might be in for anyway. Just reading the tea leaves here but taking an 18 year old in the Rule 5, really quiet on the FA front, traded an established regular for a AAA pitcher, dumped Tulo, etc. We might be tanking this year.

[Terminator]

He hasn't even been that impressive in the 2 years he spent in the rookie league.

[tercet]

"vlad needs to work on his game in minors, not good enough despite #1 prospect in baseball" - shatkins

 

"random 18 year old from rookie ball good enough to go to majors" -shatkins

 

lollllllllllllllllllll

[BTS]

"vlad needs to work on his game in minors, not good enough despite #1 prospect in baseball" - shatkins

 

"random 18 year old from rookie ball good enough to go to majors" -shatkins

 

lollllllllllllllllllll

 

He's more likely to be offered back to KC than he is to make the team.

[tercet]

"gurriel is a good baseball player" - shatkins

 

lolllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

[Terminator]

It's probably time to quit putting amphetamines in your coffee, tercet.

[P2F]

[glory]

There has to be a side deal here with the jays and royals. Otherwise there’s no way an 18 year old sticks for an entire season. Osuna was an outlier and he was two years older than this dude.

[Terminator]

Thank you BTS!

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[Bobthe4th]

We must be trying to make a deal to keep him, otherwise this pick is only justified under a Brewster’s millions situation.

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There has to be a side deal here with the jays and royals. Otherwise there’s no way an 18 year old sticks for an entire season. Osuna was an outlier and he was two years older than this dude.

 

How would that work? Didn't we do it with that pitcher we took from the Royals a couple of years ago?

[Maico450]

Elvis has huge upside. Considered as an equivalent to a 1st or 2nd round draft pick. He can be stashed for blow out games this year. Good Pick.

[Terminator]

Elvis has huge upside. Considered as an equivalent to a 1st or 2nd round draft pick. He can be stashed for blow out games this year. Good Pick.

 

Yeah I'm kind of liking this pick. Seems like he's more of a typical prospect rather than your usual diamond in the rough Rule 5 guy. Going to be tricky to hang on to him all year though and it makes me think we are going to tank this year by essentially wasting a roster spot all year.

[TheHurl]

Elvis has arrived.

 

Orioles: Richie Martin (SS, Oakland). Martin hit .300 with 25 stolen bases last season in AA. He was a first-round pick of the Athletics in 2015.

 

Royals: Sam McWilliams (P, Tampa Bay). 4.38 ERA over three levels last season, with most of his time spent in AA, where he made 15 starts.

 

White Sox: Jordan Romano (P, Toronto)

 

Marlins: Riley Ferrell (P, Houston)

 

Tigers: Reed Garrett (P, Texas)

 

Reds: Connor Joe (C, Dodgers)

 

Rangers: Chris Ellis (P, St. Louis)

 

Giants: Travis Bergen (P, Toronto)

 

Blue Jays: Elvis Luciano (P, Kansas City)

 

Phillies: Drew Jackson (SS, Dodgers)

 

Diamondbacks: Nick Green (P, Yankees)

 

Mariners: Brandon Brennan (P, Colorado)

 

Giants (2nd pick): Drew Ferguson (OF, Houston)

 

That concludes the MLB portion of the Rule 5 Draft

 

Jays did lose 2. I apologize to all now as I said they would lose Romano and that is it.

[Bobthe4th]

Yeah I'm kind of liking this pick. Seems like he's more of a typical prospect rather than your usual diamond in the rough Rule 5 guy. Going to be tricky to hang on to him all year though and it makes me think we are going to tank this year by essentially wasting a roster spot all year.

 

It’s not even the roster spot that is the major issue - a year of limited appearances against MLB standard would likely f*** up his development.

[z3r0s]

Jays did lose 2. I apologize to all now as I said they would lose Romano and that is it.

 

Nobody is lost for real just yet

[Terminator]

It’s not even the roster spot that is the major issue - a year of limited appearances against MLB standard would likely f*** up his development.

 

Yeah I posted that above in Davidi's tweet.

[Terminator]

How does taking him facilitate a trade?

[TheHurl]

maybe he needs Tommy John. Picking him means that he's now on the 40 man and can be put on the 60 day DL. Which would mean 3 years of development and then out of options.