Rule 5 draft picks...

[Lintyfresh85]

Here's the picks so far in today's Rule 5 draft...

Round 1
1.Tampa Bay Devil Rays selected RHP Tim Lahey from the Twins.

2.Pittsburgh Pirates selected RHP Evan Meek from the Rays.

3.Baltimore Orioles selected RHP Randor Bierd from the Tigers.

4.San Fransisco Giants selected LHP Jose Capellan from the Red Sox.

5.Florida Marlins selected RHP Carlos Guevara from the Reds.

6.Cincinnati Reds selected RHP Sergio Valenzuela from the Braves.

7.Washington Nationals selected IF Matt Whitney from the Indians.

8.Houston Astros selected LHP Wesley Wright from the Dodgers.

9.Oakland Athletics selected RHP Fernando Hernandez from the White Sox.

10.St. Louis Cardinals selected OF Brian Barton from the Indians.

11.Toronto Blue Jays selected RHP Randy Wells from the Cubs.

12.Seattle Mariners selected RHP R.A. Dickey from the Twins.

13.New York Mets selected RHP Steven Register from the Rockies.

14.San Diego Padres selected RHP Michael Gardner from the Yankees.

15.Philadelphia Phillies selected LHP Travis Blackley from the Giants.

Round 2
16.Washington Nationals selected OF Garrett Guzman from the Twins.

17.San Diego Padres selected 2B Callix Crabbe from the Brewers.

18.Philadelphia Phillies selected RHP Lincoln Holdzkom from the Red Sox.

[CMH]

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Is this how the Mets plan to save their pitching staff?

[nyisles16]

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Is this how the Mets plan to save their pitching staff?

lol... Register - with a name like that, it makes him the #1 this year

[ExtremeGamer]

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DOH! We lost Barton. That sucks.

The Nationals can have Matt "I've been in A ball for 4 years now" Whitney though.

[Lintyfresh85]

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DOH! We lost Barton. That sucks.

The Nationals can have Matt "I've been in A ball for 4 years now" Whitney though.

I like Matt "I broke my leg playing pick up basketball because I'm a *******" Whitney better.

[ExtremeGamer]

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I like Matt "I broke my leg playing pick up basketball because I'm a *******" Whitney better.

He wasn't anything special pre-broken leg either.

Now he's a first basemen, he'll never see the light of day of even AAA in our farm system. Good riddance.

[Lintyfresh85]

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Here is the complete list for Rule 5 picks including guys that were drafted in the Triple A and Double A Rule 5 draft...

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/m...x.jsp?mc=rule5

[IlliniM1ke]

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DOH! We lost Barton. That sucks.

The Nationals can have Matt "I've been in A ball for 4 years now" Whitney though.

I'm hearing good things about Barton so I like the pickup, have any insider info on him being as I'm sure you've followed his career more being as he was in the Indians organization?

[Chuck]

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Barton got hit by pitch like 30 times last year

[snepp]

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DOH! We lost Barton. That sucks.

It was expected, though it was surprising that Tampa wasn't the team selecting him.

[ExtremeGamer]

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I'm hearing good things about Barton so I like the pickup, have any insider info on him being as I'm sure you've followed his career more being as he was in the Indians organization?

Yeah, he's a doubles machine. He reminds me of Vlad, saw him play for a year at Lake County. He swings at EVERYTHING and hits everything hard. Very hard. Dude doesn't know how to hit things light.

In one and a half years, he went from low A, to AAA in the Indians organization. He's gonna be good.

[deeman11747]

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3. Ray Liotta LHP Omaha (KC) Chicago (AL) Winston-Salem

[IlliniM1ke]

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Yeah, he's a doubles machine. He reminds me of Vlad, saw him play for a year at Lake County. He swings at EVERYTHING and hits everything hard. Very hard. Dude doesn't know how to hit things light.

In one and a half years, he went from low A, to AAA in the Indians organization. He's gonna be good.

Sounds good to me, with how our off season has been going its nice to get a low risk potentially very high reward guy.

We're loaded with LH hitting OF's on the bench, only RH at the moment is Ludwick so I think he has a great shot at sticking with us barring a god awful spring.

[BunnyHardaway]

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I'm surprised that no team took Jeff Allison. I know that he's a Josh Hamilton type guy multiplied by about 90, but he's only 23 and has ace potential. I wish the O's would have looked at him.

[asrabbit91]

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The cards like these players that do anything to get on base, I really don't like his chances to make the cards team out of spring training, so you will see him back. Ludwick, Ankiel, Schumakler, Edmonds, and Duncan will definitely be there. I guess if Enc doesn't come back, he has a shot, and he sounds like a guy who could come out of nowhere, also J Rod has a shot this year as well. We are stacked in the Outfield.