Rule Five Link & Results...

[Alex]

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today...preview02.html

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ December 17, 2002 02:27 AM: Message edited by: Super8 Filmmaking in the DigitalAge ]</font>

[Alex]

It's not a good sign when 3 of the first nine-picks are Cleveland Prospects. Couldn't they have gotten an injury exception with all the injured players they have?

Wickman can't even play next year, possibly Gutierrez, even Lawton, why couldn't they have been exempted so that we could have kept a couple of more players...?

If a player shuts it down DURING the playing season due to injury, that team should be allowed an injury exemption, especially if the player is not healed at the time of the Rule Five Draft.

[Alex]

Here is the link to the list...

http://www.hostboard.com/cgi-bin/ult...c&f=565&t=1141

Here is the list...

The Associated Press
12/16/02 1:47 PM

Selections listed by team, name, position, and team selected from

Major League Phase

1, Milwaukee, Enrique Cruz, SS, N.Y. Mets.

2, Tampe Bay, Hector Luna, SS, Cleveland.

3, San Diego, Carl Hernandez III, RHP, Atlanta.

4, Detroit, Wilfredo Ledezma, LHP, Boston.

5, Chicago Cubs, Derek Thompson, LHP, Cleveland.

6, Kansas City, Daniel Carrasco, RHP, Pittsburgh.

7, Pittsburgh, Matthew Roney, RHP, Colorado.

8, Colorado, Victor Hall, CF, Arizona.

9, Texas, Marshall McDougall, 3B, Cleveland.

10, Cleveland, Travis Chapman, 3B, Philadelphia.

11, Cincinnati, Kenneth Prokopec, RHP, Los Angeles.

12, Toronto, Aquilino Lopez, RHP, Seattle.

13, Boston, Javier Lopez, LHP, Arizona.

14, Montreal, Luis Ayala, RHP, Arizona.

15, Minnesota, Jose Morban, SS, Texas.

16, Oakland, Michael Neu, RHP, Cincinnati.

17, Atlanta, Christopher Spurling, RHP, Pittsburgh.

18, Milwaukee, Matthew Ford, LHP, Toronto.

19, San Diego, Shane Victorino, CF, Los Angeles.

20, Kansas City, Ronny Paulino, C, Pittsburgh.

21, Texas, John Koronka, LHP, Cincinnati.

22, Cincinnati, Blake Williams, RHP, St. Louis.

23, Toronto, Gary Majewski, RHP, Chicago White Sox.

24, Boston, Matthew White, LHP, Cleveland.

25, Oakland, Rontrez Johnson, OF, Texas.

26, Cincinnati, Jerome Gamble, RHP, Boston.

27, Toronto, Jason Dubois, OF, Chicago Cubs.

28, Boston, Adrian Brown, CF, Tampa Bay.

[Alex]

I forgot something. If he ballplayers selected by other teams don't make the major league team by a certain date, we get the players back, plus $50,000! (or is it $25,000?)

[Dogday]

I believe the way it works is if the player is not on the 25 man roster for the entire season that player can be reclaimed by their original team for half the price of what was paid when drafted. So if McDougal isn't on the Rangers 25 man roster all season the Indians can get him back for $25,000. It's hard to say how many if any of the 5 drafted from the Indians farm system will stay on for an entire season but my guess is not many, so chances are that McDougal may be coming back. I guess if the Tribe doesn't want to tally up the 25k than they didn't have a place in the system anyway.