Tigers Lose Gustavo Nunez in Rule 5 Draft
by Tigerdog1 on Dec 8, 2011 11:36 AM EST
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The Pittsburgh Pirates have selected Tiger prospect and shortstop Gustavo Nunez in the major league portion of the Rule 5 draft on Thursday. The Tigers did not make a selection in the draft. I had mentioned Nunez as one possibility that the Tigers might add to their roster in each of the past two years, but he was left unprotected and now has been claimed by Pittsburgh. The Tigers will receive $ 50,000.00 and the Pirates will have to keep Nunez on their major league roster for the duration of the season, or they will have to offer him back to Detroit before sending him down to the minor leagues. Nunez was thought to be one of the Tigers' top infield prospects, and is said to have a major league ready glove, a plus arm for the infield, and plus speed on the bases. His hitting has been sporadic in the minor leagues.
Following are the results of today's rule 5 draft:
- Astros take Rhiner Cruz from Mets.
- Twins take Terry Doyle from White Sox.
- Mariners take Lucas Luetge from Brewers.
- Orioles take Ryan Flaherty from Cubs.
- Royals take Cesar Cabral from Red Sox; traded to Yankees for cash.
- Cubs take Lendy Castillo from Phillies.
- Padres
- Pirates take Gustavo Nunez from Tigers.
- Marlins
- Rockies
- Athletics
- Mets
- White Sox
- Reds
- Indians
- Nationals
- Blue Jays
- Dodgers
- Angels
- Giants
- Braves take Robert Fish from Angels.
- Cardinals take Erik Komatsu from Nationals.
- Red Sox take Marwin Gonzalez from Cubs, traded to Astros for Marco Duarte
- Rays
- Diamondbacks take Brett Lorin from Pirates.
- Tigers
- Brewers
- Rangers
- Yankees take Brad Meyers from Nationals.
- Phillies
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Not to upset
He is Will Rhymes only he plays SS…
Not a bad guy to have on your bench with that speed, but not a huge loss.
Meh
I always liked him, but knew he was just another all glove, no bat middle infielder. We need to purge our system of players like that and develop some offensive production. This doesn’t bother me much at all.
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If you've heard of any of these guys beside Nunez
you need to go outside and talk to a girl.
jinxing ass
by The Eric on Dec 8, 2011 11:42 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
Even I haven't heard of any of these guys
And I’m, well, me.
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by David Tokarz on Dec 8, 2011 12:24 PM EST up reply actions
Me neither
Keith did a good job locating Flaherty and that other guy.
DD told Jason Beck that he basically had his eye on someone(s) and would take them if they were available.
"King of Minutiae"
"Get off me, baby, I need to ask these guys who Terry Doyle is."
by Oberon on Dec 8, 2011 2:32 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Problem is
I’d be talking to that girl about Yoenis Cespedes and trying not to drool.
So what you're saying is...
That old advice to think about baseball doesn’t work for you?
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
I think my wife is a baseball fan
Every night, she keeps yelling “Slide, slide!”
Justin can now let the fungus grow back on his shower shoes.
.304 .368 .431 .799 at Lakeland in 2011
.315 .360 .425 .785 at West Michigan in 2009
He’s shown flashes of hitting, but regressed upon promotion.
Possible that the Tigers were interested in Ryan Flaherty, as Keith suggested over there >>>
"King of Minutiae"
Did the Braves take Robert Fish
Thinking it was Mike Trout?
I'm so ahead of my time, my parents haven't met yet
by YakAttack on Dec 8, 2011 11:49 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Angles like Fishy names...
They used to have Salmon, Fish, Trout…
by dominator039 on Dec 8, 2011 12:39 PM EST up reply actions
yep.
that’s three…….
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by DetroitTigersGeek on Dec 8, 2011 5:34 PM EST up reply actions
I'm no scout, but the stats suggest his bat might not be as bad
as what everyone is assuming. It wasn’t that long ago that DD said Nunez was going to be a “star”.
Those Lakeland numbers are nothing to sneeze at given heavily pitching skewed league. If he were a year or two younger I’d be more upset.
Nunez would probably be decent in the right role
Put him on a team with an offense-first SS and/or 2B and he gives you a defensive replacement and some speed on the bases. I doubt he would get many starts, but Pittsburg might be able to keep him on the bench, pick their spots, and give him a chance.
Not a big loss…we signed Argenis Diaz the other day…similar player, slightly older. Iorg is stil in the system (gulp) and we’ve got Ciriaco as well. We have lots of poor SS options already. I think Loy is another glove-first, bat-second guy as well.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
Is Clete Thomas really still on the 40-man?
Did they just forget about him?
No way should he still be there. Why not protect someone like Nunez instead?
Being in the system is one thing...
taking up a roster spot is another….
and being on the major league roster for a full season is quite another…
What often happens when these guys don’t stick is that some compensation is worked out between the two clubs, so that the team that picked the player gets to keep him. I think the Tigers did this with Kenny Baugh, and a couple others.
"King of Minutiae"
Brooks Brown
Came to the system that way when the Tigers didn’t really care if they got James Skelton back.
Sucks to lose him
But I don’t think he’ll stick.
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Just was ready to give up on him yet
There is a possibility we might get him back.
maybe the Pirates are trying to get us back for the whole Chris Shelton thing
then again, maybe not.
Funny note: in the 2003 Rule 5 draft (where the Tigers got Shelton) 5 of the first 6 selections came from the Pirates organization (including some guy named Jose Bautista), although none of the other players ever amounted to much. Ah, the good old days when we could all have a laugh at Dave Littlefield’s expense.
why yes, I'm slightly drunk at the moment
and the black hole of middle infield depth on the Tigers farm
gets that much darker.
I for one
will miss the guy. He has speed something the Tigers desperately lack. BUT he also was a ME first type of player that got suspended for his actions while playing for West Michigan. I wish him well. Lets go out and sign that cigar roller!!
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