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Trades, Free Agents, and Rule 5 Selections in Franchise History
Alex Anthopolous recently re-stated that, while he is exploring all possible free agents, he would "exhaust [all possible trades] first before delving into free agency." It appears that Anthopolous' mantra is to focus on trades rather than free agency to improve the Blue Jays. As a prelude to the...
The Rays Must Add Jeremy Hellickson and Desmond Jennings to 40-Man Roster by Early December
H/T to Brickhaus for the idea. For those unaware, the Rule 5 draft is basically MLB's way of preventing talent hoarding, here are the rules associated with eligiblity: After 4 or 5 years as a professional, a player must be added to his club's 40-man roster or exposed to the 29 other clubs in the...
Skelton Remains with Arizona
Minor leaguer James Skelton will not be returning to the Detroit Tigers, after all. The Arizona Diamondbacks will keep him in their system after working out a deal to send pitcher Brooks Brown to Detroit. Last year with Double-A Mobile, Brown posted a 6-15 record in 26 starts (totaling 144.1...
Meet Derek Rodriguez
The Rays Rule 5 pick. A 25-year-old starter-turned-reliever, Rodriguez was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 14th round of the 2005 amateur draft. In 2008, the White Sox decided to transition Rodriguez into relief and in his initial season working from the bullpen looked pretty decent. This...
Regarding Donald Veal
Marc Hulet did an excellent job at Baseball Analysts covering the tantalizing Rule 5 pitching options. One I want to cover today is Cubs lefty Donald Veal. If memory serves right, it wasn't too long ago people were calling him the next Dontrelle Willis. At the time, that was a compliment, so people...
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