Rule 5 Update

by Jim in Maine on Dec 6, 2007 1:47 PM CST

As expected RP Fernando Hernandez was selected by another team, the Oakland A's. The A's are the same team that selected Jay Marshall from the Sox in last year's Rule 5 draft. [Marshall is now the property of the Red Sox having been waived by the A's after he spent the year on the A's roster.] Having a full 40 man roster, the White Sox could not select any players in the major league phase of the draft.

During the Triple A phase of the draft the White Sox "lost" Ray Liotta (to the Royals) and Ryan Rodriguez (to the O's), both left handed pitchers who played for Winston-Salem last season. Also selected by other clubs were Garry Baker (to the Mets), a right handed pitcher for Winston-Salem and Daron Roberts (to the Marlins), an OF at Winston-Salem. In turn they did select Santo Luis, a right handed pitcher out of the Astro's organization. Pitching for class A Lexington the 23 year old was strictly a RP who had a 99/34 K/BB ratio in 75.1 IP. Righties hit .206 against him while southpaws hit .258 against him. Looks like he gave up a few long balls as there were 12 HRs hit off him.

They did not have any players selected during the Double A phase nor did they select anyone.

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and now marshall is back with the A's

welcome to the land of fungible relievers.

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by larry on Dec 6, 2007 2:01 PM CST reply actions

White Sox drawer raided in Rule 5 Draft...

"White Sox popular targets in Draft
Combined five prospects lost in all phases of Rule 5 lottery"

by SSH2005 on Dec 6, 2007 2:08 PM CST reply actions

My first thought...

was that it was weird that the White Sox, a close-to-talentless organization, would lose so much in the rule 5 draft, but this team really does have a lot of fringy relievers in the minors.

I'd still rather have Fernando Hernandez than Nick Masset, but I don't think the Sox are losing anyone they can't replace.

by The Jerry Royster Experience on Dec 6, 2007 2:12 PM CST up reply actions

Oh, and...

there's absolutely nothing special about Daron Roberts that I can see.

by The Jerry Royster Experience on Dec 6, 2007 2:14 PM CST up reply actions

But what about Andy Gonzalez, .185/.298/.247

"He's [Hernandez] a 6-foot, right-handed pitcher, who throws strikes and gets people out," said White Sox Minor League director Alan Regier of Hernandez. "There were not any hickeys with him. He's healthy. He's got good makeup.

"However, we felt when we looked up at our board and had to make the decision on the 40-man between the Dewon Days and the Adam Russells and the group of guys we had coming up, we felt that [Hernandez] fell short of our projections on the 40-man. He's healthy, and we wish him the best."

by Jim in Maine on Dec 6, 2007 2:35 PM CST up reply actions

I doubt that...

Andy Gonzalez will still be on the 40-man roster when Spring Training starts.

by The Jerry Royster Experience on Dec 6, 2007 2:43 PM CST up reply actions

It's pretty amazing

that the Sox were able to lose 5 players despite having such a terrible system. It's obviously worth noting that losing 4 players in the minor-league phase doesn't indicate a strong system, but rather a system that's full of organizational players.

Hernandez is the only one you can realistically project to have major league success at this point. And Liotta is the only one who can really be considered a prospect, and that's only because his '06 can be explained away by shoulder issues. That was a savvy pick by the Royals.

Rodriguez could have been taken to be to be a left-handed batting practice hitter. Otherwise, I have no clue why anyone would take him. His hit rates are brutal.

Bakker was very good out of the rotation at the end of last season. I could see why someone thought that might play at a higher level.

Roberts has some tools, but his K/BB ratio last year makes Tom Collaro laugh

The Liotta pick shows why it was a good idea to protect Harrell though. He surely would have been taken, as they had about the same value (though on different trajectories) in June of '06 before they both had surgery.

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by The Cheat on Dec 6, 2007 2:29 PM CST reply actions