Yankees Quiet on Rule V Draft

Johan Santana was one of the best Rule V draftees.

The MLB Rule V draft is never as exciting as the entire hot stove process and rumor mill that is associated with it, but occasionally a team can come away with a player that makes a big impact. (e.g. Johan Santana selected by the Marlins from the Astros in '99 and subsequently dealt to the Twins.)

The Yankees were one of just six teams that didn't draft anyone in Thursday's Major League and Triple-A phases. Additionally, the Yankees and the Atlanta Braves were the only teams not to have a player selected from their system. The Braves, White Sox, Rays, Nationals, and Brewers joined the Yankees in not selecting any players.

The top player chosen was Red Sox right-hander Josh Fields (not to be confused with the former White Sox third baseman of the same name) by the Astros.

Check out Baseballnewshound.com for a break down of the day's drafting.

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Rule V Draft can provide a gem like Johan Santana.

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Welcome Back Kroenke

Zach Kroenke will soon be back in the familiar navy blue and white spring training uniforms worn by the New York Yankees. The 25-yr old left-hander was selected by the Florida Marlins in this past December's Rule V draft, but he was returned to the Yankees today for $25,000.

Kroenke was selected by the Marlins based on his fine 2008 performance, but he was roughed up this spring and wouldn't have made the Marlins out of camp.


photo courtesy of Mike Ashmore/thunderbaseball.wordpress.com

Rule V Draft Underway

The major league phase of the Rule V draft is well under way and the Yankees have already lost 3 prospects, infielder Reegie Corona and pitchers Zack Kroenke and Jason Jones.

Major League Phase

Pick	Player	Position	Drafted By	Drafted From	2008 Club
1	Terrell Young	RHP	Washington	Cincinnati	Sarasota
2	Reegie Corona	INF	Seattle	New York (AL)	Trenton
3	Everth Cabrera	SS	San Diego	Colorado	Asheville
4	Donald Veal	LHP	Pittsburgh	Chicago (NL)	Tennessee
5	Lou Palmisano	C	Baltimore	Milwaukee	Brevard County
6	Luis Perdomo	RHP	San Francisco	St. Louis	Springfield
7	David Patton	RHP	Cincinnati	Colorado	Modesto
8	Kyle Bloom	LHP	Detroit	Pittsburgh	Altoona
9	Jose Lugo	LHP	Kansas City	Minnesota	Ft. Myers
10	Benjamin Copeland	CF	Oakland	San Francisco	Fresno
11	James Skelton	C	Arizona	Detroit	Erie
12	Zachary Kroenke	LHP	Florida	New York (AL)	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
13	Gilbert De La Vara	LHP	Houston	Kansas City	Northwest Arkansas
14	Jason Jones	RHP	Minnesota	New York (AL)	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
15	Darren O'Day	RHP	New York (NL)	Los Angeles (AL)	Salt Lake
16	Eddie Morlan	RHP	Milwaukee	Tampa Bay	Montgomery
17	Robert Mosebach	RHP	Philadelphia	Los Angeles (AL)	Arkansas
18	Miguel Gonzalez	RHP	Boston	Los Angeles (AL)
19	Derek Rodriguez	RHP	Tampa Bay	Chicago (AL)	Charlotte

20	Ivan Nova	RHP	San Diego	New York (AL)	Tampa
21	Rocky Cherry	RHP	New York (NL)	Baltimore	Norfolk

Triple-A Phase

Pick	Player	Position	Drafted By	Drafted From	2008 Club
1	Ricardo Nanita	OF	Syracuse (WAS)	Chicago (AL)	Birmingham
2	Ryan Patrick	RHP	Tacoma (SEA)	Milwaukee	Huntsville
3	Andres Santos	LHP	Indianapolis (PIT)	New York (AL)	DSL Yankees
4	Robert Valido	SS	Norfolk (BAL)	Chicago (AL)	Charlotte
5	Matt Yourkin	LHP	Fresno (SF)	Florida	Carolina
6	Francisco Lizaragga	SS	Louisville (CIN)	Los Angeles (NL)	Los Vegas
7	Luis Ortega	RHP	Omaha (KC)	Washington	DSL Nationals
8	Yusuf Carter	OF	Sacramento (OAK)	Chicago (NL)	Daytona
9	Elio Sarmiento	C	Oklahoma City (TEX)	San Francisco	San Jose
10	Anthony Hatch	INF	Albuquerque (LAD)	Toronto	New Hamp.
11	Ryan Klosterman	SS	New Orleans (FLA)	Toronto	New Hamp.
12	Russ Haltiwanger	RHP	Memphis (STL)	Kansas City	NW Arkansas
13	Cody Haerther	OF	Las Vegas (TOR)	St. Louis	Memphis
14	Andrew Locke	RF	Round Rock (HOU)	Los Angeles (LA)	Inland Empire
15	Henry Arias	RHP	Rochester (MIN)	Cincinnati	Dayton
16	Carl Loadenthal	OF	Buffalo (NYM)	Atlanta	Richmond
17	Mark Holliman	RHP	Nashville (MIL)	Chicago (NL)	Tennessee
18	Kyle Haines	2B	Lehigh Valley (PHI)	San Francisco	Connecticut
19	Jason Rice	RHP	Pawtucket (BOS)	Chicago (AL)	Kannapolis
20	Rafael Quintero	INF	Indianapolis (PIT)	Cleveland	DSL Indians
21	Josh Perrault	RHP	Norfolk (BAL)	Washington	Harrisburg
22	Richard Suomi	C	Omaha (KC)	Philadelphia	Lehigh Valley
23	Josue Selenes	RHP	Sacramento (OAK)	New York (AL)	Staten Island
24	Guilder Rodriguez	SS	Oklahoma (TEX)	Milwaukee	Huntsville
25	Brett Harker	RHP	Albuquerque (FLA)	Philadelphia	Reading
26	David Shinskie	RHP	Syracuse (TOR)	Minnesota	New Britain
27	John Madden	RHP	New Orleans (NYM)	San Diego	Portland
28	Jonathan Ash	2B	Nashville (MIL)	Houston	Round Rock
29	Javis Diaz	OF	Lehigh Valley (PHI)	San Diego	Lake Elsinore
30	Miguel Marquez	RHP	Pawtucket (BOS)	Seattle	DNP
31	Gerardo Esparza	RHP	Indianapolis (PIT)	Seattle	VSL Mariners
32	Carlos Arias	RHP	Omaha (KC)	Cleveland	Mah. Valley
33	Ronald Hill	RHP	Albuquerque (FLA)	Philadelphia	Reading
34	Shane Justis	SS	Nashville (MIL)	Los Angeles (NL)	Jacksonville
35	Juan Sanchez	SS	Nashville (MIL)	Milwaukee	GCL Twins

Rule V Draft Underway

The major league phase of the Rule V draft is well under way and the Yankees have already lost 3 prospects, infielder Reegie Corona and pitchers Zack Kroenke and Jason Jones.

Major League Phase

Pick	Player	Position	Drafted By	Drafted From	2008 Club
1	Terrell Young	RHP	Washington	Cincinnati	Sarasota
2	Reegie Corona	INF	Seattle	New York (AL)	Trenton
3	Everth Cabrera	SS	San Diego	Colorado	Asheville
4	Donald Veal	LHP	Pittsburgh	Chicago (NL)	Tennessee
5	Lou Palmisano	C	Baltimore	Milwaukee	Brevard County
6	Luis Perdomo	RHP	San Francisco	St. Louis	Springfield
7	David Patton	RHP	Cincinnati	Colorado	Modesto
8	Kyle Bloom	LHP	Detroit	Pittsburgh	Altoona
9	Jose Lugo	LHP	Kansas City	Minnesota	Ft. Myers
10	Benjamin Copeland	CF	Oakland	San Francisco	Fresno
11	James Skelton	C	Arizona	Detroit	Erie
12	Zachary Kroenke	LHP	Florida	New York (AL)	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
13	Gilbert De La Vara	LHP	Houston	Kansas City	Northwest Arkansas
14	Jason Jones	RHP	Minnesota	New York (AL)	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
15	Darren O'Day	RHP	New York (NL)	Los Angeles (AL)	Salt Lake
16	Eddie Morlan	RHP	Milwaukee	Tampa Bay	Montgomery
17	Robert Mosebach	RHP	Philadelphia	Los Angeles (AL)	Arkansas
18	Miguel Gonzalez	RHP	Boston	Los Angeles (AL)
19	Derek Rodriguez	RHP	Tampa Bay	Chicago (AL)	Charlotte

20	Ivan Nova	RHP	San Diego	New York (AL)	Tampa
21	Rocky Cherry	RHP	New York (NL)	Baltimore	Norfolk

Triple-A Phase

Pick	Player	Position	Drafted By	Drafted From	2008 Club
1	Ricardo Nanita	OF	Syracuse (WAS)	Chicago (AL)	Birmingham
2	Ryan Patrick	RHP	Tacoma (SEA)	Milwaukee	Huntsville
3	Andres Santos	LHP	Indianapolis (PIT)	New York (AL)	DSL Yankees
4	Robert Valido	SS	Norfolk (BAL)	Chicago (AL)	Charlotte
5	Matt Yourkin	LHP	Fresno (SF)	Florida	Carolina
6	Francisco Lizaragga	SS	Louisville (CIN)	Los Angeles (NL)	Los Vegas
7	Luis Ortega	RHP	Omaha (KC)	Washington	DSL Nationals
8	Yusuf Carter	OF	Sacramento (OAK)	Chicago (NL)	Daytona
9	Elio Sarmiento	C	Oklahoma City (TEX)	San Francisco	San Jose
10	Anthony Hatch	INF	Albuquerque (LAD)	Toronto	New Hamp.
11	Ryan Klosterman	SS	New Orleans (FLA)	Toronto	New Hamp.
12	Russ Haltiwanger	RHP	Memphis (STL)	Kansas City	NW Arkansas
13	Cody Haerther	OF	Las Vegas (TOR)	St. Louis	Memphis
14	Andrew Locke	RF	Round Rock (HOU)	Los Angeles (LA)	Inland Empire
15	Henry Arias	RHP	Rochester (MIN)	Cincinnati	Dayton
16	Carl Loadenthal	OF	Buffalo (NYM)	Atlanta	Richmond
17	Mark Holliman	RHP	Nashville (MIL)	Chicago (NL)	Tennessee
18	Kyle Haines	2B	Lehigh Valley (PHI)	San Francisco	Connecticut
19	Jason Rice	RHP	Pawtucket (BOS)	Chicago (AL)	Kannapolis
20	Rafael Quintero	INF	Indianapolis (PIT)	Cleveland	DSL Indians
21	Josh Perrault	RHP	Norfolk (BAL)	Washington	Harrisburg
22	Richard Suomi	C	Omaha (KC)	Philadelphia	Lehigh Valley
23	Josue Selenes	RHP	Sacramento (OAK)	New York (AL)	Staten Island
24	Guilder Rodriguez	SS	Oklahoma (TEX)	Milwaukee	Huntsville
25	Brett Harker	RHP	Albuquerque (FLA)	Philadelphia	Reading
26	David Shinskie	RHP	Syracuse (TOR)	Minnesota	New Britain
27	John Madden	RHP	New Orleans (NYM)	San Diego	Portland
28	Jonathan Ash	2B	Nashville (MIL)	Houston	Round Rock
29	Javis Diaz	OF	Lehigh Valley (PHI)	San Diego	Lake Elsinore
30	Miguel Marquez	RHP	Pawtucket (BOS)	Seattle	DNP
31	Gerardo Esparza	RHP	Indianapolis (PIT)	Seattle	VSL Mariners
32	Carlos Arias	RHP	Omaha (KC)	Cleveland	Mah. Valley
33	Ronald Hill	RHP	Albuquerque (FLA)	Philadelphia	Reading
34	Shane Justis	SS	Nashville (MIL)	Los Angeles (NL)	Jacksonville
35	Juan Sanchez	SS	Nashville (MIL)	Milwaukee	GCL Twins

High V

The Rule V drafts took place this morning and, courtesy of milb.com, the results are below. The Scranton Yankees grabbed up Bo Hall, a 25-yr old right-hander who pitched for the Brewers' Double-A team in Hunstville, AL. He was 5-2, 3.46 with 56 Ks in 54.2 innings, but did walk 36.

Update 12:40 pm EST- The Yankees lost 1 player - 26-yr old right-hander Mike Gardner- to the Padres. Gardner was the 14th selection overall. He was 3-5, 2.88 for Double-A Trenton last year. Gardner struck out 66 and walked 30 in 81.1 innings, and allowed just 1 home run.

Pick	Player	Position	Drafted By
1	Tim Lahey		Tampa Bay
2	Evan Meek		Pittsburgh
3	Randor Bierd		Baltimore
4	Jose Capellan		San Francisco
5	Jose Guevara		Florida
6	Sergio Valenzuela		Cincinnati
7	Matt Whitney		Washington
8	Wesley Wright		Houston
9	Fernando Hernandez		Oakland
10	Brian Barton		St. Louis
11	Randy Wells		Toronto
12	R.A Dickey		Seattle
13	Steven Register		New York (NL)
14	Michael Gardner		San Diego
15	Travis Blackley		Philadelphia
16	Garrett Guzman		Washington
17	Callix Crabbe		San Diego
18	Lincoln Holdzkom		Philadelphia

Triple-A Phase

Pick	Player	Position	Drafted By
1	Rashad Eldridge		Durham (TB)
2	Josh Hill		Indianapolis (PIT)
3	Ray Liotta		Omaha (KC)
4	Ryan Rodriguez		Norfolk (BAL)
5	Juan Ciriaco		Fresno (SF)
6	Smelin Perez		Albuquerque (FLA)
7	Juan Apodaca		Louisville (CIN)
8	Santo Luis		Charlotte (CWS)
9	Giuseppe Norrito		Round Rock (HOU)
10	Levi Romero		Oklahoma (TEX)
11	Jose Fragoso		Sacramento (OAK)
12	Victor Garate		Las Vegas (LAD)
13	Joe Bateman		Nashville (MIL)
14	Marcos Cabral		Syracuse (TOR)
15	Juan Cedeno		Toledo (DET)
16	Garry Bakker		New Orleans (NYM)
17	Gabe DeHoyos		Portland (SD)
18	Patrick Sellers		Ottawa (PHI)
19	Bo Hall		Scranton/WB (NYY)
20	Julio Puentes		Durham (TB)
21	Mauricio Mendez		Indianapolis (PIT)
22	Tim Brown		Norfolk (BAL)
23	Daron Roberts		Albuquerque (FLA)
24	Dustin Majewski		Oklahoma (TEX)
25	Jose Rojas		Sacramento (OAK)
26	Richard Campbell		Nashville (MIL)
27	Brant Colamarino		Syracuse (TOR)
28	Benjamin Fritz		Toledo (DET)
29	Kurt Isenberg		Portland (SD)
30	Luke Appert		Ottawa (PHI)
31	Jose Mejias		Durham (TB)
32	Corey Hamman		Indianapolis (PIT)
33	Clayton Hamilton		Oklahoma (TEX)
34	Scott Mitchinson		Sacramento (OAK)
35	Juan Sandoval		Nashville (MIL)
36	Jaime Trejo		Oklahoma (TEX)

Double-A Phase

Pick	Player	Position	Drafted By
1	Rafael Cruz Chavez		Altoona (PIT)
2	Jonathan Martinez		Bowie (BAL)
3	Kenny Fernandez		Carolina (FLA)
4	Francisco Cordova		Frisco (TEX)
5	Baltazar Lopez		Mobile (ARI)
6	Adalberto Mendez		Carolina (FLA)

High V

The Rule V drafts took place this morning and, courtesy of milb.com, the results are below. The Scranton Yankees grabbed up Bo Hall, a 25-yr old right-hander who pitched for the Brewers' Double-A team in Hunstville, AL. He was 5-2, 3.46 with 56 Ks in 54.2 innings, but did walk 36.

Update 12:40 pm EST- The Yankees lost 1 player - 26-yr old right-hander Mike Gardner- to the Padres. Gardner was the 14th selection overall. He was 3-5, 2.88 for Double-A Trenton last year. Gardner struck out 66 and walked 30 in 81.1 innings, and allowed just 1 home run.

Pick	Player	Position	Drafted By
1	Tim Lahey		Tampa Bay
2	Evan Meek		Pittsburgh
3	Randor Bierd		Baltimore
4	Jose Capellan		San Francisco
5	Jose Guevara		Florida
6	Sergio Valenzuela		Cincinnati
7	Matt Whitney		Washington
8	Wesley Wright		Houston
9	Fernando Hernandez		Oakland
10	Brian Barton		St. Louis
11	Randy Wells		Toronto
12	R.A Dickey		Seattle
13	Steven Register		New York (NL)
14	Michael Gardner		San Diego
15	Travis Blackley		Philadelphia
16	Garrett Guzman		Washington
17	Callix Crabbe		San Diego
18	Lincoln Holdzkom		Philadelphia

Triple-A Phase

Pick	Player	Position	Drafted By
1	Rashad Eldridge		Durham (TB)
2	Josh Hill		Indianapolis (PIT)
3	Ray Liotta		Omaha (KC)
4	Ryan Rodriguez		Norfolk (BAL)
5	Juan Ciriaco		Fresno (SF)
6	Smelin Perez		Albuquerque (FLA)
7	Juan Apodaca		Louisville (CIN)
8	Santo Luis		Charlotte (CWS)
9	Giuseppe Norrito		Round Rock (HOU)
10	Levi Romero		Oklahoma (TEX)
11	Jose Fragoso		Sacramento (OAK)
12	Victor Garate		Las Vegas (LAD)
13	Joe Bateman		Nashville (MIL)
14	Marcos Cabral		Syracuse (TOR)
15	Juan Cedeno		Toledo (DET)
16	Garry Bakker		New Orleans (NYM)
17	Gabe DeHoyos		Portland (SD)
18	Patrick Sellers		Ottawa (PHI)
19	Bo Hall		Scranton/WB (NYY)
20	Julio Puentes		Durham (TB)
21	Mauricio Mendez		Indianapolis (PIT)
22	Tim Brown		Norfolk (BAL)
23	Daron Roberts		Albuquerque (FLA)
24	Dustin Majewski		Oklahoma (TEX)
25	Jose Rojas		Sacramento (OAK)
26	Richard Campbell		Nashville (MIL)
27	Brant Colamarino		Syracuse (TOR)
28	Benjamin Fritz		Toledo (DET)
29	Kurt Isenberg		Portland (SD)
30	Luke Appert		Ottawa (PHI)
31	Jose Mejias		Durham (TB)
32	Corey Hamman		Indianapolis (PIT)
33	Clayton Hamilton		Oklahoma (TEX)
34	Scott Mitchinson		Sacramento (OAK)
35	Juan Sandoval		Nashville (MIL)
36	Jaime Trejo		Oklahoma (TEX)

Double-A Phase

Pick	Player	Position	Drafted By
1	Rafael Cruz Chavez		Altoona (PIT)
2	Jonathan Martinez		Bowie (BAL)
3	Kenny Fernandez		Carolina (FLA)
4	Francisco Cordova		Frisco (TEX)
5	Baltazar Lopez		Mobile (ARI)
6	Adalberto Mendez		Carolina (FLA)

Everybody Wants to Rule V the World

The major league Rule V draft kicks off a week today and Baseball America has a good preview of past and present. The latest collective CBA gave teams an added year to protect their young players before they have to be added to the 40-man roster.

Most Rule V drafts don't amount to much- the Yankees grabbed Josh Phelps last year. But the Reds picked up Josh Hamilton and the Royals have their closer in Joakim Soria. And yes, Johan Santana was once a Rule V pick.

Rules for Rule V - At the major league level, teams can select players off the list of available Triple-A players. The cost is $50,000 each and the player selected must remain on the big league roster all season. If a team gives the heave ho, as the Yankees did with Phelps, the original team can have the player back for 25 grand.

The minor league draft is split into 2 phases, one for Triple-A players and another for Double-A. In each case, teams draft one level below the minor league level. The Triple-A phase players cost 12K, while the Double-A phase goes for $4,000 each. It's a good chance to take a player that might pan out for you, especially since you don't have to worry about keeping a player at a particular level.

Baseball America also takes a look at some of the players that could be selected this year and have an impact.

Everybody Wants to Rule V the World

The major league Rule V draft kicks off a week today and Baseball America has a good preview of past and present. The latest collective CBA gave teams an added year to protect their young players before they have to be added to the 40-man roster.

Most Rule V drafts don't amount to much- the Yankees grabbed Josh Phelps last year. But the Reds picked up Josh Hamilton and the Royals have their closer in Joakim Soria. And yes, Johan Santana was once a Rule V pick.

Rules for Rule V - At the major league level, teams can select players off the list of available Triple-A players. The cost is $50,000 each and the player selected must remain on the big league roster all season. If a team gives the heave ho, as the Yankees did with Phelps, the original team can have the player back for 25 grand.

The minor league draft is split into 2 phases, one for Triple-A players and another for Double-A. In each case, teams draft one level below the minor league level. The Triple-A phase players cost 12K, while the Double-A phase goes for $4,000 each. It's a good chance to take a player that might pan out for you, especially since you don't have to worry about keeping a player at a particular level.

Baseball America also takes a look at some of the players that could be selected this year and have an impact.