The Major League portion of the Rule V draft is over. The Yanks didn’t select anyone, but they did lose reliever Mike Gardner to the Padres. Here’s BA’s Rule V draft blog, I’ll update this post later on.
Update: The Yanks took RHP Bo Hall from Milwaukee in the Triple-A Phase. Don’t know anything about him, but he just turned 27 and has a 502-196 K/BB ratio in 498.2 career IP. Maybe he throws hard.
Update II: Not Yankee related, but the Jays took OF Brant Colamarino from the A’s in the Triple-A Phase. You may remember the A’s FO declaring that “Colamarino may be the best hitter in the country, but no one will admit it” in Moneyball. Five years and a .270 career average later, he’s Rule V fodder. Figures that Ricciardi was the one to take’em.
Update III: The Rule V draft is over; the Yanks didn’t lose or gain anyone beyond what is mentioned above. Brian Barton was the best player taken, going to the Cardinals in the ML portion. The Mets got an intriguing arm in Steven Register – he should have no trouble beating out the Jorge Sosa’s and Joe freakin’ Smith’s of the world for the 6th-7th inning role.
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