Holy Cow We're Getting Roberto Clemente!!

by short on Dec 8, 2010 10:17 PM PST

I was looking at a rundown of the players we might pick up in the Rule 5 draft and it made me think, "Does anyone ever get value in the Rule 5 draft?"

Ok, so it turns out, yeah, they do. Wikipedia lists all the players taken in the Rule 5 draft and at the top of the list is Roberto Holyfriggin Clemente. Of course that was the oooold Rule 5 draft which involved everyone's first year draftees and which changed in 1965 with the creation of the current system.

But there are names in the list of players taken in the modern Rule 5 draft that are also impressive, such as Josh Hamilton. Check it out: here.

So maybe paying attention to the Rule 5 draft isn't automatically a waste of my time, after all.

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Roberto Clemente bats R and yet has power to RF

ignacio

by ignacio on Dec 8, 2010 10:29 PM PST reply actions

Roberto Clemente hasn't been in game shape in 38 years

by Nick S on Dec 8, 2010 10:41 PM PST reply actions 6 recs

Hey.

by msb on Dec 9, 2010 7:24 AM PST up reply actions

(Roberto Clemente is probably my favorite baseball player ever, non-Mariner division)

by Nick S on Dec 10, 2010 12:36 AM PST up reply actions

And good God I am in love with Brad Emaus already. A guy who can play second AND third pretty well (+8 TotalZone at 2B in 2009!) who has had .386 wOBA in 37 AA games and .394 wOBA in 87 AAA games this year (plus he struck out 50 times and walked 50 times exactly in AAA)! Who cares if he’s a righty?

by Decatur on Dec 8, 2010 11:36 PM PST reply actions

FWIW Conor Glassey doesn't like his defense.

I remember thinking it was passable at third when I saw him, but Glassey would be working off a far larger sample of information than I have. He likes Mangini more, and while I like Mangini far more than most people, that’s still not saying a lot for Emaus.

Appreciate the linkage, by the by…

by c_dowley on Dec 8, 2010 11:46 PM PST up reply actions

Where are you getting your minor league groundball rates?

Or should you not reveal that lest the MiLB’s Furies hunt down that website’s creators like they hunted down Minor League Splits?

by Decatur on Dec 8, 2010 11:53 PM PST up reply actions

Wait, d'oh, I know this already.

by Decatur on Dec 10, 2010 9:25 AM PST up reply actions

The original Cory Lidle

Mute the Sounders. Malamute the Huskies.

by thehemogoblin on Dec 9, 2010 12:36 AM PST reply actions

At first I was astonished and outraged by how early the rule 5 was going to be this morning.

Then I remembered A) Timezones exist. B) Old men go to bed at 6:30 pm anyway.

by SgtSasquatch on Dec 9, 2010 1:35 AM PST reply actions

braaaaains

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors

by JY on Dec 9, 2010 8:08 AM PST reply actions

plaaaaanees

How long until Ackley time?
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."

by joof on Dec 9, 2010 12:33 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs

Comments like that will bolster your hopes for next year's supporting commenter.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors

by JY on Dec 9, 2010 1:51 PM PST up reply actions

That's the goal baby.

How long until Ackley time?
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."

by joof on Dec 10, 2010 4:25 PM PST up reply actions

It would be more likely if we drafted the player from the Brewers

IIRC, Branch Rickey had just become the GM of the Pirates after years of working for the Dodgers. He then used the rule five draft to promptly raid his old team of talent in a “I know something you don’t know” manner. Maybe Jack has his eyes on a Brewer prospect that he is waiting to become draft eligible

Stats are not a euphemism for tits

by Trenchtown on Dec 9, 2010 12:13 PM PST reply actions