Sox get Cotts, Holt from A's plus Sox select 3 in draft...

[DrCrawdad]

ChicagoSports.com article (http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/showcase/cs-021216soxplayers,0,1194895.story?coll=cs%2Dhome%2D headlines)

Neal Cotts and Daylan Holt PTBNL from the Koch trade with Oakland.

“Also Monday, the Sox selected pitchers Felix Arellan and Brandon O'Neal and infielder Josh Hochgesang in the minor-league phase of the Rule 5 draft.”

[DrCrawdad]

http://www.sgwaves.com/images/roster/arellan.jpg
Felix Arellan


http://www.topprospectalert.com/MLRamblings/images/boneal1.jpg
Brandon O'Neal
Top Prospect Alert article.. (http://www.topprospectalert.com/MLRamblings/020804bo.html)

http://www.stanfordalumni.org/images/news_magazine/magazine/mayjun99/farm_report/baseball.jpg
Josh Hochgesang

Stanford Cardinal article... (http://gostanford.ocsn.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/051899aab.html)

Would Hochgesang have played with Borchard?

[RichH55]

Nice to see us active....if you swing and miss it costs you 50,000 right? No big deal

[MarkEdward]

http://espn.go.com/mlb/news/2002/1216/1477693.html

I might be missing something, but it doesn't say the Sox drafted anyone in this article.

[Chisoxfn]

The 3 players were selected in the Minor League Rule 5 Draft, not the major league one.

The White Sox were unable to draft anyone in the Major League Rule 5 Draft because their 40 man roster is full. The Toronto Blue Jays did select Gary Majewski in the 2nd round of the Major League Rule 5 draft.

[hold2dibber]

Originally posted by Chisoxfn
The 3 players were selected in the Minor League Rule 5 Draft, not the major league one.

The White Sox were unable to draft anyone in the Major League Rule 5 Draft because their 40 man roster is full. The Toronto Blue Jays did select Gary Majewski in the 2nd round of the Major League Rule 5 draft.

What does it mean to take someone in the minor league rule 5 draft? Is there still some kind of reversion right where the original team can get the player back under certain circumstances, or is the minor league rule 5 draft just a straight draft?

[RichH55]

Originally posted by hold2dibber
What does it mean to take someone in the minor league rule 5 draft? Is there still some kind of reversion right where the original team can get the player back under certain circumstances, or is the minor league rule 5 draft just a straight draft?


I'm hoping the minor league one is more binding...we get the three kids and get majewski back ....good times:)

[kermittheefrog]

Explains the rule 5 draft:

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/columnists/askbarule5.html