Sox lose one in Rule 5 draft

[KenBerryGrab]

Rotoworld is reporting the Tampa Bay Rays picked Derek Rodriguez 19th in the Rule 5 draft today. Between Birmingham and Charlotte, he had an ERA of 3.29 and 88 strikouts to 33 walks in 79 and a third innings.

[Tekijawa]

Wow... and somehow MacDougal fell through the cracks.

[Tragg]

Good thing the Sox protected Dewayne Wise.

[doublem23]

Perhaps I don't understand how the Rule 5 Draft works, but according to MLB.com, we also lost Ricardo Nanita, Robert Valido, and Jason Rice.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/minorleagues/rule_5.jsp

[KenBerryGrab]

Originally Posted by doublem23

Perhaps I don't understand how the Rule 5 Draft works, but according to MLB.com, we also lost Ricardo Nanita, Robert Valido, and Jason Rice.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/minorleagues/rule_5.jsp

That was in the minor league portion.

[doublem23]

Originally Posted by KenBerryGrab

That was in the minor league portion.

But they're out of our farm system now.