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Rule 5 Draft Update: Yanks have top pick E-mail
Written by Pat Lackey   
Wednesday, 09 December 2009 10:49

Dunno how I missed this on Monday, but the player to be named in the Brian Bruney trade that the Nats and Yankees completed was actually a nod/wink agreement for the Nats' top spot in the Rule 5 draft. The Yankees, who are not really in the whole "draft and develop" mentality of the Rule 5, could either be in it to grab someone like Yohan Pino for their bullpen, or they could be, as Jayson Stark is reporting, shopping the pick (which would, if I'm not mistaken, require the Nationals to make the pick, then "trade" him to the Yankees, who would then "trade" him to another team).

I doubt the Yankees would pick Aneury Rodriguez (which is who I'd like to see the Pirates take) themselves, but there would probably be several teams interested if the Yanks were to auction the pick off. This is probably why Huntington seemingly had cooled on making a pick yesterday; if there's a team that's picking in the top five spots interested in whoever he's interested in, he doesn't want them jumping in line to snag that player.

Hat-tip to Jason from It's About The Money for the heads up on the real details of the Bruney trade, via Twitter. Winter meeting day 3 updates can be found in the post below.


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scsteve said:

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So, the Pirates are going to acquire a 30 year old SS, who last season hit a mind numbing .223. Meanwhile, the Pirates HAD a 31 year old SS who hit .255 and was beloved in Pittsburgh. And the guy he was traded for, Cedeno, could be aced out of the job by the Crosby juggernaut. Is it any wonder everyone laughs at the Pirates?
 
December 09, 2009
Votes: -4

matt w said:

of course
...Jack Wilson was a free agent anyway, and it took $10 million for two years to sign him instead of $1.5 million for one year. And Ronny Cedeno was maybe the third most important of the five players they got back in that trade. Maybe. But yeah, this is going to hurt the Pirates' chances of contending in 2010.
 
December 09, 2009
Votes: +4

gorillagogo said:

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But yeah, this is going to hurt the Pirates' chances of contending in 2010.

I was about to say the Pirates chances went from slim to none, but decided not to insult teams with slim chances.
 
December 09, 2009
Votes: +0

Kneel Before Huntington said:

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People aren't going to be chuckling over Bobby Crosby as long as the Nats are around. They hand the Yanks the top Rule 5 pick, which I'm sure the Yanks plan on flipping for a better player than they gave up PLUS they ridiculously overpaid for Pudge Rodriguez. Plus, if they can talk Crosby into wearing number 87, the jersey sales will be huge.
 
December 09, 2009
Votes: +1

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