20 year Anniversary Recap-Rule 5 Draft Recap Season 23

 

Decided to look back at the Rule Five Draft from 20 seasons ago to see which teams  got some steals in the draft.

10. LeslieHerndon (Salem-auggieward) Salem made a few smart picks in this draft. Taken 12^th overall Herdon wasn’t all that dazzling but did finish off his career with back two back 60 appearance seasons

9. Artie Sipp (Fresno/Boise-hofstad) The first of two Fresno picks to make the top 10. Sipp played on 2 World Series winning teams. Best season as a platoon he hit 12 homers and .317 in just over 200 at bats

8. AdysCano (Syracuse-Hatton98) Workhorse bullpen arm taken 2^nd overall. Won 76 games in his career while winning over 11 in a season 3 times. Best season out of the pen came when he pitched 96 innings with a 3.08 ERA

7. Antone Prince (Fresno/Boise-hofstad) Nice late pick by Fresno as Prince was the 16^th player taken. Saved 35 games one year and had 7 seasons in which he made more then 50 appearances. Career 4.29 ERA was not great.

6. ChasenSullivan (Omaha/Sacramento-dadaniel1) The first of two Omaha picks that make the top ten, Chasen was a sturdy hitting Catcher, 4 seasons with over 10 homers in a part time role. Also topped an 800 OPS two times.

5. JohnniePalmer (Kansas City/Montreal-urbanwarrior) Short career (571 Games) but won a WS and had a career year when he hit 270 with 12 homers 10 steals and a 270 AVG.

4. JohnCrede (Indiapolis-egide10) Solid all around player, played SS well enough to make 79+ plays, also hit double digit homers twice in his career.  Not a game changer by any means but carved out a solid career of over 1450 games

3. Ron Moss (Omaha/Sacramento-dadaniel1) The second last player taken in the draft. Moss made an All Star game in season 28 when he scored 121 runs while stealing 49 bases. Made 61 + plays in CF for his career. A great pick that late in the draft

2. ChadTatum (Houston-Andyr104)  Picked 5^th overall Tatum was a tremendous fielder (143 Plus plays between SS and CF) winning Gold Gloves at both positions. Finished his career with over 1600 games and 178 steals.

1.WillieCairo (Salem-auggieward) Taken 1^st overall in the Rule 5 draft Cairo was just short of a superstar closer. He pitched in over 1000 games while picking up 331 saves. Was a 3 time All-Star and racked up over 30 saves 6 times. Carried some pens while also pitching over 100 innings in 6 different years.