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Season 25 Rule 5 Draft Recap
10. Yamil Alvarez-SS-Salem Auggieward selected
three times in this draft and all three made the top 10. Yamil was the last
player he took, 25th overall and was a solid defender. He won 5 Gold
Gloves in the Minors and if not for a torn ACL in season 34 might have won one
in the majors. Hit a career hit 15 homers in season 32 while also making 8 +
plays at SS.
9. Miguel Martin-C-Indianoplois Probably better
suited to DH Martin did play almost 2000 innings behind the plate. Threw out
27% of base stealers but had a high CERA of 4.54. Part time player for 4 seasons, would have
hit 32 homers and 85 RBI with a .269 AVG over a full season. Once it was time
to sign a Free Agent contract he was out of the league. Currently coaches
LoA ball in his home town with the Swift
Current River Monsters.
8. Luis Tapies-SS-Montreal The 2nd
player taken in the draft, Tapies spent most of his time at SS where he made 19
Negative plays or about 1 every 100 Innings, and about 1000 innings at 2nd
where he made 4 Plus plays. Was a pretty
solid power hitter with 37 career homers in 1200 AB’s including a career high
18 in his last season.
7. Yoenis Fernandez-3rd-Chicago (NL)
Was by no means a good 3rd baseman (32 Negative plays) but was a fairly solid hitter. In his last
season had a career year with 25 doubles and 15 homers while driving in 77 Runs
and batting 282. Didn’t play another game in majors after that season and now
teaches baseball at a Youth Camp in the Dominican
6. Peter Williams-C-Salem The 2nd
player taken by Auggie, Williams had a much longer career spending equal times at Catcher and at DH. Mostly
played against Lefties and hit 91 homers in just under 1800 AB’s with a very
solid 800 OPS. Threw out 36% of runners and had a very good 3.72 ERA for his
career in 1700 Innings.
5. Sergei Mohler-CF/2nd-Las
Vegas A strong defender, the first
generation American of a famous German Hockey player made 25 Plus plays at CF
and 2nd and another 15 in limited time at LF/1st and 3rd.
Not much of a batter (252AVG with 8 career) but could run, and stole 134 bases
in his career against just 24 times caught. For his career was claimed off
waivers 4 times as well as his rule 5 selection.
4. Eliezer Gonzalez-SS-Anaheim Won 2 gold gloves for his play at 2nd
but was equally good at SS and 3rd that saw him make 66 Plus plays.
Less of a an offensive threat then Mohler or Tapies he none the less was pretty
good at getting on base with a .318 OBP
3. Tony Tateyama-LF/RF-Salem The highest ranked player taken by Auggie,
Tony was a pretty solid hitter winning a SS in ’34 when he hit 342 with 20
steals. With just over 1000 hits for his career, Tony is one of the few Rule 5
players to play for a long time and rack up solid career numbers.
2. Evan Vick-3rd/2nd-Sacramento Better at 3rd then he was 2nd
base, but mostly stuck around for being a solid hitter with 117 career homers
and 232 steals. Made 1 AS team and for his career was pretty solid table setter
and spark plug.
1. Edward Phillips-C-Anaheim The biggest bopper selected, Phillips was
mostly a platoon player he did manage to hit 208 career homers as he topped 20
homers 7 times. Was a top flight
defender as well throwing 34% of runners and catching pitchers to a 3.47 ERA.
Does color commentary for the Dixieland Jayhawks of the Carolina League
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