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Sox Pass On 1st Round in Rule V Draft


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QUOTE(BlackBetsy @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 09:25 AM)
Not clear, although Jim Callis said they might have traded it in the Redman deal.

 

If Castro is so great, why didn't we protect him since we had a spot open. Even if we didn't like him, he obviously had trade value.

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QUOTE(indyman @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 09:50 AM)
If Castro is so great, why didn't we protect him since we had a spot open.  Even if we didn't like him, he obviously had trade value.

 

 

Because he's nowhere near ready for the MLB and protecting him would have meant exposing someone more likely to be selected and able to help us this year if needed.

 

I would be shocked to see him kept on a MLB roster all year, but stranger things have happened.

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QUOTE(Randar68 @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 11:54 AM)
Because he's nowhere near ready for the MLB and protecting him would have meant exposing someone more likely to be selected and able to help us this year if needed.

 

I would be shocked to see him kept on a MLB roster all year, but stranger things have happened.

 

Castro is kind of your prototypical Rule V draft guy anyway. If you keep him, he's the 12th guy in your bullpen and he doesn't get much work anyway. Since he's a lefty, he can be a LOOGY next year. He's not a starter in the minors, so you don't have to worry about setting him back a la sending Johan Santana to the bullpen (Twins 1999).

 

Not to say that Castro WILL stick in MLB next year, but he's the type of guy most likely to stick. That's why 10 of the 12 guys drafted in Rule V were pitchers.

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QUOTE(Randar68 @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 09:54 AM)
Because he's nowhere near ready for the MLB and protecting him would have meant exposing someone more likely to be selected and able to help us this year if needed.

 

I would be shocked to see him kept on a MLB roster all year, but stranger things have happened.

 

Actually no ... we only had 39 on our roster, so we could have kept him & at least trade him. No big deal, it just seems odd we had a free spot & now he gets picked #1, and KC may trade get to trade him.

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