Minnesota's Recent Rule 5 Draft History is Mixed

[jjswol]

On 12/2/2022 at 11:04 AM, Fire Dan Gladden said:

Santana wasn't technically a Rule 5 pick by the Twins.  He was a Rule 5 pick for the Marlins, then the teams swapped R5 picks giving the Twins Santana..

The Twins have had some success pulling guys out of the draft:
Shane Mack
Scott Diamond
Ryan Pressly

They have also lost a little as well:
RA Dickey

This article is a few years old, but gives a nice overview of the Twins R5 history:
https://twinstrivia.com/twins-rule-5-draft-history/

But I keep this article current so stop by and check it out. Thank you.

[Richie the Rally Goat]

1 hour ago, ashbury said:

As near as I can piece together what must have happened, Florida with the second pick really wanted Jared Camp and was afraid Minnesota would snare him first.  So they must have offered Minnesota $50,000 to swap picks - except MLB doesn't allow trading of draft picks so they had to resort to this bit of chicanery, and they opted not to operate simply on a handshake and then pony up the $50K later in some fashion.  Kudos to Terry Ryan for keeping a good poker face and still getting the man they probably wanted in the first place.

I think it's completely fair to view Santana as Minnesota's actual rule-5 pick.

It’s fair, it’s also fair to leave him out.

The further away from the Terry Ryan era, especially the second one, the more I believe that TR was as responsible for the “cheap Pohlads” meme as the Pohlads were. It could have been the real prize was the $50k.

[ashbury]

1 hour ago, Richie the Rally Goat said:

It could have been the real prize was the $50k.

It was a different time then. A different, worse, time. ?

[The Mad King]

Baddoo was a short term hurt. He had a decent rookie campaign (and played very good against the Twins) during a season we used 7 center fielders. No, he wasn't supposed to play in Minnesota that year but he would have been one of those 7 had her not been chosen. His regression last year and Celestino's improved first half made it hurt less. We'll have to see how his career shakes out. For me, too early to tell.

[Trov]

On 12/2/2022 at 10:30 AM, chpettit19 said:

If Akil Baddoo is your worst loss in the Rule 5 you're doing just fine. Is he still living in Twins fan's minds because of an other worldly first 3 months in 2021? Because he's been almost unplayable since June 2021. He had .3 WAR and a 65 OPS+ in 2022. That's who we're concerned about losing? Jake Cave had an 84 OPS+ last year. The league figured him out and he hasn't been able to adjust. Maybe he does eventually, but as of December 2nd, 2022 Akil Baddoo is not a major loss for the Twins.

I fully agree.  Everyone was all upset about Baddoo because he went off right away.  Then he hit huge slump, to bounce back a bit. Then last year he was terrible, and was unplayable for a team that was basically out of the race in April. People forget to protect players from the rule 5 draft you need to release other players off the 40 man roster.  Very few people could say who they would have cut to protect Baddoo, they just were mad.  I do not wish him any bad outcomes, but he was ranked where he was on prospect list for a reason.