Emaus Rule 5'd by Mets; Jays select no one in ML portion
Posted: Thu Dec 9, 2010 6:59 pm
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/12/2 ... sults.html
We had room on the 40-man, so the decision to leave him unprotected is slightly puzzling. The Mets happen to be JP's current club, so there's an obvious connection there...now it's a question of whether they opt to keep him on the 25-man roster or ship him back to us at some point, but as a solid hitter who can (kinda) play two infield positions, he's really an optimal National League bench player.
The Jays didn't select anyone, which isn't entirely surprising, though I had thought that they might target a reliever (if the Rule 5 draft is good for anything, it's picking up AAAA relievers on the cheap and hoping that they hit paydirt). We did take a couple players in the AAA and AA portions (while losing no one), though: Ivan Contreras, a 23 year old utility guy from the Angels (AAA phase) whose primary talent seems to be his ability to play just about anywhere, and Roan Salas, a 20 year old 1B/2B from Tampa (AA phase) who beasted in the Venezuelan Summer League in '09 but couldn't find his way on to a stateside affiliate, and is now with his third team. I like the latter choice...he's almost assuredly not ready to jump from the VZL to AA, but it's a nice little flier.
We had room on the 40-man, so the decision to leave him unprotected is slightly puzzling. The Mets happen to be JP's current club, so there's an obvious connection there...now it's a question of whether they opt to keep him on the 25-man roster or ship him back to us at some point, but as a solid hitter who can (kinda) play two infield positions, he's really an optimal National League bench player.
The Jays didn't select anyone, which isn't entirely surprising, though I had thought that they might target a reliever (if the Rule 5 draft is good for anything, it's picking up AAAA relievers on the cheap and hoping that they hit paydirt). We did take a couple players in the AAA and AA portions (while losing no one), though: Ivan Contreras, a 23 year old utility guy from the Angels (AAA phase) whose primary talent seems to be his ability to play just about anywhere, and Roan Salas, a 20 year old 1B/2B from Tampa (AA phase) who beasted in the Venezuelan Summer League in '09 but couldn't find his way on to a stateside affiliate, and is now with his third team. I like the latter choice...he's almost assuredly not ready to jump from the VZL to AA, but it's a nice little flier.