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ELIGIBLE FOR DECEMBER 2013 MLB RULE 5 DRAFT
Last updated 6-15-2013
Depth Chart
AZ Phil's Roster Info
Arismendy Alcantara, INF
Gioskar Amaya, INF
Jose Arias, RHP
Frank Batista, RHP
Xavier Batista, OF
Dallas Beeler, RHP
Justin Bour, 1B
Sergio Burruel, C
Esmailin Caridad, RHP
Marcelo Carreno, RHP
Lendy Castillo, RHP
Javier Castro, RHP
Zach Cates, RHP
Hunter Cervenka, LHP
Pin-Chieh Chen, OF
Casey Coleman, RHP
Gerardo Concepcion, LHP
Willson Contreras, C
Wes Darvill, INF
Antonio Encarnacion, RHP
Luis Flores, C
Anthony Giansanti, OF
Enyel Gonzalez, RHP
Carlos Gutierrez, RHP
Jae-Hoon Ha, OF
Eric Jokisch, LHP
Austin Kirk, LHP
Luis Liria, RHP
Matt Loosen, RHP
Jeff Lorick, LHP
Eric Martinez, RHP
A. J. Morris, RHP
Chad Noble, C
Loiger Padron, RHP
Juan Carlos Paniagua, RHP (see NOTE)
Amaury Paulino, RHP
Felix Pena, RHP
Starling Peralta, RHP
Dae-Eun Rhee, RHP
Kevin Rhoderick, RHP
Greg Rohan, IF-OF
Jose Rosario, RHP
Zac Rosscup, LHP
Victor Salazar, RHP
Brian Schlitter, RHP
Ryan Searle, RHP
Elliot Soto, INF
Nick Struck, RHP
Luis Villalba, LHP
Yao-Lin Wang, RHP
Oliver Zapata, OF
NOTE: Player not eligible for selection if added to MLB 40-man roster by 11/20. Also, Juan Carlos Paniagua signed his first contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks as "Juan Callado" on 5-8-2009 and pitched for the DSL Diamondbacks in the Dominican Summer League in 2009-10, but the contract was "pending" for almost two years and was never officially approved by MLB. The contract was eventually rejected by MLB due to "fraudulent paperwork" and Paniagua (Callado) was suspended for one year and then was declared a free-agent. He signed with the New York Yankees in March 2011 but then was suspended again and that contract was rejected, too, because his birth certificate could not be verified. Paniagua was cleared by MLB in 2012 and he signed with the Cubs on 7-9-2012. Therefore, Paniagua could be eligible for selection in the Rule 5 Draft for the first time in December 2013, since 2009 was his "first season" on the field and he was 18 on the June 5th immediately preceding the signing of his first contract, or he might not be eligible for selection in the Rule 5 Draft for the first time until December 2015, if 2012 is considered Paniagua's "first season" for Rule 5 eligibility purposes.
Cubs have $10,556,500 in draft pool money (and if they don't mind paying a a 75% tax on $527,825, they can go up to $11,084,325).
Players in bold have allegedly signed. Anyone after the 10th round signed for over $100K counts against their draft money.
If the player has yet to sign or there's no media report on the bonus, the third column is the recommened slot money.
For a good rumor thread on the signings, check out the Pro Sports Daily Forum.
| 1 | Bryant | $6,708,400 |
| 2 | Zastryzny | $1.1M / -$262K under |
| 3 | Hannemann | $736,200 |
| 4 | Skulina | $800K/ +$323K over |
| 5 | Masek | $357,400 |
| 6 | Frazier | $267,600 |
| 7 | Garner | $200,400 |
| 8 | Wilson | $159,400 |
| 9 | Burks | $170K/ +$21.1K |
| 10 | Godley | $35K/ - $104K |
| 11 | Hankins | |
| 12 | Clifton | "3rd round money" |
| 13 | Graham | |
| 14 | Poncedeleon | |
| 15 | Wagner | |
| 16 | Brockmeyer | |
| 17 | Freeman | |
| 18 | Papaccio | |
| 19 | Remillard | |
| 20 | Blair | |
| 21 | McCauley | |
| 22 | Brown | |
| 23 | Ihrig | |
| 24 | Alamo | |
| 25 | Doi | |
| 26 | Pena | |
| 27 | Sciacca | |
| 28 | Renner | |
| 29 | Garcia | |
| 30 | Hermans | |
| 31 | Johnson | |
| 32 | Leach | |
| 33 | Madera | |
| 34 | Thompson | |
| 35 | Romano | |
| 36 | Campbell | |
| 37 | Martinez | |
| 38 | Brown | |
| 39 | Greene | |
| 40 | Riley |
(as of 6/17/13)
| Pick | Team | .PCT | GB |
| 1 | Miami | .309 | -- |
| 2 | Houston | .371 | 4 |
| 3 | Mets | .391 | 6 |
| 4 | Milwaukee | .412 | 7 |
| 5 | Cubs | .418 | 7.5 |
| 6 | White Sox | .424 | 8 |
| 7 | Dodgers | .426 | 8 |
| 8 | Angels | .435 | 8.5 |
| 9 | Seattle | .443 | 9 |

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almost 9% of MLB players have ADHD/mental-health exemptions for amphetamine use (well more than the population average at large)...and the amount who use stimulants not on the banned list bumps that up quite considerably...from the ones who pound redbull to the ones taking the newest GMC stimulant(s) that hasn't appeared on the ban list (yet).
stimulants and baseball is the way it's done...from those who like to get pumped up before a game to those that are trying to deal with 200+ days of travel.
Hmmm...
"But whatever players put into their bodies today to fight fatigue, it no longer includes amphetamines — or at least it doesn't unless those players want to risk getting slapped with a stiff suspension."
hahahahahhaha...oh my...my sides...phew, good one.
Hitters swing at more bad pitches as the season goes on, and a group of scientists at Vanderbilt University believe it's because they're not sleeping long enough or well enough. http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/...
the DP would have most likely been turned...castro had a decent amount of time and was in good position to throw.
robinson's take-out slide was a bit silly...he was way off the bag.
Would they have gotten the DP anyway?
Also, while I tend to be a pretty big supporter of pitch counts, I can definitely see why they kept ninja in so long with our bullpen and Gregg pitching so much.
lololol...interference by robinson on a crappy slide going for castro (well off the bag getting ready to toss to 1st after stepping on 2nd) rather than bag forces a double play.
k.gregg gave up a 1 run single...got the "weird" double play...cubs win. STL fans are pissing themselves in rage.
it was a fair call, fwiw...robinson was no where near the bag on the slide.
...and 2 singles later (men on 1st/2nd) he's done after 115 pitches. almost...
ninja going into the 9th, 104 pitches.
3 96mph fastballs in a row to start the 9th...followed by an 84mph off speed pitch for the ground out.
and Javier Baez has a Grand Slam tonight in the 7th inning.
Z (AAA, PHI) tonight..
7ip 5h 1bb 6k, 0r
...according to a news/blog blurb about his last start he's not even hitting 90mph (at least that night), but he might be up in the bigs soon...especially with pettibone sucking hard in the rotation for PHI
Wavin' Wendall Sandberg....
Delmon Young becomes the 10th Phillie thrown out at home this year. Only Diamondbacks (11) have had more outs at home.
thanks obama.
...typical whitesox fan.
Juan Carlos Paniagua has pitched in one game this season for the Cubs Dominican Summer League team. Who knows when his visa issues will be resolved. If ever.
awesome play @3rd by valbuena, bottom 3rd
cubs up by 4 (all scored with 2 outs), top 1st...wainwrong.
ransom and r.sweeney homers.
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Comments
Re: Should be gorgeous weather on Opening Day.
on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 10:56am Permalink
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball...
"With the rotation basically set and Joe Mather expected to win the final bench spot, one or two bullpen spots remain in flux, as is the backup catcher battle between Welington Castillo and Steve Clevenger."
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"Garza said he wanted to stay in and was surprised Sveum came out to get him. He had entered the inning at 65 pitches with a pitch count limit of 80."
'"I was like 'What are you doing out here? It's the fifth,'" Garza said. "He said: 'You have 80 pitches.' I said: 'I don't care.' And he said 'Well, I do. I still have to keep my job the next couple of years.'"'
Re: Should be gorgeous weather on Opening Day.
on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 11:26am Permalink
On the radio this am, I heard the 1 word forecast including opening day: Frigid
Typical.
Re: Should be gorgeous weather on Opening Day.
on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 11:27am Permalink
The Braves have released RHP Aaron Shafer, a 2nd round pick by the Cubs in 2008.
Re: Should be gorgeous weather on Opening Day.
on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 5:26pm Permalink
Ha...great toon.
Re: Should be gorgeous weather on Opening Day.
on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 5:36pm Permalink
Well done Tim, well done indeed.
Re: Should be gorgeous weather on Opening Day.
on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 8:03pm Permalink
One of your best!
Re: Should be gorgeous weather on Opening Day.
on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 9:03pm Permalink
Had me cracking up out loud..
Re: Should be gorgeous weather on Opening Day.
on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 8:04pm Permalink
As deniro told crystal in 'analyze this' - 'you...you're good, you...'
Re: Should be gorgeous weather on Opening Day.
on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 8:04am Permalink
Wow. Thanks all!