Rule 5 Nonsense
The Orioles drafted right handed pitcher Alfredo Simon from the Rangers organization, then traded him to the Phillies for their Rule 5 selection. That being catcher Adam Donachie who played in the Royals organization last year. Also among the process, the Orioles lost 1B/DH Josh Phelps to the New York Yankees in the draft.
Grade: F
Its really not acceptable that we lost Josh Phelps in the Rule 5 draft. Not that Phelps is anything special, or was he even guaranteed to start the season with the big league club, but he was more valuable to the O’s than alot of players on the 40 man roster were. All we had to do was place Adam Stern on waivers and put Phelps on the 40 man roster and it would have been impossible to lose him. I don’t think its the end of the world, but it really pisses me off that we made a smart move to sign him to a minor league deal, only to lose him to the Yankees in the Rule 5. As for the other stuff in the draft, it really has no significance. We did the favor for the Phillies since they did one for us last year with Chris Gomez in the same draft.
on December 10, 2006 on 12:19 am
and if the evil Yankees don’t keep him on the roster, we get him back for $25K. And can decide at that later time if he is a better roster spot than what ever we have on the bottom of the roster at that time. Do you really think the Yankees will keep him on their roster for all that time? I think, thank you Yankees for storehousing a prospect for us until late in the season…..
on December 12, 2006 on 3:45 pm
Thats a good point, and he possibly could be back with us at some point. But they could also trade him to another team to hold on to him. Even if he does come back, it was a dumb move not to put him on the 40 man roster. There are a plenty of players on there that don’t belong as much as Phelps would. Adam Stern, Cory Morris, David Newhan, Val Majewski, etc.