Take 5

[Edgy MD]

Rule 5 (or V) Day has come upon us. It is the Great Day of Betrayal, when farm directors across baseball hide all their fringiest prospects in cupboards and outhouses and under floorboards, while secretly plotting to steal hidden gems from all their colleagues.

Me, I'm excited. I'm excited because of 2009 Mets draftee Damien Magnifico. Damien went unsigned and instead enrolled in Trucks-in-the-Mudd Junior College or somewhere. But not before being prematurely adopted by the Edgy household, who fell under the stupid spell of his marquee name.

But the adoption was brief. He later signed with the Brewers and moved on to the Baltimore system and later the Los Angeles Angels of Whatever, and is now available to be plucked back to where he always belonged.

Guys the Mets may lose? Look for David Roseboom and Adonis Uceta to get some smells. Some have wondered about the resurgent Jhoan Urena, too, but I don't see him faking it for a year on a big league roster. The bigger pitching staffs get, the harder it is to secretly carry a hitter who can't carry his weight.

[MFS62]

I've disguised Mickey Jannis as a fireplace, and am keeping him in my family room.

Later

[bmfc1]

All of the excitement live! right here: https://www.mlb.com/video/rule-5-draft/c-1869518583?tid=40498098

[Edgy MD]

MFS62 wrote: I've disguised Mickey Jannis as a fireplace, and am keeping him in my family room. Later

I've got one list that includes Jannis as Rule V eligible and another that has him as a minor league free agent. Don't know who to trust.

[bmfc1]

With the 6th pick, the Mets selected Burch Smith, RHP, from Tampa. He was in the majors with the Padres.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burch_Smith
http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=12784&position=P
BUT:
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ANYTHING FOR A BUCK:
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Edited December 14, 2017 by Guest

[Edgy MD]

Man, that's not how you spell Damien Magnifico!

The Mormons never would have survived in the desert without the leadership and fortitude of Burch Smith.

[bmfc1]

Edgy MD wrote: Man, that's not how you spell Damien Magnifico!

Pittsburgh picked him.

[Edgy MD]

Today sucks.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Burch Smith

[Valadius]

Oh my God the Wilpons are such cheap bastards.

[Edgy MD]

It happens, man.

I know. I miss Burch too.

[Benjamin Grimm]

So the Mets drafted Burch and sold him to the Royals? Couldn't the Royals have just selected him themselves?

[bmfc1]

The Mets selected Andrew Ely in the minor league phase. I don't see much good about his batting numbers, maybe he's a great fielder or maybe he's just a AAA roster player, but I like his outspoken Twitter feed which is unusual for a ballplayer:
https://twitter.com/andrew_ely41
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=ely---000and

[Edgy MD]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: So the Mets drafted Burch and sold him to the Royals? Couldn't the Royals have just selected him themselves?

Teams tend to get an idea of whether team in front of them has their eye on a player. With the Mets drafting 12 slots ahead of the Royals, this was the equivalent of the trading-to-move-up move common to the NFL amateur draft.

[Ceetar]

Edgy MD wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: So the Mets drafted Burch and sold him to the Royals? Couldn't the Royals have just selected him themselves? Teams tend to get an idea of whether team in front of them has their eye on a player. With the Mets drafting 12 slots ahead of the Royals, this was the equivalent of the trading-to-move-up move common to the NFL amateur draft.

Someone should compile a list of these things, I bet you could use it as a sense of GM friendliness. Basically an IOU for a favor later, perhaps the Mets want to grab someone on the August waiver wire when the Royals suck and pick first.

[Guest 41Forever]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Burch Smith

Burch looks unhappy to be a Ray in that photo.

[Edgy MD]

bmfc1 wrote: The Mets selected Andrew Ely in the minor league phase. I don't see much good about his batting numbers, maybe he's a great fielder or maybe he's just a AAA roster player, but I like his outspoken Twitter feed which is unusual for a ballplayer: https://twitter.com/andrew_ely41 https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=ely---000and

Definite bad news for LJ Mazzilli.

[Edgy MD]

Cool, somebody at MLB.com took the time to dress Burch in Mets jammies, and never switched him into the Royals uniform, making a point of creating a fiction that will never be a reality.

[smg58]

I just noticed that the Orioles took Nestor Cortes from the Yankees in the Rule V (they had the 11th selection, we were #6). 23-year-old lefty with a career 2.08 ERA in the minors, including a 1.49 ERA and 57/11 K/BB in 48 homerless innings of AAA last year. Does our pen have too much depth?

[Edgy MD]

I guess it depends on who you want to put through waivers to make room for him, but he looks like a player to me.

[Ceetar]

Edgy MD wrote: I guess it depends on who you want to put through waivers to make room for him, but he looks like a player to me.

well he's 5' 11" and his fastball tops out at 89 and he (or at least for his changeup?) throws sidearm. So in a way, he DOESN'T look like a player. There may be some moneyball/chad bradfordness to this, or he legitimately might not have what it takes to get major league guys out.