The Newest Brewer

by battlekow on Dec 7, 2006 10:16 AM CST in News Comment 6 comments

Brew Crew Ball, meet Michael Carlin (splits).

He was selected from the Pirates in the AAA part of the Rule 5 draft, meaning he'll have to stay on Nashville's roster next year or be sent back. He'll be 26 next year, so he's not much of a prospect (the Pirates were evidently being ridiculously cautious with him), but he has hit a little in the past. If everything breaks right, he could be our next Chris Barnwell!

Departing the organization was 27-year-old right-handed reliever Josh Alliston, drafted by the A's in the AAA phase. Not departing the organization, and triumphantly so, was Steve Bray.

The Brewers also drafted lefty reliever Edward Campusano from the Cubs in the Major League portion of the draft, but immediately traded him to the Tigers for "cash considerations" (that last word's a little redundant).

Update [2006-12-7 19:2:19 by Jeff]: Here's a set of ZiPS projections for all of the MLB Rule 5 draftees. Campusano may not have tremendous upside, but an ERA of 4.11? Maybe we should've kept him!

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Trivia!

The Alejandro Machado drafted by the Twins is the same Alejandro Machado acquired by the Brewers with Wes "Perfect Game" Obermueller from the Royals for Curtis Leskanic way back when.

by battlekow on Dec 7, 2006 10:35 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

I like

The fact that we'll draft people and trade them for cash. We're like buccaneers raiding other organizations and ransoming their players for gold. Arrr, mateys!

"C'mon, boys, let's get 'em some RUNS!" --- Daron Sutton, pretty much every game of the 2005 season.

by roguejim on Dec 7, 2006 10:41 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

You have no idea...

how right you are.

by battlekow on Dec 7, 2006 11:06 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Michael Carlin

Isn't he the guy who came up with the seven pitches you can't throw in baseball? I think he did jail time for that.

"C'mon, boys, let's get 'em some RUNS!" --- Daron Sutton, pretty much every game of the 2005 season.

by roguejim on Dec 7, 2006 11:58 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Clarification

I'm 90% sure that, in the minor league portions of the draft, there's no rule about having to keep guys on a certain affiliates roster. I can't find proof anywhere online, though...there's not much treatment in the couple of Rule 5 guides, and I'm not up for going through the CBA.

by Jeff Sackmann on Dec 7, 2006 4:13 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

That makes sense

Since there's no 25-man roster equivalent for the minor league teams. This whole disinformation, double agent gig is off to a bad start.

by battlekow on Dec 7, 2006 10:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

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