Rule 5 Draft (DISCUSSION THREAD)

It used to be that the clock started when the player signed his contract - so a player who signed before the Rule 5 draft in the year in which he was drafted would lose that year even if he didn’t play in the minors that season. Now, the clock starts beginning with the player’s first minor league season - so a player who signed in 2003 but didn’t play until 2004 would have his eligibility counted beginning with the 2004 Rule 5 draft instead of the 2003 draft. The age limit is still based on the date when the player signs, though. There aren’t a lot of players for whom this matters; a couple of guys about whom I do have questions are marked, usually because I can’t find out whether or not they played in the DSL or VSL before their debut in the US minors.

I’ve got some lists of eligibles here. These aren’t close to being complete, and I really don’t want to list everyone that’s eligible, merely those who might be interesting to someone.

Arizona: P Adam Bass, 1B Javier Brito, SS Derek Bruce, 3B/C Jamie D’Antona, P Esmerling Vasquez.
Atlanta: P Devin Anderson, P Paul Bush, 3B Josh Burrus, OF Matt Esquivel, 1B James Jurries, OF Carl Loadenthal, 3B Wes Timmons, P Sean White
Baltimore: P Beau Hale, P Nick McCurdy. Almost every remotely useful player in the organization that was Rule 5 eligible was added to the roster.
Boston: P Abe Alvarez, 1B Ian Bladergroen, OF Chris Durbin, P Barry Hertzler, P Chris Smith, OF Luis Soto, 3B Chad Spann, SS Iggy Suarez, P Jose Vaquedano, 1B Jeremy West, P Charlie Zink (I only put him here because he’s a knuckleballer)
Chicago Cubs: P Bobby Brownlie, INF Mike Fontenot, C Jake Fox, INF Richard Lewis, 3B Casey McGehee, P Billy Petrick, P Andy Shipman, OF Jesus Valdez, P Randy Wells, P Jesus Yepez
Chicago White Sox: P Demetrius Banks, OF David Cook, OF Chris Kelly, OF Ricardo Nanita, P Dwayne Pollok
Cincinnati: OF Jay Garthwaite, P Carlos Guevara, P Blake Hendley, OF Javon Moran, P Brock Till, P Camilo Vazquez
Cleveland: P Bear Bay, P Matt Davis, P Dan Denham, P Jake Dittler, OF Ryan Goleski, OF Ryan Mulhern, P Nick Pesco, P Reid Santos
Colorado: P Alberto Arias, P Scott Beerer, OF Chris Colonel, OF Jordan Czarniecki, OF Joe Gaetti, P Ching-Lung Lo, P Tomas Santiago, INF Jose Valdez.
Detroit: P Corey Hamman, P Chris Homer, 1B Kelly Hunt, P Cristhian Martinez, INF Nick McIntyre, P Anthony Tomey, P Sendy Vasquez
Florida: P Allen Baxter, 1B/OF Ryan Bear, P Adam Brandenburg, OF Jose Campusano, OF Alejandro DeAza, SS Jonathan Fulton, P David Humen, P Jason Iehl, 3B Lee Mitchell, INF Kevin Randel, P James Russ, P Ross Wolf
Houston: P Raymar Diaz, P Chance Douglass, P Jared Gothreaux, INF Edwin Maysonet, P Mark McLemore, 3B Mark Saccomanno
Kansas City: P Greg Atencio, INF Mike Aviles, C Adam Donachie, P John Gragg, P Nate Hoelscher, 1B Kila Ka’aihue, SS Adam Keim, P Jarod Plummer
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: P Kevin Jepsen, SS Adam Pavkovich, OF Aaron Peel, 2B Eric Rodland, P Rich Thompson
Los Angeles Dodgers: INF Sergio Garcia, P B.J. LaMura, P Danny Muegge, P Alvis Ojeda (I assume he played in the VSL)
Milwaukee: P Khalid Ballouli, P Steve Bray, P Jeff Housman, 1B/OF Brad Nelson, P Mitch Stetter, P Alec Zumwalt
Minnesota: P Kevin Cameron, OF Doug Deeds, OF Garrett Guzman, P Justin Jones, P Justin Olson, P Levale Speigner
New York Mets: 3B Jay Caligiuri, OF Corey Coles, C Jesus Flores, SS Chase Lambin, P Ivan Maldonado, OF Bobby Malek, P Jose Sanchez
New York Yankees: OF Matt Carson, P Phil Coke, P Michael Gardner, P Elvys Quezada, P Edwar Ramirez, P Paul Thorp
Oakland: 1B Brant Colamarino, SS Eduardo Cornejo, P Shawn Kohn, P Brad Knox, SS John McCurdy, 1B/OF Jason Perry, 3B Vasili Spanos, OF Brian Stavisky, P Brad Ziegler
Philadelphia: OF Brian Burgamy, P Brian Mazone, 2B Tim Moss
Pittsburgh: OF Adam Boeve, 1B Michael Carlin, OF Pedro Powell, P Wardell Starling
St. Louis: 3B Matt Dryer, P Jose Garcia, INF Juan Lucena, P Mark Michael, SS John Nelson, P Brian Stitt
San Diego: 1B Tim Brown, P Dirk Hayhurst, P John Hudgins, OF Kennard Jones, C Colt Morton, P Jose Oyervidez, OF Vince Sinisi, P Dale Thayer
San Francisco: P Chris Begg, 3B Brian Buscher, P Jesse Floyd, P James Garcia, P Matt Palmer
Seattle: 3B Hunter Brown, P Travis Chick, P Renee Cortez, P Craig James, OF Jon Nelson, OF Josh Womack
Tampa: P Brian Henderson, C/1B John Jaso, 1B Gabriel Martinez, P Evan Meek, P Mike Prochaska, P Brett Wayne
Texas: SS Casey Benjamin, C Emerson Frostad, OF Jake Blalock, P Matt Farnum, 1B Nate Gold, P Jose Marte, OF Anthony Webster
Toronto: P Danny Core, P Jordan DeJong, P Kurt Isenberg, OF Dustin Majewski, OF David Smith, P Jamie Vermilyea (who was taken by the Red Sox a year ago in Rule 5, then returned)
Washington: 1B/C Luke Montz, P Devin Perrin, 3B Brandon Powell, 1B Josh Whitesell