BamaDoc Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=lindgr000jac Left-handed reliever. Drafted 2nd round in 2014 with a wicked slider. Made it to the majors in one year 2015! Then barely pitched in 2016 and not at all in 17 or 18. Two TJs. Had always been a little wild with 4 plus walks per nine. Sox have brought him back semi slowly starting at AZL. Now high A and doing very well. Obviously, chronologically old for league but not really experience wise. In high A, 9 innings with no walks and 13k's. Not sure if they will push him up or what. Questions, anyone seen him and due to his injuries what is his rule 5 status? Due to his injuries, no one was going to take him in a rule 5 when he hadn't pitched but now I wonder with the pedigree and success if he is still a prospect someone might gamble upon? Due to his injuries do we get extra time without requiring putting him on the 40 man? Does he still have his raw stuff or is he no longer projectable. Cheap left-handed relievers with stuff are valuable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MnSoxFan Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 (edited) Pretty sure those injury seasons still count towards Rule V time. Guessing we have to protect him or he would be available to that draft. I could be wrong. Edited August 9, 2019 by MnSoxFan misspell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamaDoc Posted August 9, 2019 Author Share Posted August 9, 2019 Thought I saw a discussion on another prospect(Micker?) that had a lot of injury issues that we got a extra year. Hoping here with two lost years he might qualify as he might be interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MnSoxFan Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 5 minutes ago, BamaDoc said: Thought I saw a discussion on another prospect(Micker?) that had a lot of injury issues that we got a extra year. Hoping here with two lost years he might qualify as he might be interesting. Found this under Wikipedia. Not seeing any exemptions for full season injuries. Maybe someone else will have a better idea than I. Selection eligibility[edit] Players are eligible for selection in the Rule 5 draft if they are not on their major league organization's 40-man roster and: were 18 or younger on the June 5 preceding their signing and this is the fifth Rule 5 draft upcoming; or were 19 or older on the June 5 preceding their signing and this is the fourth Rule 5 draft upcoming. These exemption periods (one year longer than those in effect previously) went into effect as part of a new Collective Bargaining Agreement in October 2006. The change took effect immediately, exempting many players from the 2006 Rule 5 draft even though they had been signed in some cases more than four years before the new agreement came into effect. Prior to the rule change, players were exempt from the first two or three Rule 5 drafts held after their signing (regardless of the year they were drafted), rather than from the first three or four Rule 5 drafts after their signing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Jimmy0 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Lindgren is Rule 5 eligible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamaDoc Posted August 9, 2019 Author Share Posted August 9, 2019 There was a Q&A with James Fegan of the Athletic. I asked about Lindgren and here was his response: "I'd really have to ask about Lindgren's rule 5 status, because I don't know. I spoke to him this past week. He's basically only just now getting healthy and was sitting 90-91 but could get swings and misses with his slider, so yeah there's some hope of a lefty specialist." Athletic is a good read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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