October 23, 200619 yr How did we ever lose Fabio Castro? How does the Rule V draft work, I forgot how it works exactly? I was looking over some stats, and Fabio had a pretty good season for a 19/20 year old rookie. Wish we still had him, especially with Cotts the way he is.
October 23, 200619 yr He wasn't put on the 40 man roster and if you are not on it and you play a certain amount of years for that team you can be selected in the Rule V draft.
October 23, 200619 yr QUOTE(sayitaintso @ Oct 22, 2006 -> 09:18 PM) He wasn't put on the 40 man roster and if you are not on it and you play a certain amount of years for that team you can be selected in the Rule V draft. It's after five years that you are eligible for the Rule Five, hence the name. He was signed as a 16 year old in December of 2001, so that is why he's gone. Not putting him on the 40 man might come back to bite us in the ass.. Edited October 23, 200619 yr by whitesoxin'
October 23, 200619 yr One he is 21 years old (still good though,) but he is only 5-7 and does not have overpowering stuff. I wish we would have put him on the forty, but he only a set-up man at best. So its not that great a loss, would have been good trade bait though.
October 23, 200619 yr to finish the other half of the rules... any player selected in the rule v draft must be on the major league roster the entire year, or be offered back at half the cost.
October 23, 200619 yr QUOTE(fullcollapse @ Oct 22, 2006 -> 10:07 PM) to finish the other half of the rules... any player selected in the rule v draft must be on the major league roster the entire year, or be offered back at half the cost. Or disabled list, which, IIRC, Castro was on for some of this year.
October 23, 200619 yr Considering some of the players we had on the 40 man roster at the time (and the fact we actually had a couple openings) it was a very very bad move. The Sox evidently didn't think highly enough to claim him (or that no one would take him) and either way they were wrong (since someone did take him and considering numerous scouts in other organizations liked him there was obviously value in Fabio, even if it was as trade bait).
October 24, 200619 yr QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Oct 23, 2006 -> 03:24 PM) Considering some of the players we had on the 40 man roster at the time (and the fact we actually had a couple openings) it was a very very bad move. The Sox evidently didn't think highly enough to claim him (or that no one would take him) and either way they were wrong (since someone did take him and considering numerous scouts in other organizations liked him there was obviously value in Fabio, even if it was as trade bait). Like first overall in the draft
October 24, 200619 yr QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Oct 23, 2006 -> 10:58 PM) Like first overall in the draft Ya, which is exactly why either way it was a serious oversight by the organization. If we thought they wouldn't take him, well they must not have paid much attention since he was the top guy and teams were fighting to trade for him and if we thought he didn't have value well shame on us because obviously he did have value (at least trade value) and we could have got a valuable chip or two for our system.
October 24, 200619 yr It's almost ironic how this situation has played out. Sox sign a young pitcher from the Domincan Republic at 16 -- an area of the world that's seemingly ignored by our scouts -- and lose him to the Rule Five draft. Of all the crap which makes it way through our system, we let go one of the few who have the potential to make something of his career. Really, doesn't surprise me at all.
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