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The '''2000 Rule 5 Draft''' (held on [[December 11]], 2000).

== Picks involving the Devil Rays ==
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! Phase || Pick || Player || Pos. || Picked By || Picked From || Notes
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| {{nowrap|Triple-A}} || 6 || {{nowrap|[[Yurendell de Caster]]}} || IF || [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pittsburgh]] || {{nowrap|[[Tampa Bay Devil Rays|Tampa Bay]]}}
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| Triple-A || 8 || [[Jim Lira]] || P || [[Houston Astros|Houston]] || Tampa Bay
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| Triple-A || 23 || [[Elliot Brown]] || P || {{nowrap|[[San Francisco Giants|San Francisco]]}} || Tampa Bay
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| Triple-A || 24 || [[Adam Flohr]] || P || [[Minnesota Twins|Minnesota]] || Tampa Bay
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| Triple-A || 26 || [[Derek Mann]] || IF || Pittsburgh || Tampa Bay
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| Triple-A || 29 || [[Marquis Roberts]] || P || [[Detroit Tigers|Detroit]] || Tampa Bay
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|}

== Other Notable Picks ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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! Phase || Pick || Player || Pos. || Picked By || Picked From || Notes
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| MLB || 10 || {{nowrap|[[Julio Santana]]}} || P || {{nowrap|[[New York Mets|New York (NL)]]}} || {{nowrap|San Francisco}}
| style="text-align:left;" | Santana played for the Devil Rays in 1998 and part of 1999 before being traded to [[Boston Red Sox|Boston]].
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| {{nowrap|Triple-A}} || 27 || [[Tim Corcoran]] || P || [[Baltimore Orioles|Baltimore]] || New York (NL)
| style="text-align:left;" | Corcoran would be drafted by Tampa Bay from Baltimore in the Triple-A phase of the 2003 rule 5 draft.
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| Triple-A || 33 || [[Jorge Sosa]] || P || [[Seattle Mariners|Seattle]] || [[Colorado Rockies|Colorado]]
| style="text-align:left;" | Sosa would play for Tampa Bay, Double-A [[Orlando Rays|Orlando]], and Triple-A [[Durham Bulls|Durham]] from 2002 through 2004.
|}

== References ==
* {{cite web |title=MLB Draft History |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/draft/draft.jsp |work=MLB.com |publisher=MLB Advanced Media |accessdate=June 6, 2012 }}
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