Rule 5 Draft/2007

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The 2007 Rule 5 Draft (held on December 6, 2007) saw Tampa Bay active as an agent for another team in the Major League phase, buyers in the Triple-A phase, and with only one player lost.

Picks involving the Rays

Phase Pick Player Pos. Picked By Picked From Notes
MLB 1 Tim Lahey P Tampa Bay Minnesota Immediately traded to Chicago (NL) for cash.[1]
MLB 2 Evan Meek P Pittsburgh Tampa Bay Traded to Pittsburgh for cash on May 14, 2008 in lieu of accepting his return from the Pirates.[2]
Triple-A 1 Rashad Eldridge OF Tampa Bay Minnesota Played for Double-A Montgomery in 2008. Retained by the Rays at the end of the season.[3]
Triple-A 20 Julio Puentes P Tampa Bay Houston Appeared in only one game for Advanced-Rookie Princeton in 2008. Released by the Rays at the end of the season.[4]
Triple-A 31 Jose Mejias P Tampa Bay New York (AL) Played for Single-A Columbus in 2008. Retained by the Rays at the end of the season.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Muskat, Carrie (December 6, 2007). "Cubs trade for top Rule 5 pick Lahey". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. http://mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071206&content_id=2319553&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp. Retrieved June 1, 2012. 
  2. ↑ Topkin, Marc (May 14, 2008). "Another bite of the apple?". tampabay.com. St. Petersburg Times. http://stg.tampabay.com/blogs/rays/content/another-bite-apple. Retrieved June 1, 2012. 
  3. ↑ Long, Stacy (April 3, 2009). "Eldridge returning to Biscuits". Biscuit Crumbs. Montgomery Advertiser. http://stacylong.blogspot.com/2009/04/eldridge-returning-to-biscuits.html. Retrieved June 1, 2012. 
  4. ↑ Eddy, Matt (February 23, 2009). "Minor League Transactions". baseballamerica.com. Baseball America. http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2009/02/minor-league-transactions-92/. Retrieved June 1, 2012. 
  5. ↑ "Jose Angel Mejias Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=mejias002jos. Retrieved June 1, 2012. 
 
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