Yesterday, November 20, was the deadline for teams to decide which players they would protect from the Rule 5 Draft and it spurred a flurry of transactions. The Rule 5 Draft takes place on the last day of the Winter Meetings, December 11th this year. Players must be placed on the major league roster within four years or five years of being signed, depending on their age, or be exposed to the Draft.
That caused a lot of movement onto and off of various 40-man rosters. Some of the bigger names that played in the California League recently who got protected by being placed on the 40-man include 3B Brandon Drury (VIS), 3B Renato Nunez (STK), P Vincent Velasquez (LAN) and OF Kyle Waldrop (BAK).
Here is a rundown of recent Cal League players that were added to or removed from major league rosters:
PADRES
Added – Taylor Lindsay (IE ’12), Tayron Guerrero (LE ’14) DFA – Yeison Asencio (LE ’13) Traded – Reymond Fuentes (LE ’11) to KC for Kyle Bartsch
MARINERS
Added – Ketel Marte (HD ’13), John Hicks (HD ’12), Mayckol Guaipe (HD ’13)
ASTROS
Added – Vincent Velaszquez (LAN ’13, ’14)
Outrighted Anthony Bass (LE ’09, ’10) to AAA Fresno
GIANTS
Added – Derek Law (SJ ’13), Cody Hall (SJ ’12), Joan Gregorio (SJ ’14), Ray Black (SJ ’14)
REDS
Added – Kyle Waldrop (BAK ’13, ’14),
DIAMONDBACKS
Added – A.J. Schugel (IE ’11), Kevin Munson (VIS ’10, ’11), Will Locante, Brandon Drury (VIS ’14), Socrates Brito (VIS ’14)
DFA – Charles Brewer (VIS ’10), Mike Bolsinger (VIS ’12)
ANGELS
Added – Danny Reynolds (IE ’12, ’13, ’14), Jett Bandy (IE ’12)
DFA – Jackson Williams (SJ ’08), Alfredo Marte (VIS ’10, ’11)
DODGERS
Added – Scott Schebler (RC ’13), Chris Reed (RC ’11, ’12), Zach Lee (RC ’12)
ROCKIES
Added – Tyler Anderson (MOD ’13) DFA – Juan Nicasio (MOD ’10)
ATHLETICS
Added – Renato Nunez (STK ’14)
With the offseason affiliate changes, the Reds left Bakersfield but the Mariners moved in from High Desert. Both the Reds’ and Mariners’ organizational changes are reflected above. Just for the record, here are the moves made by High Desert’s new parent club, the Texas Rangers:
RANGERS
Added – Jerad Eickhoff, Jorge Alfaro, Hanser Alberto, Luke Jackson
DFA – Jim Adduci
Released – Aaron Poreda, Miles Mikolas
Traded Daniel Robertson to Angels for PTBNL
