{"id":16408,"date":"2019-12-13T10:20:38","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T15:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=16408"},"modified":"2022-11-21T09:06:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T14:06:44","slug":"nats-rule-5-draft-history-drafted-and-taken-from-us-updated-for-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=16408","title":{"rendered":"Nats Rule-5 Draft History (drafted and taken from us); updated for 2019, 2020, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sharp taken in rule-5 draft, as many of us predicted. Photo unk via talknats.com<\/p><\/div>\n

The Nats for years were heavy participants in the Rule-5 draft, thanks to some pretty awful teams and no real aspirations to compete on the field.\u00a0 \u00a0From 2010 on-wards they stopped taking players, but have lost some players here and there.\u00a0 This post is all about players taken and lost in Rule 5 drafts..\u00a0 We have not posted on this in some time; that’s because its been a while since a player of some significance was taken.\u00a0 Well, on 12\/12\/19 a player that most of us thought should have been protected a few weeks ago ahead of this draft went 3rd overall to Miami in\u00a0Sterling Sharp<\/strong>, so I thought it was a good time to bring this back out.<\/p>\n

Past versions of this post: December 2016<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0January of 2014<\/a>. and\u00a0November 2011<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Borrowing a chunk of the text for the previous years from the previous post, here\u2019s a list of the Rule 5 drafts since 2005, with our players taken\/received noted and with some thoughts on how the player turned out for either side.\u00a0 I’ve tried to update all Rule 5 candidates with career dispositions.<\/p>\n

Note: this post used to be to pass judgement on our Rule-5 picks, so when you see “Verdict: Failure”\u00a0<\/em>that’s what it means.\u00a0 Its been so long since we tried to draft someone that I forgot what it was like.\u00a0 Suffice it to say … there’s not a lot of success with these picks, either for those we took or those who got taken from us.<\/p>\n

(A reminder: These minor league rule-5 acquisitions are essentially $12,000 purchases and the drafters\u00a0now own these contracts; I’m not entirely clear on the rules that drive them, nor how the players are determined to be eligible, nor if there’s any requirements that the players have to stay on a particular roster).<\/p>\n

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2021 update: thanks to the lockout, the entire Rule-5 draft was cancelled in 2021.<\/p>\n

2020 Update: We selected no one, nor did we have anyone selected from us in either the major or minor league phase of the 2020 Rule-5 draft.\u00a0 So no updates to this post for this year.<\/p>\n

MLB beat reporter\u00a0Jessica Camerato<\/strong> posted a nice Rule-5 history lesson<\/a> on 12\/11\/20.<\/p>\n

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2019 rule 5 Draft<\/a> (ahead of the 2020 season):<\/p>\n

Conducted 12\/12\/19<\/a>:\u00a0 \u00a0Nats did not take any players in the major league phase for the 9th straight year.\u00a0\u00a0Sterling Sharp<\/strong>, a 2016 22nd round RHP starter, was taken from us by Miami with the 3rd overall pick.\u00a0 This was a frustration for many pundits, who clearly had identified Sharp as someone to protect ahead of the deadline.\u00a0 With rosters expanding to 26, the Marlins (who are barely trying) get a free prospect who probably can sit in their MLB bullpen all year if he can’t make the rotation.\u00a0 I mean, right now I project the Marlins rotation as the worst in the sport; if Sharp can’t fit into the 5th starter\/swing man role for the worst rotation in the majors …<\/p>\n

Post Publishing update<\/strong>: Sharp was returned to the Nats<\/a> on 8\/27\/20 after four un-impressive appearances for the Marlins.<\/p>\n

In the Minor league phase:<\/p>\n