Twins take Diaz with 1st pick in Rule 5 Draft, trade him to Padres
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The Minnesota Twins selected right-hander Miguel Diaz with the first pick in the Rule 5 Draft on Thursday, later trading him to the San Diego Padres for a player yet to be named or cash considerations.
Diaz, 22, was taken from the Milwaukee Brewers organization, and spent the 2016 campaign in Single-A, posting a 1-8 record with a 3.71 ERA across 26 appearances, including 15 starts.
Diaz must be kept on the 25-man major-league roster for the entirety of the 2017 season, or he'll be offered back to the Brewers.
Any player picked in the major-league portion of the Rule 5 Draft now costs the selecting team $100,000, which is a bump up from the previous amount of $50,000.
NO | PLAYER | TEAM | POS | FORMER TEAM |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Miguel Diaz | MIN | RHP | MIL |
2 | Luis Torrens | CIN | C | NYY |
3 | Allen Cordoba | SDP | SS | STL |
4 | Kevin Gadea | TB | RHP | SEA |
5 | Armando Rivero | ATL | RHP | CHC |
6 | Tyler Jones | ARI | RHP | NYY |
7 | Caleb Smith | MIL | LHP | NYY |
8 | Justin Haley | LAA | RHP | BOS |
9 | Dylan Covey | CWS | RHP | OAK |
10 | Tyler Webb | PIT | LHP | NYY |
11 | Daniel Stumpf | DET | LHP | KC |
12 | Aneury Tavarez | BAL | OF | BOS |
13 | Glenn Sparkman | TOR | RHP | KC |
14 | Josh Rutledge | BOS | IF | COL |
15 | Hoby Milner | CLE | LHP | PHI |
16 | Michael Hauschild | TEX | RHP | HOU |
17 | Stuart Turner | CIN | C | MIN |
18 | Anthony Santander | BAL | OF | CLE |
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