Rule 5 Draft Considerations - Winter Roster Additions

Philsmania 2016-12-08 17:19:23 UTC #141

It's a tiny bit of a shocker that Pullin wasn't picked. All the reports made it sound like a slam dunk that he would be taken by someone.

donaldorc 2016-12-08 18:07:16 UTC #142

If he is only projected to be a 4th/5th starter as Allentown contends, why would there be any interest in him at all?

Austinfan 2016-12-08 18:11:35 UTC #143

Munoz was a Garcia type long-shot, 25 years old but throwing in the mid-90s.
Obviously, if he wasn't protected they saw him as a low probability event but the stuff is there for the "miracle" turnaround.

Philsmania 2016-12-08 18:18:40 UTC #144

Just sayin', the consensus seemed to be that he would be picked by someone. That's all.

Philsmania 2016-12-08 18:20:02 UTC #145

Munoz was an interesting story, albeit a long shot. The Inquirer did a series on him earlier this year. The below article has a link to the series.

allentown 2016-12-08 20:07:58 UTC #146

In part because 4th/5th OFs do have value. Also perhaps because another team might reach a different conclusion that the Phillies did on his ability to become adequate defensively at 2B. On his draft day, much of MLB didn't think Chase Utley could become adequate defensively at 2B. If he can play 2B, then Pullins bat played much better than if he had to be a corner OF, where the lack of power hurts him. Possibly somebody might value the versatility of having a 4th OF who could survive at 2B in a pinch.

With the extra year of team control, it's harder and harder to get a Rule 5 who really makes it. Odubel really is exceptional in that regard. A guy who can do a little bit during his year on the 25-man is easier to keep than a h igher ceiling guy who is dead weight for that year. Pullin can be viewed as a guy who might put up a decent obp.

schillingfan 2016-12-09 04:12:56 UTC #147

How did we end up with no discussion of the Rule 5 draft? Apparently the Indians drafted Hoby Milner at #15. Didn't see any other losses. Padres managed to trade etc. to get the top three Rule 5 draft picks? I looked all around to see where the Rule 5 draft discussion was and was clueless. If there is a place, sorry. Don't know whether it's too complex to change for the new board, but when I clicked on the phorum I'd have right at the top threads in order of most recent comments, and it would tell me if I read them or not. I'm still struggling a bit with trying to findthings.

julio 2016-12-09 04:49:21 UTC #148

SF- Scroll up in this thread. Squire reported on the Hoby Milner pick when it happened. There were no other losses in the major-league portion of the draft. I reported on the minor-league phase (we drafted a SS, Jorge Flores, from the Jays; lost RHP Jairo Munoz to the Rays).

There was mention of Art Charles (ex-Phillie farmhand) being drafted. There was discussion of Andew Pullin NOT being drafted (although many anticipated he might be). Allentown commented on our not losing Tocci or Pujols (which possibility apparently had concerned him).

With regard to your general navigation questions... First, what page are you using as your "home" or entry page? If it's the "Categories" page (which is the page you land on if you just go to www.philliesphans.com), the latest posts are listed on the right side of the page. If you've set a shortcut to some other page ... well, you may want to reconsider that.

If instead you choose to view the "Latest" posts, you get a single-column listing of threads, starting with the ones with most recent activity.

The "New" listing lists new threads (topics) - not necessarily the threads with the newest posts. The "Top" listing...I'm not sure; it's a strange thing.

Depending on how you have your preferences set, you should see the number of unread posts next to the "Unread" link in the main navigation bar (just under the blue header bar on the Categories page. There should also be a blue dot marking the thread titles in the Latest listing (right side of the page), with a number indicating the number of unread posts in the thread. However, these "unread" markings will only appear if you are "tracking" the individual threads, or all the threads in a category ("Renegade Phan Phorum" is a category). I peeked at your preferences, and you are automatically tracking any threads you have read or posted in. You can change this, for an entire category, or thread by thread. NOTE: I do not really recommend that you increase from "tracking" to "watching," unless maybe for a couple of threads - and only if you want to be inundated with notifications! If you "watch" a thread, you will get a notification (in the dropdown list under your avatar - top right corner of the pages), and unless you turn it off, you'll also get emailed every time somebody posts in the thread. If a thread gets busy, you could get a lot of emails (up to a limit, which I've set at 20 emails per user per day). Your choice.

zambonir 2016-12-09 09:15:02 UTC #149

The one thing that keeps getting me is that "new" threads don't show up in "unread" for me. So if I "track" all of Renegade Phan Phorum that should change? (I guess I am not tracking them individually before they exist, huh?)

julio 2016-12-09 13:12:01 UTC #150

I think that's correct, z - although I haven't actually tested that. You can set an entire category to be tracked in your preferences (near the bottom). Be careful to "track" and not "watch" the category - unless you want to be notified every time there's a new post (until you hit the daily email limit, that is!).