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Rule 5 Draft

December 15, 2003

Players selected in the Rule 5 Draft held this morning at the Winter Meetings in New Orleans.

Josh Boyd's Analysis                    Results From The Minor League Phase

First Round

Team Player, Position, Organization
Detroit Chris Shelton, c/1b, Pittsburgh
San Diego Rich Thompson, of, Pittsburgh*
Tampa Bay Alec Zumwalt, rhp, Atlanta
New York (NL) Frank Brooks, lhp, Pittsburgh**
Milwaukee Jeff Bennett, rhp, Pittsburgh
Baltimore Jose Bautista, 3b, Pittsburgh
Cincinnati David Mattox, rhp, New York (NL)
Texas Chris Mabeus, rhp, Oakland
Colorado Matt White, lhp, Cleveland
Kansas City Jason Szuminski, rhp, Chicago (NL)*
Montreal Andy Fox, if, Texas
Toronto Talley Haines, rhp, Tampa Bay
Chicago (AL) Jason Grilli, rhp, Florida
St. Louis Hector Luna, ss, Cleveland
Boston Lenny Dinardo, lhp, New York (NL)
Houston Willy Taveras, of, Cleveland

Second Round

Team Player, Position, Organization
Detroit Mike Bumatay, lhp, Colorado
Colorado Luis Gonzalez, if/of, Cleveland
Boston Colter Bean, rhp, New York (AL)

Third Round

Team Player, Position, Organization
Detroit Lino Urdaneta, rhp, Cleveland


Following the draft:

* The Padres traded Rich Thompson to the Royals for Jason Szuminski and cash. ** The Mets traded Frank Brooks to the A's for a player to be named

 
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