OK, usually I start this before the trade deadline so I can better get a sense of what kind of 40 man crush Cashman will be facing, but this year I couldn't motivate. NY did virtually nothing at the deadline though and have now started moving prospects up, so I want to get an idea of just how much space they might have.
Let's start with Mike Axisa's Rule 5 eligible list from July 20:
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Here are their notable minor leaguers eligible for the Rule 5 Draft after this season (asterisk indicates the player will be a minor league free agent, not just Rule 5 Draft eligible):
What's crazy is that in the three weeks since he made that list, Agustin Ramirez has gone from 0 percent to be protected (not even listed above) to maybe a 60-70 percent chance after being promoted again today, to AA.
So I'm going to say NY will protect:
Austin Wells
Agustin Ramirez
Jasson Dominguez
Estevan Florial
Clayton Beeter
Edgar Barclay
C (4): 2 of Trevino/Higgy/Rortvedt, Wells, Ramirez
IF (6): Rizzo, Torres, Volpe, LeMahieu, Peraza, Cabrera
OF (7): Judge, Stanton, McKinney, Bauers, Pereira, Florial, Dominguez
SP (9): Cole, Rodon, Cortes, Schmidt, German, Vasquez, Brito, Beeter, Gomez
RP (13): Holmes, Loaisiga, King, Kahnle, Hamilton, Marinaccio, Gil, Weissert, Cordero, Abreu, Effross, Trivino, Barclay
OK, that's 39, including German and Cordero and who knows what happens there. Anyway, that's a good first try, I think, will revisit down the road.
Let's start with Mike Axisa's Rule 5 eligible list from July 20:
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Here are their notable minor leaguers eligible for the Rule 5 Draft after this season (asterisk indicates the player will be a minor league free agent, not just Rule 5 Draft eligible):
- Catchers: Josh Breaux, Antonio Gomez, Carlos Narvaez*, Austin Wells
- Infielders: Andrés Chaparro*, Jared Serna, Alex Vargas
- Outfielders: Jasson Domínguez, Elijah Dunham, Estevan Florial*
- Righties: Clayton Beeter, Carson Coleman, Matt Sauer, Mitch Spence
- Lefties: Edgar Barclay
What's crazy is that in the three weeks since he made that list, Agustin Ramirez has gone from 0 percent to be protected (not even listed above) to maybe a 60-70 percent chance after being promoted again today, to AA.
So I'm going to say NY will protect:
Austin Wells
Agustin Ramirez
Jasson Dominguez
Estevan Florial
Clayton Beeter
Edgar Barclay
C (4): 2 of Trevino/Higgy/Rortvedt, Wells, Ramirez
IF (6): Rizzo, Torres, Volpe, LeMahieu, Peraza, Cabrera
OF (7): Judge, Stanton, McKinney, Bauers, Pereira, Florial, Dominguez
SP (9): Cole, Rodon, Cortes, Schmidt, German, Vasquez, Brito, Beeter, Gomez
RP (13): Holmes, Loaisiga, King, Kahnle, Hamilton, Marinaccio, Gil, Weissert, Cordero, Abreu, Effross, Trivino, Barclay
OK, that's 39, including German and Cordero and who knows what happens there. Anyway, that's a good first try, I think, will revisit down the road.