2003 Rule V Draft

The major league 2003 Rule V Draft was held on December 15th. 20 players were drafted by major league teams. Five of the first six picks were taken from the Pittsburgh Pirates, while the Pirates made no picks in the draft.

The second pick, Richard Thompson, and the tenth pick, Jason Szuminski, were immediately traded for each other.

Rule V Draft Major league Selections

Selecting team	Player	Position	Team	Organization
Detroit Tigers	Chris Shelton	Catcher	Nashville Sounds	Pittsburgh Pirates
San Diego Padres	Rich Thompson	Outfielder	Nashville Sounds	Pittsburgh Pirates
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Alec Zumwalt	Pitcher	Richmond Braves	Atlanta Braves
New York Mets	Frank Brooks	Pitcher	Nashville Sounds	Pittsburgh Pirates
Milwaukee Brewers	Jeff Bennett	Pitcher	Nashville Sounds	Pittsburgh Pirates
Baltimore Orioles	Jose Bautista	3rd baseman	Nashville Sounds	Pittsburgh Pirates
Cincinnati Reds	David Mattox	Pitcher	Norfolk Tides	New York Mets
Texas Rangers	Chris Mabeus	Pitcher	Sacramento River Cats	Oakland A's
Colorado Rockies	Matt White	Pitcher	Buffalo Bisons	Cleveland Indians
Kansas City Royals	Jason Szuminski	Pitcher	Iowa Cubs	Chicago Cubs
Montreal Expos	Andy Fox	Infielder	Oklahoma RedHawks	Texas Rangers
Toronto Blue Jays	Talley Haines	Pitcher	Durham Bulls	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Chicago White Sox	Jason Grilli	Pitcher	Albuquerque Isotopes	Florida Marlins
St. Louis Cardinals	Hector Luna	Shortstop	Buffalo Bisons	Cleveland Indians
Boston Red Sox	Lenny DiNardo	Pitcher		New York Mets
Houston Astros	Willy Taveras	Outfielder		Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers	Mike Bumatay	Pitcher	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Colorado Rockies
Colorado Rockies	Luis Gonzalez	Infielder	Buffalo Bisons	Cleveland Indians
Boston Red Sox	Colter Bean	Pitcher	Columbus Clippers	New York Yankees
Detroit Tigers	Lino Urdaneta	Pitcher	Buffalo Bisons	Cleveland Indians

Rule V Draft AAA Selections

Selecting team	Player	Position	Team	Organization
Portland Beavers	Ronnie Merrill	Infielder		Colorado Rockies
Durham Bulls	Mark Comolli	Pitcher		Toronto Blue Jays
Norfolk Tides	Eric Valent	Outfielder		Cincinnati Reds
Buffalo Bisons	Todd West	Infielder		Milwaukee Brewers
Indianapolis Indians	Ryan Costello	Pitcher		Toronto Blue Jays
Louisville Bats	Jorge Mejia	Infielder		Oakland A's
Oklahoma RedHawks	Tydus Meadows	Outfielder		Kansas City Royals
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Eudy Morel	Pitcher		San Diego Padres
Salt Lake Stingers	Willie Collazo	Pitcher		Atlanta Braves
Nashville Sounds	Justin Lord	Pitcher		Kansas City Royals
Omaha Royals	Leslie Nacar	Pitcher		San Francisco Giants
Edmonton Trappers	Ender Chavez	Outfielder		New York Mets
Charlotte Knights	Eric Stephenson	Pitcher		Toronto Blue Jays
Las Vegas 51s	Luis Jimenez	Infielder		Baltimore Orioles
Memphis Redbirds	Rayner Laya	Infielder		Montreal Expos
Tacoma Rainiers	Darwin Soto	Pitcher		San Diego Padres
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons	Kurt Keene	Infielder		Toronto Blue Jays
Pawtucket Red Sox	Mark Carter	Pitcher		Chicago Cubs
New Orleans Zephyrs	Shaun Babula	Pitcher		Baltimore Orioles
Sacramento River Cats	Shawn Sonnier	Pitcher		Chicago Cubs
Iowa Cubs	John Foster	Pitcher		Milwaukee Brewers
Columbus Clippers	Joe Orloski	Pitcher		Milwaukee Brewers
Albuquerque Isotopes	Chris Bass	Infielder		Pittsburgh Pirates
Fresno Grizzlies	Omar Anez	Pitcher		New York Mets
Portland Beavers	Homero Rivera	Pitcher		Montreal Expos
Durham Bulls	Tim Corcoran	Pitcher		Baltimore Orioles
Norfolk Tides	Lance Caraccioli	Pitcher		Cleveland Indians
Oklahoma RedHawks	Peter Zoccolillo	Outfielder		Milwaukee Brewers
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Danny Sandoval	Infielder		Philadelphia Phillies
Salt Lake Stingers	Alex Pelaez	Infielder		San Diego Padres
Nashville Sounds	Gary Thomas	Outfielder		Chicago Cubs
Omaha Royals	Honeudis Pereyra	Pitcher		Cleveland Indians
Edmonton Trappers	John Wilson	Catcher		New York Mets
Charlotte Knights	Francisco Campos	Pitcher		Milwaukee Brewers
Las Vegas 51s	Beau Dannemiller	Pitcher		Colorado Rockies
Tacoma Rainiers	Omar Falcon	Catcher		San Diego Padres
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons	Miguel Quintana	Outfielder		Cleveland Indians
Iowa Cubs	Jordan Gerk	Pitcher		Detroit Tigers
Albuquerque Isotopes	Adam Bonner	Outfielder		Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Portland Beavers	Jesse Roman	IF/OF		St. Louis Cardinals
Durham Bulls	Adan Munoz	Catcher		Atlanta Braves
Norfolk Tides	Bryan Edwards	Pitcher		San Diego Padres
Oklahoma RedHawks	Edgar Gonzalez	Infielder		Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Nashville Sounds	Alex Gordon	Outfielder		Baltimore Orioles
Edmonton Trappers	Tony Medrano	Infielder		Chicago Cubs
Las Vegas 51s	Daylan Holt	Outfielder		Chicago White Sox
Tacoma Rainiers	Chris Key	Pitcher		Florida Marlins
Albuquerque Isotopes	Peter Bauer	Pitcher		Toronto Blue Jays
Portland Beavers	Ignacio Montano	Pitcher		Cleveland Indians
Las Vegas 51s	Richard Bartlett	Pitcher		Baltimore Orioles

Rule V Draft AA Selections

Selecting team	Player	Position	Team	Organization
Erie SeaWolves	Wes Anderson	Pitcher		Boston Red Sox
Mobile BayBears	Mark McRoberts	C/OF		Philadelphia Phillies
Orlando Rays	Matt Bowser	Infielder		Oakland A's
Harrisburg Senators	Robert Garvin	Pitcher		San Diego Padres
Birmingham Barons	Darvin Withers	Pitcher		Oakland A's
Tennessee Smokies	Jackson Paz	Pitcher		Minnesota Twins
Orlando Rays	Sergio Contreras	Outfielder		Anaheim Angels
Harrisburg Senators	Eric Storey	Infielder		Chicago White Sox
Carolina Mudcats	Jim Goelz	Infielder		Boston Red Sox
Harrisburg Senators	Somer Gonzalez	Pitcher		Arizona Diamondbacks

* Draft picks are listed in order of selection.

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