2016 Rule V Draft

The Major League 2016 Rule V Draft was held December 8th in Washington, DC. With the new collective bargaining agreement, the Rule V draft had a few changes. The Double A phase was eliminated resulting in only two phases, the Major League portion and the minor league portion. Also the prices for draft picks were raised to $100,000 for Major League picks and $24,000 for minor league picks. Eighteen players were selected in the Major League phase, and 39 were taken in the minor league phase.

Interestingly the top three picks in the draft ended up with the San Diego Padres, who selected Allen Cordoba third overall, and then arranged deals to obtain the top two picks as well: Miguel Diaz, who had been selected first overall by the Minnesota Twins, and Luis Torrens, who had been picked second by the Cincinnati Reds. All three went on to make their major league debut in the Padres' first game of the 2017 season, on April 3rd.

Two of the pitchers who had been drafted from the New York Yankees, Caleb Smith and Tyler Webb, were claimed back by the Yankees after failing to stick with the teams who had drafted them, and both made their major league debuts for New York during the 2017 season.

Rule V Draft Major League Selections

Selecting team	Player	Position	Team	Organization	Notes
Minnesota Twins	Miguel Diaz	Pitcher		Milwaukee Brewers	*
Cincinnati Reds	Luis Torrens	Catcher		New York Yankees	*
San Diego Padres	Allen Cordoba	Shortstop		St. Louis Cardinals
Tampa Bay Rays	Kevin Gadea	Pitcher		Seattle Mariners
Atlanta Braves	Armando Rivero	Pitcher		Chicago Cubs
Arizona Diamondbacks	Tyler Jones	Pitcher		New York Yankees
Milwaukee Brewers	Caleb Smith	Pitcher		New York Yankees	*
Los Angeles Angels	Justin Haley	Pitcher		Boston Red Sox	*
Chicago White Sox	Dylan Covey	Pitcher		Oakland A's
Pittsburgh Pirates	Tyler Webb	Pitcher		New York Yankees
Detroit Tigers	Daniel Stumpf	Pitcher		Kansas City Royals
Baltimore Orioles	Aneury Tavarez	Outfielder		Boston Red Sox
Toronto Blue Jays	Glenn Sparkman	Pitcher		Kansas City Royals
Boston Red Sox	Josh Rutledge	Infielder		Colorado Rockies
Cleveland Indians	Hoby Milner	Pitcher		Philadelphia Phillies
Texas Rangers	Mike Hauschild	Pitcher		Houston Astros
Cincinnati Reds	Stuart Turner	Catcher		Minnesota Twins
Baltimore Orioles	Anthony Santander	Outfielder		Cleveland Indians

* Subsequently traded

Rule V Draft Minor League Selections

Selecting team	Player	Position	Team	Organization	Notes
Louisville Bats	Jose Adames	Pitcher		Miami Marlins
El Paso Chihuahuas	Trevor Frank	Pitcher		Cleveland Indians
Durham Bulls	Ty Hensley	Pitcher		New York Yankees
Gwinnett Braves	Cesilio Pimentel	Pitcher		Pittsburgh Pirates
Reno Aces	Jon Fitzsimmons	Pitcher		Cleveland Indians
Lehigh Valley IronPigs	Jorge Flores	Shortstop		Toronto Blue Jays
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Art Charles	1st baseman		Cincinnati Reds
Salt Lake Bees	Matt Williams	Shortstop		St. Louis Cardinals
Albuquerque Isotopes	Anthony Bemboom	Catcher		Los Angeles Angels
New Orleans Baby Cakes	Cal Towey	Outfielder		Los Angeles Angels
Omaha Storm Chasers	Kelvin Magallanes	Pitcher		New York Yankees
Fresno Grizzlies	Eduardo De Oleo	Catcher		Arizona Diamondbacks
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Jorge Saez	Catcher		Toronto Blue Jays
Tacoma Rainiers	Paul Paez	Pitcher		New York Mets
Memphis Redbirds	Austin Wilson	Outfielder		Seattle Mariners
Toledo Mud Hens	Sean Donatello	Pitcher		Miami Marlins
Norfolk Tides	Jefri Hernandez	Pitcher		Cincinnati Reds
Buffalo Bisons	Phillip Walby	Pitcher		Washington Nationals
Oklahoma City Dodgers	Edward Paredes	Pitcher		Detroit Tigers
Pawtucket Red Sox	Harrison Cooney	Pitcher		Los Angeles Angels
Round Rock Express	Matt Smoral	Pitcher		Toronto Blue Jays
Iowa Cubs	Kevin Cornelius	Shortstop		New York Yankees
Durham Bulls	Jairo Munoz	Pitcher		Philadelphia Phillies
Reno Aces	Grant Sides	Pitcher		Cleveland Indians
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Matt Ramsey	Pitcher		Miami Marlins
Salt Lake Bees	Adrian Almeida	Pitcher		New York Mets
New Orleans Baby Cakes	Nick Maronde	Pitcher		Cleveland Indians
Fresno Grizzlies	Jared Mortensen	Pitcher		Tampa Bay Rays
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Colten Brewer	Pitcher		Pittsburgh Pirates
Tacoma Rainiers	Chuck Taylor	Outfielder		Arizona Diamondbacks
Toledo Mud Hens	Elvis Rubio	Outfielder		Milwaukee Brewers
Norfolk Tides	Brian Moran	Pitcher		Atlanta Braves
Oklahoma City Dodgers	Kyle Grana	Pitcher		St. Louis Cardinals
Pawtucket Red Sox	Josh Smith	Pitcher		Pittsburgh Pirates
Round Rock Express	Zack Bird	Pitcher		Atlanta Braves
Reno Aces	Daniel Lockhart	Shortstop		Chicago Cubs
Salt Lake Bees	Mario Sanjur	Catcher		Detroit Tigers
New Orleans Baby Cakes	Alex Yarbrough	2nd baseman		Los Angeles Angels
Round Rock Express	Fernando Miranda	Pitcher		Atlanta Braves

Further Reading

• Jonathan Mayo: "Top 3 picks of Rule 5 Draft end up on Padres: Twins, Reds send Nos. 1-2 selected players to San Diego via trades", mlb.com, December 8, 2016. [1]

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