Rule 5 Draft Recap

In this morning's Rule 5 Draft in Nashville, the Royals declined to take a pick in all 3 phases of the draft: Major League, Triple-A, and Double-A.  On the other hand, 4 different teams selected 5 players from the Royals organization, 3 of which played for Northwest Arkansas in 2012.  Here is a brief description of the 5 Royals minor leaguers selected in the Triple-A phase of the draft:

     Brendan Lafferty - LHP - Selected by the Philadelphia Phillies

     NWA - 1-1, 4.77 ERA, 43 G, 60.1 IP, 71 K, 40 BB, 32 ER, 9 HR, .240 AVG

     Ethan Hollingsworth - RHP - Selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates

     OMA - 2-3, 6.44 ERA, 11 G, 29.1 IP, 18 K, 10 BB, 21 ER, 2 HR, .357 AVG

     NWA - 3-8, 4.17 ERA, 23 G, 73.1 IP, 48 K, 20 BB, 34 ER, 6 HR, .285 AVG

     Federico Castaneda - RHP - Selected by the San Diego Padres

     MEX - 2-4, 5.71 ERA, 51 G, 52 IP, 52 K, 15 BB, 33 ER, 9 HR, .276 AVG

     Diego Goris - 3B - Selected by the San Diego Padres

     IDF - .286/.297/.545, 40 G, 10 HR, 32 RBI, 2 BB, 22 SO, 0 SB

     ROY - AZL - .425/.442/.688, 18 G, 3 HR, 19 RBI, 2 BB, 10 SO, 0 SB

     Ryan Dennick - LHP - Selected by the Cincinnati Reds

     WIL - 2-1, 4.57 ERA, 6 G, 21.2 IP, 17 K, 6 BB, 11 ER, 2 HR, .313 AVG

     NWA - 6-5, 4.62 ERA, 30 G, 74 IP, 72 K, 30 BB, 38 ER, 9 HR, .230 AVG

     

  Stats from MILB.com