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Phillies Select 3 In Rule V Draft

The Phillies selected three players in the Rule V draft today.

First Round (MLB): Bobby Mosebach, RHP, Angels
In 2008, Mosebach, 23, went 9-12 with a 4.62 ERA for AA Arkansas. He struck out 88 and walked 69. And he hasn’t really had a good year since 2006, when he was playing A-ball. He’s a groundball pitcher, too.

I can’t see him sticking on the Phillies in 2009. He’ll be offered back.

First Round (AAA): Kyle Haines, 2B, Giants
Haines hit .259 with a .691 OPS (0 HR, 42 RBI) for the Giants AA club. Nothing special at all here. Maybe he’s a defensive-minded player?

Second Round (AAA): Javis Diaz, OF, Padres
Another poor hitter, he stole 28 bases last season for the Padres A+ team. Nothing else says he’s a winner.

If a player isn’t stashed on their drafted roster all season, they have to be offered back to their original team. Something tells me all three will meet that fate.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.