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HOUSTON The Astros have had their share of Rule 5 Draft successes in the past 50 years, a list that incudes left-handed pitcher Wesley Wright, center fielder Willy Taveras and right-handed pitcher Xavier Hernandez. Those were the outliers.
Most of the players the club has taken in the Rule 5 Draft over the years didn’t reach the Majors or didn’t have much of an impact when they did, which isn’t an unusual outcome for the Rule 5 Draft. Players taken in the Major League phase must remain on that club’s active roster for the entire next season or be offered back to the former club.
coming up on espnews. the old saying is let nature take its course, but no one said anything about nature taking over the course. if getting shut out by the worst team in baseball wasn t bad enough, the yankees add injury to insult. north carolina has already won the national title in basketball. the tar heels trying to keep the dream alive in baseball. and, why team u.s.a. has its work cut out in the confed cup and the world cup. this is espnews. captioning by captionmax hi and welcome to espnews. along with will selva, i m j.w. stewart. normally bethpage black only has one hole with a water hazard. thursday, the whole course was a water hazard. they re not wearing life vests but scott van pelt and andy north are anchoring our coverage from a very soggy bethpage black. they told us it was coming, but i m not sure anyone was prepared for what fell from the skies here thursday on long island bethpage black absolutely inundated. it s difficult to describe how mise
the only difference in the ballgame is the bruce two-run homer. let s continue the conversation about where strasburg s mind might be about money and playing baseball quickly. rob: i think a lot of times these players start believing everything they hear. i heard over 1500 stories were written about strasburg. it s going to be hard for yo to get your work in and get yours to the major league. aspitched innings in the major league last year. he spent the entire season getting ready. it s a ocesalways involving and always changing. you saw storen trying to get out there. that s his like this kid. they like what he s done at stanford, his makeup, his approach to the ballgame, it will fact he s all american the last two years. he s got the whole package. guzman retiring hernandez. great prep career out at stanford. dominating performance. nice play by guzman and a play spinning his way. you can see the way he reacted. rob: win field, hallof famer said a 240 major league hitt
was doing. baseball, basketball, track, every sport you have. but i coached all three of mine. so it was a lot of fun. adam said his dad has given him a lot of good advice. take the walk and if you get on base you can score. he also said that he appreciates the time that he spent with his dad, having coached him so often and especially now he himself is a dad and expecting a second child. johnny. johnny: thank you debbi, very much. we will be talking about adam dunn all throughout the ballgame and give you some information and insights you are not aware of. he would have played for mack brown in texas. rob: yes, he would have. johnny: i think he threw something like 44 touchdown passes. one of the top quarterbacks coming out of high school. rob: my good friend and my accountant out in los angeles is a texas alum and another one of my accountants was a lineman on texas that would have played with adam and they are still upset that he didn t play there. they wanted hi
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