Sox take C Nieto in rule 5 draft

[BigSoxHurt35]

Adrian Nieto - C - White Sox
White Sox selected C Adrian Nieto from the Nationals in the 2013 Rule 5 draft.
Say hello to your new backup catcher, Chicago. The 24-year-old Cuban hit .285 with 68 runs, 53 RBI and 11 homers across 110 games for High Class-A Potomac in 2013. That would seem to suggest that he isn't close to the majors -- "Talked to scouts who saw him in [the] Carolina League, thought of him as [an] iffy MLBer," tweeted Baseball America's JJ Cooper -- but Nieto opened eyes in the Arizona Fall League, hitting .271 with six RBI in 13 games. His addition is bad news for Tyler Flowers.
Source: JJ Cooper on Twitter Dec 12 - 9:36 AM


This better not be the move at catcher.

 

[brett05]

The bad news is that no one will want Flowers for $1mil

 

[Capt. Serious]

He got 950K not 1 mil.

 

[brett05]

He got 950K not 1 mil.

That's it. that $50K probably means 29 teams are begging Hahn to trade him.

 

[nickofypres]

Wonder if Nieto starts at class-A or Birmingham?

 

[DewsSox79]

birm i think

 

[brett05]

Question here: Weren't Rule 5 guys supposed to be on the MLB roster the entire season otherwise they had to be offered back?

 

[nickofypres]

Yes.

 

[DewsSox79]

oh yea. if he isnt on the roster he goes back. you can still work a deal out as well.not sure what the plan is here.


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[ginny]

Question here: Weren't Rule 5 guys supposed to be on the MLB roster the entire season otherwise they had to be offered back?

Yes, and at half the price back to the original team.