Seattle takes Farris in Triple-A portion of Rule 5 http://0rz.tw/03P2S NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Mariners didn't select anyone in the Major League portion of Thursday's Rule 5 Draft at the Winter Meetings, but they did take second baseman Eric Farris from the Brewers' organization in the Triple-A portion of the proceedings. Farris, 26, played 13 games last season for the Brewers and went 1-for-8 with a run and a walk. He spent most of his season with Triple-A Nashville, batting .286 with seven home runs and 31 RBIs in 131 games. Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik is familiar with the 5-foot-9, 180-pounder from his days as the Brewers scouting director. "We drafted him in '07 out of Loyola Marymount in California," Zduriencik said. "He's a nice little middle infielder. He's got some action and can run a little bit. We thought it was a very low-risk acquisition. We'll give him a chance and see what happens." Farris was blocked in Milwaukee by second baseman Rickie Weeks and young prospect Scooter Gennett, and Brewers management left him open by protecting him only on the Double-A roster as a favor to a player they felt deserved a better opportunity at this point in his career. "We put him there with the hope someone would take him," said Brewers assistant general manager Gord Ash. With their own 40-man roster full, the Mariners passed with their selection -- the 11th pick overall -- in the Major League portion of the Rule 5 Draft. Last year, Seattle took left-handed reliever Lucas Luetge from the Brewers, and he wound up sticking with the club the entire year. Zduriencik was pleased the Mariners didn't lose anyone in the Draft. The club added five of its top eligible prospects to the 40-man roster last month in order to protect them. "We'd heard rumors that a couple clubs were interested in taking our guys here or there, and they didn't, so that's good," he said. "We spent a lot of time managing the roster and it worked out pretty well." Major League officials announced that the Mariners' 40-man roster was at 39 prior to the Draft, but Zduriencik said that was merely a technicality because recently acquired infielder Robert Andino has yet to take his physical to finalize the paperwork on the one-year deal he signed last week. --- 水兵在今年大聯盟的規則五選秀沒有選人，也無球員被他隊選走 而在3A的規則五選進了酒鬼旗下的二壘手 Eric Farris Eric Farris 26歲，今年在酒鬼出賽了13場，1-8，另有 1R 1BB 1SB 的成績 大多數時間在酒鬼3A的 Nashville ，成績為 286/329/377 7HR 31RBI 35SB 13CS 由於酒鬼二壘手在大聯盟已有Rickie Weeks 且小聯盟有潛力新秀Scooter Gennett 因此僅將Eric Farris放在2A名單中保護 順帶一提Eric Farris是Z老大在酒鬼當球探長時於 07'年選入 (4th round) 可以說是相當熟悉下做的一筆交易 文章也提到了去年Z老大在規則五也是選了過去酒鬼旗下的 Lucas Luetge 今年可以說故技重施，希望能有一樣的成效。 --- 第一次發文，請大家多指教 --

※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 1.171.186.235