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    Toronto Blue Jays, who struck gold with Joe Biagini, try for similar bounty with Rule 5 draftee Glen

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    Toronto Blue Jays, who struck gold with Joe Biagini, try for similar bounty with Rule 5 draftee Glen Empty Toronto Blue Jays, who struck gold with Joe Biagini, try for similar bounty with Rule 5 draftee Glen

    Post by jedi17 Thu 08 Dec 2016, 8:43 pm

    Toronto Blue Jays, who struck gold with Joe Biagini, try for similar bounty with Rule 5 draftee Glenn Sparkman

    The Toronto Blue Jays used their selection in the Rule 5 draft on Thursday to select right-handed pitcher Glenn Sparkman from the Royals farm system.

    The Jays caught lightning with their Rule 5 pick last season, plucking Joe Biagini from the Giants. Rule 5 picks must remain on the major league roster for the entire season or be offered back to their original club at half the cost. (This year, Rule 5 picks cost $100,000, double the amount from previous seasons.)
    Sparkman, six-foot-two and 210 pounds, was a 20th-round pick by Kansas City in the 2013 draft from a junior college in Texas. He had a spectacular season in the high Class-A Carolina league in 2014, compiling a 1.56 ERA in 121 innings that included 18 starts in 29 appearances.

    Toronto Blue Jays reliever Joe Biagini, a Rule 5 draft pick in 2015, pitches in the AL wild-card game against the Baltimore Orioles on Oct. 4.
    He was limited to just 20 innings in 2015 because of Tommy John surgery. He returned to action in June last season and bounced around four levels, pitching 60 innings at a 5.22 ERA.
    It might be a huge reach to ask Sparkman, even at the age of 24, to pitch in the majors for an entire season with such a small track record of success. But he will be another year removed from his elbow surgery, which should augur well for a possible rebound. The Blue Jays probably like the fact that he walked only 10 batters last season, even though he was giving up hits at a rate of 10.4 per nine innings.
    In the Triple-A phase of the draft, the Blue Jays selected one pitcher from the Nationals and lost three players from their system.
    Toronto picked Philip Walby, a 24-year-old right-hander who was also taken in the 2013 draft by the Yankees. He has pitched exclusively in relief, but has yet to rise out of Class-A ball in four seasons in the minors. He was released by the Yankees in May and immediately signed by Washington. He has an exceedingly high walk rate of 6.3 per nine innings in his minor-league career, without a hint that he can be a high strikeout guy with more seasoning. His lack of control goes back to his collegiate career at San Diego State. Jays scouts must see something they can work with.
    The Jays lost three players in this phase, including former first-round pick Matt Smoral, who was selected by the Rangers. Smoral, a left-handed pitcher, was the 50th pick overall in the 2013 draft but, like Walby, never advanced past Class-A in four seasons. He had a 13.15 ERA in 13 innings in Vancouver last season, his only minor-league action. He was also troubled by a lack of control, compiling a walk rate of 8.0 per nine innings. He is still only 22, though, having been drafted out of high school.

    Catcher Jorge Saez Jr., a 26-year-old catcher, was picked up by the Yankees. Shortstop Jorge Flores, 25, was taken by the Phillies. Both players spent time at Double-A New Hampshire last season.

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