Nationals Select Brian Broderick in Rule V Draft
Posted on December 9th, 2010 by azruavatar in Brian BroderickThe Nationals grabbed up the lanky, groundball specialist Brian Broderick from the Cardinals in this year’s Rule V draft.
Broderick performed well in 2010 splitting his time between Palm Beach and Springfield. He pitched with well above average command of a sinking fastball generating lots of groundballs and limiting his walks. At 6’6″, Broderick can make full use of his height to drive the ball down in the zone.
Much like the trade that sent David Carpenter to the Astros in 2010, the Cardinals have lost a farm system player who represented depth rather than a critical piece to the big league puzzle. Broderick should have an easier path to the majors in the pitching starved Nationals system where he isn’t behind guys like Lance Lynn and Brandon Dickson.
Future Redbirds wishes Brian the best of luck in his future endeavors (unless he’s playing the Cardinals).
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They have too keep him on ML roster, correct. What are the chances of that?
You’d be *amazed* at the injury rate among pitchers selected in the Rule V.
No, they just can’t send him down below AAA.
Nevermind. I thought they took him in the AAA phase of the Rule V draft.
Personally, I like Brian Broderick and hope he finds his way back to us. I don’t think he was necessarily behind Brandon Dickson… maybe on the same level.
I would have though Dickson was ahead of Broderick but its hard to believe the Nationals thought so since they could have selected him instead and if truly ahead would have had a much better chance at sticking.
When other teams start poaching players from our system in Rule V that haven’t pitched above AA, I think it says something about the depth of our pitching. The critics who bash our farm system on the issue of pitchers irk me at times.
it also may show how slowly we develop these guys
Also in the Rule 5: The Cardinals took Jean Mijares, LHP, New Britain (MIN), in the AAA phase. Does anyone know anything about him? No losses in that phase, and no action either way in the AA phase.
I note that also in the AAA phase, Atlanta took somebody named Rowdy Hardy, from Northwest Arkansas. I’m barely able to type that sentence with a straight face.
[...] Future Redbirds gave a brief breakdown of Broderick after the pitcher was lost to the Nationals in the draft; “Broderick performed well in 2010 splitting his time between Palm Beach and Springfield. He pitched with well above average command of a sinking fastball generating lots of ground balls and limiting his walks. At 6’6″, Broderick can make full use of his height to drive the ball down in the zone.” [...]
Broderick is a family friend of mine im glad hes made it
I’ve seen Brian pitch in spring training this season and I was very impressed with his control and his presence on the mound. As a Nationals fan, I am enthusiastically expecting him to be a pleasant surprise for the Nats and I believe we will be seeing him during the regular season as a starter or in the bullpen.