Comments on: Nationals Select Brian Broderick in Rule V Draft

By: Ken Keller

Ken Keller — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:24:05 +0000

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.

By: nathan

nathan — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 18:24:24 +0000

Broderick is a family friend of mine im glad hes made it

By: The Baseball Opinion » Blog Archive » Rainy Day Reading: Rule 5 Draft

The Baseball Opinion » Blog Archive » Rainy Day Reading: Rule 5 Draft — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:33:19 +0000

[...] 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.” [...]

By: Timmy

Timmy — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:19:42 +0000

Nevermind. I thought they took him in the AAA phase of the Rule V draft.

By: Timmy

Timmy — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:17:20 +0000

No, they just can’t send him down below AAA.

By: sportsman

sportsman — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 21:08:33 +0000

it also may show how slowly we develop these guys

By: cariocacardinal

cariocacardinal — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 18:22:52 +0000

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.

By: Gruntosaurus

Gruntosaurus — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:54:09 +0000

You’d be *amazed* at the injury rate among pitchers selected in the Rule V.

By: Gruntosaurus

Gruntosaurus — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:53:17 +0000

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.

By: jjray

jjray — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:21:25 +0000

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.