Read on the DMN site where the Rangers lost no players in the major league phase of the Rule 5 draft today. We did, of course end up with Fabio Castro via the Royals (via trade for Esteban German). That’s good, as I was worried we’d lose some of our good players. We did add and lose some in the minor league phase, though. I’ll quote from Jamey Newberg‘s report on that one.
In the AAA phase of the draft, Texas lost utility man Cameron Coughlan to Oakland and added three players: outfielders Alexi Ogando and Jayce Tingler and lefthander Estelin Soto. Unlike the big league phase of the draft, the minor league phases don’t carry any roster requirements, and so Coughlan is lost to the A’s and Ogando, Tingler, and Soto are now Ranger property.