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Corcino among six
added to Reds' 40-man roster
Cincinnati Reds
Club's No. 4
prospect protected from Draft
CINCINNATI -- Ahead of Tuesday's deadline, the Reds added six players
to their 40-man roster to protect them from being selected in next
month's Rule 5 Draft.
The list includes two top 20 prospects in the organization, as ranked
by MLB.com -- right-handed starting pitcher Daniel Corcino (No. 4) and
outfielder Yorman Rodriguez (No. 19). Also protected were right-handed
pitchers Carlos Contreras, Curtis Partch and Josh Ravin and left-handed
starter Ismael Guillon.
Major League Baseball's deadline to protect players was Tuesday at
11:59 p.m. ET. Players first signed at age 18 must be added to 40-man
rosters within five years or they become eligible to be drafted by
other organizations through the Rule 5 process. Players signed at 19
years old are to be protected within four years.
Clubs pay $50,000 to select a player in the Rule 5 Draft, to be held on
Dec. 6 at the conclusion of the Winter Meetings in Nashville. If that
player doesn't stay on the 25-man roster for the full season, he must
be offered back to his former team for $25,000.
With the additions, the Reds' 40-man roster currently sits at 39
players.
Corcino skipped a level by going from low Class A Dayton to Double-A
Pensacola. In 26 starts, the 22-year-old was 8-8 with a 3.01 ERA, 65
walks, 111 hits and 126 strikeouts in 143 1/3 innings. In June, the
Dominican pitcher took part in a tandem no-hitter by throwing the first
eight innings before reaching his pitch limit.
Rodriguez, 20, struggled to bat .156 in 23 games at Class A-Advanced
Bakersfield before he was sent back to Dayton. With the Dragons, he
batted .271 with six homers and 44 RBIs in 65 games. Rodriguez was
signed as a teenager out of Venezuela in 2008.
A 21-year-old reliever from the Dominican Republic, Contreras posted a
3.12 ERA in 49 games with Dayton and Bakersfield. He spent most of the
season in the Midwest League, where he had 19 walks with 51 strikeouts
in 50 2/3 innings.
Read the rest of the article at The Bleacher Report
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