Rule 5 Draft rundown. Reds get former #1 Pick

Well, today was the Rule 5 Draft. The Reds made a few selections and got another player via a trade.

With the 3rd overall pick in the major league phase, the Chicago Cubs made the biggest splash taking former #1 overall pick (1999) Josh Hamilton of the Devil Rays. However, that wasn't exactly what it seemed to be. Turns out, our Cincinnati Reds traded for Josh Hamilton for cash. If you don't know the history with Josh Hamilton, here is a brief summary.

Former #1 draft pick overall. Has dealt with drug and alcohol addiction from 2002-2006. Was suspended by MLB for 2 years for drug use. Reinstated last season and went 13-50 in short season ball after not playing for nearly 4 years.

Here is the complete round up of the Reds moves today in the Rule 5 Draft

Major League Phase

Josh Hamilton (drafted by Cubs, traded to Reds for cash) OF

Year	Team	Age	Lvl	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1999	Princeton	18	Rk	236	49	82	20	4	10	48	17	13	43	.347	.378	.593
	Hudson Vly	18	A-	72	7	14	3	0	0	7	1	1	14	.194	.213	.236
2000	Charlst-sc	19	A	391	62	118	23	3	13	61	14	27	71	.302	.348	.476
2001	Charlst-sc	20	A	11	3	4	1	0	1	2	0	2	3	.364	.462	.727
	Orlando	20	AA	89	5	16	5	0	0	4	2	5	22	.180	.221	.236
2002	Bkrsfld	21	A+	211	32	64	14	1	9	44	10	20	46	.303	.359	.507
2006	Hudson Vly	25	A-	50	7	13	3	1	0	5	0	5	11	.260	.327	.360
Milb Totals				1060	165	311	69	9	33	171	44	73	210	.293	.338	.469

Jared Burton (1st Round, 15th overall) RHP

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Level	W	L	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2002	Vancouver	Nwest	21	A-	0	4	3.58	13	1	37.2	32	22	15	0	14	38	1.22
2003	Kane Cty	Midw	22	A	2	1	2.27	15	1	31.2	19	9	8	2	7	33	0.82
2004	Az As	Ariz	23	Rk	1	0	4.15	5	0	21.2	21	12	10	2	4	15	1.15
	Modesto	Calif	23	A+	3	2	4.78	10	0	32.0	34	19	17	6	20	25	1.69
2005	Stockton	Calif	24	A+	4	4	2.60	52	24	55.1	44	21	16	2	20	67	1.16
2006	Midland	Tex	25	AA	6	5	4.14	53	1	74.0	71	36	34	7	27	66	1.32
Milb Totals					16	16	3.57	148	27	252.1	221	119	100	19	92	244	1.24

Taken in the AAA phase of the draft

Francisco Mateo LHP

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2005	Pulaski	App	21	Rk	1	7	5.14	12	12	56.0	72	41	32	9	21	38	1.66
2006	Pulaski	App	22	Rk	5	2	4.18	14	14	64.2	66	38	30	4	21	59	1.35
Milb Totals					6	9	4.64	26	26	120.2	138	79	62	13	42	97	1.50

Taken in the AA phase of the draft

Nick Moran RHP

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2001	Mahoning V	NYPL	21	A-	5	2	3.40	15	15	79.1	82	36	30	6	13	66	1.20
2002	Kinston	Caro	22	A+	2	3	4.73	9	9	51.1	51	33	27	5	17	46	1.32
2003	Kinston	Caro	23	A+	4	0	3.55	6	6	33.0	32	14	13	4	7	20	1.18
2005	SW Mich	Midw	25	A	0	2	11.42	3	1	8.2	14	12	11	1	4	8	2.08
2006	Visalia	Calif	26	A+	2	1	5.51	21	0	49.0	56	35	30	1	20	48	1.55
Milb Totals					19	12	4.45	69	46	305.2	318	177	151	26	85	254	1.32

For more on Josh Hamilton, Baseball America has quotes from him thanks to a conference call he had. Click here to see it, it is at the very bottom of the page.