Cardinals Rule 5 History 2002-09

The St. Louis Cardinals have been active in recent Rule 5 Drafts both acquiring or losing players. What might happen during Thursday's draft?

The Cardinal Nation

Recent Cardinals Rule 5 Draft History

The St. Louis Cardinals have been active in recent Rule 5 Drafts acquiring and/or losing players.

The Cardinal Nation

Cardinals First Round Picks, Spanning The Last Decade

There’s been a lot of talk about first round picks here lately with draft day quickly approaching. Obviously, no teams want to biff their first round pick given the amount of money they invest in them every day, but according to at least the last decade, 62% of all first rounders were considered busts, making the draft a risky business. In the 90’s, the Cardinals actually did pretty comparatively to other teams in major league baseball, and you get see more about that at this post I wrote at BtB.

Future Redbirds

Fewer Recent Cardinals Top Draft Picks Made The Bigs

The St. Louis Cardinals media notes last week called attention to the fact that Colby Rasmus’ MLB debut marked the first first-round draft pick by the organization to reach the big leagues with the club since J.D. Drew (pictured) in 1998.

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DG's 10@10: Look Who's #1

When St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa pulled outfielder Colby Rasmus aside early in spring training to tell him to take the tilt out of his swing, La Russa stressed that Rasmus could make the major-league team just by “hitting hard groundballs.”

Birdland