Don’t Expect Rule 5 Draftee Texeira to Return

Posted: 20th March 2010 by Bronx Baseball Daily in MLB
Comments Off on Don’t Expect Rule 5 Draftee Texeira to Return
Kanekoa Texeira is a hard-throwing right handed pitcher who the Yankees got as part of the trade with the White Sox for Nick Swisher. Pitching in double-A Trenton last season, he went 9-6 with a 2.84 ERA in 41 games and 101.1 innings. Good, but not great, numbers. Unfortunately for Texeira and the Yankees, he didn’t have the outstanding talent to warrant protection on the 40-man roster, and he was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the Rule 5 draft. So far this spring Texeira hasn’t gotten a ton of work—he’s been in six games for a span of 6.2 innings—but apparently that has been enough time for the Mariners to realize that they are keeping the 24-year-old around. According to Geoff Baker at the Seattle Times , Cliff Lee ’s five-game suspension means the ...

Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - MLB
Article written by

Comments are closed.