Another Saturday night drinking with the scouts at the Barleymoe 

              Tonight Elijah Craig is joined by Jim Beam, Johnny Walker and Jack Daniels

 Elijah: Fellas we're 46 games into the season and I thought we should see how the rule 5 draft has worked                     out for teams.

Jim: Howie LaRocca was the first pick and has started all but one game for Hartford.

Johnny: It 's been a big jump for Howie. This is the first season he's has played above Hi-A.

Jack: I liked that pick a lot. Get the guy some at bats. My guess is that in the next 4 years Hartford moves him for other young players. They have Kent Stoops in Double-A.  Seems to me in a couple of years  mannytanner will be advertising his franchise as "centerfielders are US".

Johnny: I think this is probably the worst part of the season. Most guys either sit the bench or barely contribute above the league average.

Jim: You're right Johnny, but a couple of the later picks I think are really impactful for the future. Boston drafted Devin Perez from Boise and have probably got a solid catcher for a number of years. Also the Capones claim Henderson Lansing from Monterrey and he has has been surprisingly good so far.

Jack: Yea, Lansing is another guy making the jump from Hi-A. Of all the pitchers taken he has been the best so far in the season.

Johnny: I want to go back and talk about Perez. I think the rule 5 draft is probably the best place to acquire a catcher. Both Burlington and Houston acquired their starting catcher in the season 50 draft.

Jim: You may have hit on something Johnny. Ottawa got their catcher in 49 season draft. Javy Franco has hit over .270 in almost 600 at bats since thuggis drafted him. Both of the catchers in Fargo are Rule 5 guys.

Elijah: Thank you fellas. I think we covered that about as well as it deserved. See you next week.