The lefty was selected to the Eastern League All-Star game after a blazing start to the season, but faltered a bit in the second half for AA Harrisburg, resulting in an 8-10 record with a 3.94 ERA.
The former Xavier Musketeer had never posted an ERA over three before 2012 in any of his previous minor league stops.
Rosenbaum has back-of-the-rotation potential but could be a long reliever in Colorado in order to stick through his Rule 5 status for the 2013 season.
I have been working on interview questions for Danny, among others, so I'll have to revise those a bit after the Rockies changed his location!
Two other former Hagerstown Suns were selected as infielder Jeff Kobernus was selected by Boston and then traded to the Detroit Tigers and oft-injured pitcher Jack McGeary was a Red Sox selection in the AAA phase of the draft.
The contact-hitting Kobernus looks like he will have a chance to stick as a utilityman, which makes sense since he can play all around the infield and the Tigers noted that they even wanted to give him some work in the outfield in Florida.
The knock on Kobernus? Being able to stay healthy as he has played just one full season in pro baseball...
Jack McGeary was drafted with lots of hype as the then-awful Nationals were creative in signing a first-round talent after picking him in the sixth.
McGeary was (at first) allowed to finish his school year at Stanford before reporting to the team (McGeary was drafted out of high school making this very unusual).
Arm injuries and control problems have hampered McGeary for most of the last three seasons, which has seen McGeary unable to return to even Hagerstown, let alone move through the system.
McGeary was selected in the AAA portion of the draft, which means Boston pays the fee and keeps McGeary regardless...
The Cleveland Indians lost two pitchers but might have picked up a bat to add to a system in desperate need of them.Chris McGuiness was traded from Boston to Texas in 2010 as part of the trade that sent Jarrod Saltalamacchia to the Red Sox. and after an injury-filled 2011 looked to be a disappointment for the Rangers.
However, a huge 2012 at AA Frisco put the lefty slugger back on the prospect radar after a 23-homer season and a follow-up with an MVP performance in the Arizona Fall League made McGuiness a likely pick of someone in the draft.
McGuiness makes lots of sense for an Indians team badly in need of some power in their lineup and system.
I would almost wager that Terry Francona might have had a little influence in this pick as he had to have known McGuiness from his time in the Boston organization.
The Indians lost two pitchers in the Rule 5 draft as Hector Rondon was the second pick overall to the Cubs and T.J. Mcfarland went late in the first to the Orioles.
The once-promising Rondon had electric stuff before ailments limited him to just six games over the last two seasons.
The Cubs are gambling just 50k that Rondon's issues are behind him, if they are, they picked themselves quite an arm.
McFarland won 16 games between AA Akron and AAA Columbus, but his history has shown that he often repeats each level for a second season.
The lefty is just 23 though and the Indians are not exactly filled with starters in their system, so if the Orioles offer him back, I would bet Cleveland takes him.
No Pirates or Giants Rule 5 picks, although the Pirates did send pitcher Kyle Kaminska to Boston as the PTBNL in last week's acquisition of Zach Stewart.
Kaminska was only a Pirate for a few months as he was obtained in the Gaby Sanchez trade with the Marlins.
I might be back later from the road office.....
Photo Credits
Rosenbaum::Will Bentzel/MiLB.com
McGuiness:MiLB.com
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