Expansion & Rule 5 Draft Picks
1997 Expansion Draft
Date: November 18, 1997
Site: Phoenix, Arizona
| First Round | Second Round | Third Round | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Saunders | LHP | Florida | 14 | Dan Carlson | RHP | San Francisco | 27 | Ryan Karp | LHP | Philadelphia |
| 2 | Quinton McCracken | OF | Colorado | 15 | Brian Boehringer**** | RHP | New York | 28 | Santos Hernandez | RHP | San Francisco |
| 3 | Bobby Abreu* | OF | Houston | 16 | Mike Duvall | LHP | Florida | 29 | Randy Winn | OF | Florida |
| 4 | Miguel Cairo | 2B | Chicago | 17 | John LeRoy | RHP | Atlanta | 30 | Terrell Wade | LHP | Atlanta |
| 5 | Rich Butler | OF | Toronto | 18 | Jim Mecir | RHP | Boston | 31 | Aaron Ledesma | SS | Baltimore |
| 6 | Bobby Smith | 3B | Atlanta | 19 | Bryan Rekar | RHP | Colorado | 32 | Brooks Kieshnick | 1B | Chicago |
| 7 | Jason Johnson | RHP | Pittsburgh | 20 | Rick Gorecki | RHP | Los Angeles | 33 | Luke Wilcox | OF | New York |
| 8 | Dmitri Young** | OF/1B | Cincinnati | 21 | Ramon Tatis | LHP | Chicago | 34 | Herbert Perry | 1B | Cleveland |
| 9 | Esteban Yan | RHP | Baltimore | 22 | Kerry Robinson | OF | St. Louis | 35 | Vaughn Eshelman | LHP | Oakland |
| 10 | Mike DiFelice | C | St. Louis | 23 | Steve Cox | 1B | Oakland | ||||
| 11 | Bubba Trammell | OF | Detroit | 24 | Albie Lopez | RHP | Cleveland | ||||
| 12 | Andy Sheets*** | SS | Seattle | 25 | Jose Paniaqua | RHP | Montreal | ||||
| 13 | Dennis Springer | RHP | Anaheim | 26 | Carlos Mendoza | OF | New York |
*Traded to Philadelphia in exchange for shortstop Kevin Stocker
**Traded to Cincinnati in exchange for outfielder Mike Kelly
***Traded to San Diego in exchange for catcher John Flaherty; resigned as a free agent November 15, 2000
****Traded to San Diego in exchange for catcher John Flaherty
Major League Rule 5 Draft
The Major League Rule V Draft occurs at baseball's annual winter meetings in December. Players eligible for the draft must meet the following two requirements: (1) at least three years of professional service and (2) not protected on a 40-man roster. The selecting team must pay $50,000 to the player's original club. If a selected player does not make the team's Opening Day roster, he must be offered back to the original club for $25,000.
| Year | Player | Original Club | Status with Tampa Bay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | David Lamb (INF) | Baltimore | Claimed by New York Mets on waivers February 7, 2000 |
| 1999 | Chad Ogea (RHP) | Detroit | Released in Spring Training March 29, 2000 |
| Chris Reitsma (LHP) | Boston | Offered back to Boston (accepted March 28, 2000) | |
| *Damian Rolls (INF) | Los Angeles | Released Nov. 23, 2004 | |
| 2000 | No selection | ||
| 2001 | Kevin McGlinchy (RHP) | Atlanta | Released in Spring Training 2003 |
| **Steve Kent (LHP) | Seattle | Released in 2002 | |
| 2002 | Hector Luna (2B) | Cleveland | Offered back to Cleveland March 29, 2003 (accepted) |
| 2003 | Alec Zumwalt (RHP) | Atlanta | Returned to the Braves |
| 2004 | No selection | ||
| 2005 | Steven Andrade (RHP) | Toronto | Sent to San Diego to complete Burroughs/Brazelton trade |
| 2006 | Ryan Goleski | Cleveland | Traded to Oakland on December 7, 2006. Returned to Cleveland on March 28, 2007. |
| 2007 | Tim Lahey | Minnesota | Traded to Chicago Cubs on December 6, 2007. Claimed off waivers by Philadelphia on March 28, 2008. Returned to Minnesota on April 12, 2008. |
| Evan Meek | Pittsburgh | Was to be returned to Tampa Bay on May 14, 2008, but remained with the Pirates after Pittsburgh negotiated to retain his rights. | |
| 2008 | Derek Rodriguez | Chicago | Returned to Chicago White Sox on March 23, 2009. |
| 2009 | Armando Zerpa | Boston | Traded to Los Angeles Dodgers on December 10, 2009. Returned to Boston on March 15, 2010. |
| 2010 | Cesar Cabral | Boston | Claimed off waivers by Toronto on March 12, 2011, and by Tampa Bay on March 14. Returned to Boston on March 28. |
| 2011 | No selection | ||
| 2012 | No selection | ||
| 2013 | No selection | ||
| 2014 | No selection | ||
| 2015 | No selection | ||
| 2016 | Kevin Gadea | Seattle | Started the season on the disabled list |
*Acquired from Kansas City for cash
**Acquired from Anaheim for a player to be named later or cash