2011 Rule 5 Draft

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Major League Phase

Pick	Player	Position	Drafted By	Drafted From	2011 Club
1	Rhiner Cruz	RHP	Houston	New York (NL)	Buffalo
2	Terry Doyle	RHP	Minnesota	Chicago (AL)	Charlotte
3	Lucas Luetge	LHP	Seattle	Milwaukee	Nashville
4	Ryan Flaherty	2B	Baltimore	Chicago (NL)	Iowa
5*	Cesar Cabral	LHP	Kansas City	Boston	Pawtucket
6	Lendy Castillo	RHP	Chicago (NL)	Philadelphia	Lehigh Valley
7	Gustavo Nunez	SS	Pittsburgh	Detroit	Toledo
8	Robert Fish	LHP	Atlanta	Los Angeles (AL)	Salt Lake
9	Erik Komatsu	OF	St. Louis	Washington	Syracuse
10**	Marwin Gonzalez	SS	Boston	Chicago (NL)	Iowa
11	Brett Lorin	RHP	Arizona	Pittsburgh	Indianapolis
12	Brad Meyers	RHP	New York (AL)	Washington	Syracuse

* Acquired by New York (AL) in exchange for cash considerations
** Acquired by Houston for Marco Duarte and cash considerations

Triple-A Phase

Pick	Player	Position	Drafted By	Drafted From	2010 Club
1***	Marco Duarte	RHP	Houston	Colorado	Tulsa
2	Marty Popham	RHP	Minnesota	Cleveland	Akron
3	Andy Loomis	LHP	Baltimore	Philadelphia	Reading
4	Thomas Melgarejo	LHP	Kansas City	Los Angeles (NL)	Chattanooga
5	Ricky Alvarez	3B	Chicago (NL)	Los Angeles (AL)	Arkansas
6	Michael Wing	SS	San Diego	Los Angeles (AL)	Arkansas
7	Aaron Poreda	LHP	Pittsburgh	San Diego	San Antonio
8	Donnie Webb	OF	Miami	Cleveland	Akron
9	Travis Mattair	SS	Cincinnati	Philadelphia	Reading
10	Beau Seabury	C	Washington	Colorado	Tulsa
11	Javier Avendano	RHP	Toronto	St. Louis	Springfield
12	Luis Rojas	RHP	San Francisco	New York (NL)	Kingsport
13	Barret Browning	LHP	St. Louis	Los Angeles (AL)	Arkansas
14	Gerardo Olivares	C	Boston	Tampa Bay	Montgomery
15	Domnit Bolivar	SS	Milwaukee	St. Louis	Springfield
16	Fabian Williamson	LHP	Texas	Oakland	Midland
17	Francisco Diaz	C	Pittsburgh	Philadelphia	Reading
18	Gabe Jacobo	OF	Toronto	Los Angeles (AL)	Arkansas
19	Shooter Hunt	RHP	St. Louis	Minnesota	New Britain
20	Efrain Nunez	OF	Texas	Seattle	Jackson
21	Charles Cutler	C	Pittsburgh	St. Louis	Springfield
22	Hector Alvarez	C	Toronto	New York (NL)	Binghamton
23	Alexander Buchholz	SS	Texas	Cincinnati	Carolina

*** Acquired by Red Sox for Marwin Gonzalez

Double-A Phase

Pick	Player	Position	Drafted By	Drafted From	2010 Club
1	Matthew Sweeney	3B	Baltimore	Tampa Bay	Charlotte
2	Matthew Buschmann	RHP	Washington	San Diego	Lake Elsinore

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