December 8 Plus
The Rangers lost no players in the major league phase of today's Rule 5 Draft (meaning players like Drew Meyer, Ruddy Yan, Jesse Carlson, Kelvin Jimenez, Vincent Sinisi, and John Hudgins remain Texas property) and — officially — made no selections themselves, though they did make the trade that was originally reported by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, sending infielder Esteban German to Kansas City for the first overall pick in the draft, White Sox Class A lefthander Fabio Castro.
You can read more about Castro in this morning's Newberg Report.
In the AAA phase of the draft, Texas lost utility man Cameron Coughlan to Oakland and added three players: outfielders Alexi Ogando and Jayce Tingler and lefthander Estelin Soto. Unlike the big league phase of the draft, the minor league phases carry no roster requirements, and so Coughlan is lost to the A's and Ogando, Tingler, and Soto are now Ranger property.
Ogando is pretty interesting.
More in the next Newberg Report.