Rule 5 Minor League Draft: 1B Carlin in, RHP Alliston out

[Bambis Bombers]

Carlin played first base for the Pirates A+ affiliate Lynchburg for most of last year.

 

www.baseballamerica.com/t...62981.html

 

Here is his bio frlom the baseball Cube:

www.thebaseballcube.com/p...rlin.shtml

[pogokat]

quite a stick to grab in the minor league rule 5...cool

 

saw him in hickory last year, but don't really remember him..

[And That]

From Bambis Bombers in the other thread:

 

Oakland picks up Josh Alliston the 2nd round of the Rule 5 Draft

 

Mass Haas may fold this into the transaction thread later. Not really much interesting here, unless you are looking forward to a scintillating battle between Mike Huggins and Mike Carlin for a AA roster spot.

 

I liked Josh Alliston. Hard thrower, just injured a lot.

[Brian the Automator]

Carlin looks like a monster... Why didn't the Pirates promote him quicker and avoid losing him?... Does he have an injury problem or something?

[saget]

Carlin's 2005 minor league stat average:

 

BA OBP SLG OPS

.318 / .398 / .568 / .966

 

Delicious

[DHonks]

so he hits some homers, walks, hits for avg, and doesn't strike out much. Well, I guess he's the AAA 1b now. Nelson back to OF?

[pogokat]

nah, he'll be in huntsville...

[pg44]

25 years old and still in A ball. He's not a prospect, this was just a move to fill a spot in the system.

[Jim Goulart]

Carlin was not drafted nor was he even recruited heavily by any Division I baseball programs. Carlin managed to win a walk-on spot at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. ?[Miami] was reluctant to take him, so he had to prove himself,? his former high school baseball coach, Ed McCloskey says.

 

?So he broke their hitting records. Then nobody wanted him in the majors so he had to prove himself once again. ?Carlin finished his career at Miami as its all-time home run leader, with 44, and eventually landed a free-agent contract with the Pirates? Class A organization, the Hickory Crawdads.

 

Carlin says he is motivated by the fact that nobody wanted to take a chance on him. ?I will always remember when my coach at Miami apologized to me for giving me such a hard time because he always made me fight my way into the lineup,? Carlin says. ?It really meant a lot when he finally

recognized all the hard work I put in and that I really cared about baseball.?

 

Hard not to root for the young man...

[pogokat]

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/clubs/t449/images/content/040811a.jpg

 

I guess I assumed he was really fat, or short..but no..

 

I'll be rooting hard for this guy...