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Article: Brewers are Rule 5 pioneers
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- June 4, 2003
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Brewers Notes
Brewers are Rule 5 pioneers
Goal's to not overpay for shortstop Cruz
By TOM HAUDRICOURT thaudricourt@journalsentinel.com, Journal
Sentinel
Wednesday, June 4, 2003
New York -- The Milwaukee Brewers became financial trailblazers of
sorts Tuesday with their unique two-year extension of shortstop
Enrique Cruz's contract.
To the best of their knowledge, the Brewers became the first major-
league team to give an extension to a Rule 5 draft pick. Rules
require a team to keep a Rule 5 pick -- an unprotected player taken
from another team's system -- all season or offer him back to his
original club or another through waivers. Cruz was selected in
December from the New York Mets.
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