Randor Bierd was the best of the three players the Tigers lost in the Rule 5 draft yesterday. Bierd could turn out to be a solid middle reliever for a big league team and while he wasn’t a huge loss, this is a guy who could have played a role with the Tigers in the next couple of years. The other two guys the Tigers were lost came in the Triple A portion of the draft.  Juan Cedeno and Benjamin Fritz were the other two guys and neither look to be a major loss.
Kevin Goldstein broke down the Rule 5 draft in a nice column. Be sure to check it out.
Unfortunately, those are the guys we got. In addition to Bierd, we lost Jose Fragoso and Corey Hamman. No tears should be shed for them either.
--Posted by Matt in Toledo on December 10th, 2007 at 3:24 pm