"And his name is Dan Uggla"
With so much 40 Man Roster and Rule 5 Draft talk this past weekend surrounding the Marlins. I thought it to be appropriate to bring up the greatest Rule 5 pickup in Club History, Dan Uggla. Uggla couldn't find himself on the Diamondbacks' 40 Man Roster at the end of 2005 (saying something seeing as Arizona was in the midst of 3 consecutive losing Seasons), all while the Fish found themselves the beneficiaries of the D-Back's 40 Man Roster crunch (if you wanna call it that), selecting the Second Basemen from the Desert in that year's Rule 5 Draft. Throw in a complete Team demolition by the Marlins here, a Pokey Reese no-show in Spring Training there, and all of a sudden Dan Uggla is a National League All-Star in 2006. Let's make this pretty clear, Son Los Marlins is not suggesting a Jefry Yan, or a Bryson Brigman, or even a Griffin Conine will be All-Stars in the year 2022, or even that they'll be selected in the upcoming Rule 5 Draft. But our Marlins, unwillin...