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Twins take Diaz with 1st pick in Rule 5 Draft, trade him to Padres

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The Minnesota Twins selected right-hander Miguel Diaz with the first pick in the Rule 5 Draft on Thursday, later trading him to the San Diego Padres for a player yet to be named or cash considerations.

Diaz, 22, was taken from the Milwaukee Brewers organization, and spent the 2016 campaign in Single-A, posting a 1-8 record with a 3.71 ERA across 26 appearances, including 15 starts.

Diaz must be kept on the 25-man major-league roster for the entirety of the 2017 season, or he'll be offered back to the Brewers.

Any player picked in the major-league portion of the Rule 5 Draft now costs the selecting team $100,000, which is a bump up from the previous amount of $50,000.

NO PLAYER TEAM POS FORMER TEAM
1 Miguel Diaz MIN RHP MIL
2 Luis Torrens CIN C NYY
3 Allen Cordoba SDP SS STL
4 Kevin Gadea TB RHP SEA
5 Armando Rivero ATL RHP CHC
6 Tyler Jones ARI RHP NYY
7 Caleb Smith MIL LHP NYY
8 Justin Haley LAA RHP BOS
9 Dylan Covey CWS RHP OAK
10 Tyler Webb PIT LHP NYY
11 Daniel Stumpf DET LHP KC
12 Aneury Tavarez BAL OF BOS
13 Glenn Sparkman TOR RHP KC
14 Josh Rutledge BOS IF COL
15 Hoby Milner CLE LHP PHI
16 Michael Hauschild TEX RHP HOU
17 Stuart Turner CIN C MIN
18 Anthony Santander BAL OF CLE

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