Rule #5

The only player with a tie to the Timber Rattlers involved in the Rule 5 Draft yesterday was taken in the Triple A portion of the, um, Rule 5 Draft.

Later in the Triple-A Phase of the Draft, the Mets picked 27–year-old 1B Marshall Hubbard, who had been stuck in Double-A the last four seasons.

Hubbard, a Rattler in 2005, has been stuck at Double-A for -- technically -- the last 3-1/2 years. A half season in San Antonio in 2006 and the last three years at West Tennessee. He had a pair of 5-hit games with the Rattlers in '05 and was the everyday first baseman during that near-championship season.

I have a feeling that he will get a shot with Buffalo, the Mets International League affiliate, in 2010.