It certainly wasn’t as exciting as the NFL or NBA drafts, but the Los Angeles Angels used the 2015 Rule 5 Draft to select reliever Deolis Guerra from the Pittsburgh Pirates and first baseman Ji-Man Choi from the Baltimore Orioles.
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This article will focus on Guerra, a 6-foot-6 right-hander who has pitched in only 10 games at the Major League level, all last season.
Signed by the New York Mets in 2005 as an amateur free agent from Venezuela, Guerra has seen his ERA fluctuate all over the place in the last decade, but his work on the Pirates’ Triple-A affiliate last year was promising.