There have been good Rule 5 picks made by the Phillies: Dave Hollins was an All-Star, Clay Dalrymple was the best defensive catcher of the 1960s per FanGraphs, and Shane Victorino won Gold Gloves, had huge playoff hits, and helped the Phils bring home a World Series.
There have been bad Rule 5 picks made by the Phillies: Michael Martinez is among the Majors’ worst players with a career .187 batting average.
There’s even the ones that got away: before becoming Phillies by other means, Manny Trillo and Willie Hernandez both were Phils farms hands that were taken away in the Rule 5 draft, as was George Bell.