After a sleepy 2014 Rule 5 draft, A.J. Preller makes some moves to take a chance on 4 overlooked players.
The Rule 5 draft can be a pretty dull affair. These are players with pretty significant flaws in their game and the rules that teams have to follow aren't easily accomplished. However, when your team comes away with 4 players (each of which will hold down a spot on the 40 man roster through Spring Training) then it at least should raise a couple of eyebrows. The Padres did just that this morning when they selected 2 players in the first round, acquired another as a player to be named later from an earlier trade and then procured a 4th in a new trade.