The Athletics have added a big arm to their bullpen mix in the Rule 5 Draft, and as we mentioned could be a possibility, that arm came from the San Francisco Giants. The thought process here is that a pitcher from the Giants system would already be familiar with pitching in the A's (and River Cats') home ballpark in Sacramento.

The Giants moved up to the fourth pick. Now, this is still the MLB Draft, which is as tricky and uncertain as ever, so don’t start calling contractors to expand the trophy room yet. Still, it’s hard to oversell what just happened to the fortunes in the near and long term.