"In a brief sentence, grateful and excited," O'Grady said Saturday about getting this chance. "I never got to go to big league camp with the Angels. Just getting to come to camp is a huge deal to me. That's one thing, and knowing I have a shot at making the team is unexplainable. I can't even describe how excited I am."
Rule 5 players are players who were left unprotected on their original club's roster and subsequently selected by a new club for $50,000 with the stipulation that they must stay on a Major League 25-man roster the entire season.