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Why didn't Cleveland Indians protect Hector Rondon in Rule 5 draft? Hey, Hoynsie

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Hey, Hoynsie: Why didn't the Indians protect Hector Rondon in the Rule 5 draft after the 2012 season? -- Stuart Wallack, Bridgewater, N.J.

Hey, Stuart: Rondon, once one of the Tribe's top prospects, hadn't pitched much in the three years before the Rule 5 draft. He missed 2010 because of Tommy John surgery on his right elbow. The next year he fractured the same elbow in winter ball and needed more surgery.