The Rule 5 draft took place on Thursday morning, and the Angels were quite involved early on. The Pittsburgh Pirates used their No. 1 pick to select RHP Jose Soriano, the No. 13 prospect in the Angels’ system, per MLB.com.
Soriano, 22, was signed as a free-agent out of the Dominican Republic back in 2016. The RHP had Tommy John Surgery back in February.
He last pitched for the Burlington Bees in 2019. Soriano appeared in 17 games while starting 15 of them. He went 5-6 and posted a 2.55 ERA. The righty posted a 1.