CLEARWATER, Fla. - Baseball's Rule 5 draft is a flea market in which teams go looking for real furs, and over the years the Phillies have been pretty good at finding them.
There was the Dave Hollins minx in 1989. The Phillies plucked him off San Diego's roster with the 16th selection in that year's Rule 5 draft, 13 picks after they had taken the nondescript Sil Campusano. Hollins went on to play parts of seven seasons for the Phillies, making an all-star team in 1993 while also playing a major role for the 1993 National League championship team.