Rule 5 Draft/2000

The 2000 Rule 5 Draft (held on December 11, 2000).

Picks involving the Devil Rays

Phase	Pick	Player	Pos.	Picked By	Picked From
Triple-A	6	Yurendell de Caster	IF	Pittsburgh	Tampa Bay
Triple-A	8	Jim Lira	P	Houston	Tampa Bay
Triple-A	23	Elliot Brown	P	San Francisco	Tampa Bay
Triple-A	24	Adam Flohr	P	Minnesota	Tampa Bay
Triple-A	26	Derek Mann	IF	Pittsburgh	Tampa Bay
Triple-A	29	Marquis Roberts	P	Detroit	Tampa Bay

Phase	Pick	Player	Pos.	Picked By	Picked From	Notes
MLB	10	Julio Santana	P	New York (NL)	San Francisco	Santana played for the Devil Rays in 1998 and part of 1999 before being traded to Boston.
Triple-A	27	Tim Corcoran	P	Baltimore	New York (NL)	Corcoran would be drafted by Tampa Bay from Baltimore in the Triple-A phase of the 2003 rule 5 draft.
Triple-A	33	Jorge Sosa	P	Seattle	Colorado	Sosa would play for Tampa Bay, Double-A Orlando, and Triple-A Durham from 2002 through 2004.