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The Rule 5 Draft was held today.  Here are the first round picks. Draft picks are listed by the team making the selection, player name and the team he was selected from.

As a reminder, players selected in the Rule 5 draft must remain on the 25-man roster the entire subsequent season or they are returned to the team from which they were taken.

1. New York Yankees* (from Washington): Jamie Hoffmann, Dodgers
2. Pittsburgh: John Raynor, Marlins
3. Texas^ (from Baltimore): Benjamin Snyder, Giants
4. Kansas City: Edgar Osuna, Braves
5. Cleveland: Hector Ambriz, Diamondbacks
6. Arizona: Zach Kroenke, Yankees
7. New York Mets: Carlos Monasterios, Phillies
8. Florida# (from Houston): Jorge Jiminez, Red Sox
9. San Diego: pass
10. Oakland: Bobby Cassevah, Angels
11. Toronto: Zech Zinicola, Nationals
12. Chicago White Sox: pass
13. Milwaukee: Chuck Lofgren, Indians
14. Chicago Cubs: Mike Parisi, Cardinals
15. Tampa Bay: Armando Zerpa, Red Sox
16. Seattle: Kanekoa Texeira, Yankees
17. Texas: pass
18. Florida: pass
19. San Francisco: Steve Johnson, Orioles
20. St. Louis: Ben Jukich, Reds
21. Colorado: pass
22. Philadelphia: Ken Herndon, Angels
23. Los Angeles Dodgers: pass
24. Boston: pass
25. Los Angeles Angels: pass
26. New York Yankees: pass

* Acquired from Nationals as part of Brian Bruney trade
^ Acquired from Baltimore as part of Kevin Millwood trade
# Acquired from Houston as part of Matt Lindstrom trade

The Tigers, Twins, Braves and Reds did not have picks because their 40 man roster was full.

The number 1 pick of the 2009 Rule 5 Draft, Jamie Hoffmann will now play all of 2010 on the Yankees 25-man roster

The Orioles and Rangers have a tentative agreement to send Kevin Millwood to Baltimore while Texas will receive Chris Ray according to Jeff Zrebiec of the Baltimore Sun.  Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports verified Zrebiec's report.  Despite Zrebiec's report, Jayson Stark of espn.com heard from a Rangers official that the team has not signed off on the deal as of yet. Ray, however, has not heard anything indicating a trade has been consummated. 

Millwood's $12M option for 2010 vested in September of last year and Rosenthal hears that the Rangers will kick in $3M as part of the deal.

Is Kevin Millwood Heading To Baltimore?

Let's go to Ken Rosenthal for some non-Mark Teixeira news:

• The Angels do not appear interested in Manny Ramirez.  Angels general manager Tony Reagins made a comment to this effect earlier today anyway.
• Padres general manager Kevin Towers notes that if there is any interest from other teams about acquiring Jake Peavy in the future, there will be no word about it.
• The Cubs like their chances of signing Milton Bradley but the Rays, Nationals, and Yankees are interested as well.  However, it seems safe to assume that the Yankees may no longer be in the market for Bradley. 
• Rosenthal feels that the Rays, Mariners, Rangers and Reds are all possible destinations for Pat Burrell.
• Kevin Millwood, Vicente Padilla and Hank Blalock are all available to acquire via trade as the Rangers are looking to lower their payroll. 
• The Brewers have inquired about Adam Dunn.
• Bobby Abreu is allegedly still in touch with the Yankees.  Again, another free agent that now seems less likely to play in New York.

T.R. Sullivan of mlb.com notes that the Rangers Kevin Millwood, Vincente Padilla and Frank Catalanotto have all cleared waivers recently.  After the recent injury to Josh Beckett, the Red Sox could be looking at Millwood or Padilla to join Paul Byrd as recent waiver additions to their starting rotation.  Jim Molony of mlb.com also confirms the rumors that the Red Sox are looking to at Mark Kotsay in the wake of JD Drew's recent injury.