Free agent draft No. 9

Pre-draft moves:
Dan: activates SP Dempster, drops Contreras
JP: activates RP Lindstrom, drops Meyer
David: drops 3B Beltre

1. Derek: takes RP Frasor, drops Morrow
2. Gregg: takes SP VandenHurk, drops Davies
3. David: takes SP Hochevar, drops Harang
4. Damian: takes RP Johnson, drops Hanrahan
5. Vic: takes SP Niemann, drops Maine; taxi order: Niemann, Bush
6. Brian: takes 1B LaRoche, drops Cantu
7. Mike: takes 2B Ellis, drops Kendrick
8. Andy: takes SP Strausburg, drops Buchholz
9. JP: takes SP Latos, Bergesen to DL; taxi: Latos up, Cueto down
10. Dennis: takes RP Sosa, drops Arredondo
11. Paul: takes OF Byrd, drops Pierre
12. Dan: takes SP Norris, drops Smoltz, Lilly to taxi