From Ben Goessling:The Nationals will take Yankees reliever Zach Kroenke first overall in the Rule 5 draft on Thursday and offer him back to New York as the player to be named later in the trade that sent Brian Bruney to Washington, according to a source familiar with discussions.Good, I they should have protected him in the Rule 5 draft anyway, though, I wouldn't have liked to get a little more back for Bruney.
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