Ex-MLB player Deshields’ son taken in Rule 5 Draft

Atlanta Braves second baseman Tommy La Stella waits for the throw as Houston Astros' Delino DeShields Jr. steals second base in the fifth inning of a spring training baseball game. (Alex Brandon/AP)

SAN DIEGO — The son of former big leaguer Delino Deshields was one of 14 minor leaguers taken in baseball’s winter meetings draft.

Delino Deshields Jr., a Houston Astros prospect, was selected by the Texas Rangers, who had the third pick in Thursday’s draft for players left off 40-man rosters.

The No. 8 overall pick in the 2010 draft, Deshields had 54 stolen bases and 11 homers for Double-A Corpus Christi.

In the Rule 5 draft, teams pay $50,000 to pick a player. That player must either remain on the big league roster throughout 2015 or be offered back to the original club for $25,000.

The Diamondbacks took Rays Class A catcher Oscar Hernandez with the top pick. Selecting sixth, the Red Sox took Astros right-hander Jandel Gustave and then sold him contract to the AL champion Royals. Gustave’s fastball reaches 100 mph.

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