Ineligible But Unavailable

Looking ahead to the 2010 draft? Having dreams about rebuilding your team around Tommy Hanson, Nelson Cruz or Pablo Sandoval?

Sorry... they're already gone! A number of rookies (and some veterans) managed to survive all the way through the Trading Deadline. It's not easy -- out of 65 ineligible players drafted, about half (32) are still on rosters.

Here are the guys you'll be crossing off your list, should they get protected:

• SS Elvis Andrus (VAN) .254/.316/.344, 19 SB
• P Andrew Brackman (BR) Struggling in A-Ball (1-10, 6.16 ERA, 1.70 WHIP)
• P Madison Bumgarner (AMI) 7-1, 1.56 ERA... but in Double-A
• P Trevor Cahill (AMI) 6-8, 4.50 ERA, 1.45 WHIP
• P Chris Carpenter (DC) Comeback Player of the Year? 8-3, 2.26 ERA, 0.91 WHIP
• OF Nelson Cruz (AMI) .270/.335/.550, 23 HR and 54 RBI
• P Neftali Feliz (SAR) 3.44 ERA, 1.27 WHIP in Triple-A
• OF Dexter Fowler (HIL) .257/.359/.389, 23 SB
• SS Rafael Furcal (MAR) .255/.327/.354
• P Yovani Gallardo (PHI) Picking up where he left off -- 3.28 ERA, 1.26 WHIP
• 3B Mat Gamel (HIL) .239/.336/.407 in 131 PA
• OF Brett Gardner (MAR) .278/.353/.397, 19 SB
• DH Travis Hafner (BR) .284/.380/.516, but only 179 PA
• P Tommy Hanson (DC) 16th pick is paying off: 5-0, 3.00 ERA, 1.27 WHIP
• P Phil Hughes (SAR) 3.63 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, but needs 3 more starts to be SP
• 1B Nick Johnson (DC) .305/.415/.421, and has stayed healthy for 393 PA!
• 1B Matt LaPorta (CAR) Back in minors after hitting .190/.286/.286
• OF Cameron Maybin (DC) Back in minors after hitting .202/.280/.310
• P Andrew McCutchen (BR) .296/.351/.458, 9 SB, 0 CS
• P Rick Porcello (NJ) New Jersey native is 9-6, 4.40 ERA, 1.49 WHIP
• C Jorge Posada (NWK) .282/.369/.517 in 244 PA
• P David Price (LV) 3-4, 4.86 ERA, 1.64 WHIP in 10 starts
• OF Colby Rasmus (SAR) .265/.315/.450, 11 HR, 34 RBI
• 1B/3B Pablo Sandoval (BR) .322/.371/.551, but only 3 games at catcher so far
• P Max Scherzer (HIL) 5-6, 3.86 ERA, 1.375 WHIP, 103 K in 100.1 IP
• 1B Justin Smoak (SAR) Struggling after promotion to Triple-A (.133/.243/.233)
• P John Smoltz (NWK) End of the road? 1-3, 6.31 ERA, 1.44 WHIP
• OF Travis Snider (NJ) .242/.292/.394 in 108 PA
• P Steven Strasburg (PHI) Still hasn't signed with the Nationals
• C Matt Wieters (SAR) Not in the HOF yet... .244/.301/.374
• P Jordan Zimmermann (CAR) Now on DL... 4.63 ERA, 1.36 WHIP in 16 starts
• P Joel Zumaya (NJ) 4.94 ERA, 1.81 WHIP in 29 appearances... and back on DL

Yeah, it sucks that some of those guys will be out of the draft pool... but there's still some very good ineligible players available, including 2B/SS/OF Ben Zobrist (.304/.417/.589), 1B Russell Branyan (.274/.373/.568) and OF Seth Smith (.292/.395/.489); starters J.A. Happ (7-0, 2.68 ERA, 1.15 WHIP), Randy Wells (5-4, 3.00 ERA, 1.15 WHIP) and Scott Richmond (6-5, 3.69 ERA, 1.20 WHIP); and relievers Rafael Soriano (1.58 ERA, 0.88 WHIP, 61 K in 45.2 IP), Dan Meyer (1.91 ERA, 0.93 WHIP, 34 K in 37.2 IP) and Mark DiFelice (1.64 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, 9 BB, 36 K).