Former Thresher Alfredo Simon the focus of an article on phillyBurbs.com

Randy Miller has the story on phillyBurbs.com.

Now that he's back with the Phillies, Simon looks like a different person, as he's grown two inches and slimmed down from a hefty 270 to a solid 250.

For a time, Simon was regarded as a pretty decent pitching prospect for the Phillies, as he put up good ERAs five consecutive seasons as a starter before being shipped to San Francisco with Ricky Ledee in a 2004 trade deadline deal for Felix Rodriguez.

Catch the whole story here.

Former Thresher Alfredo Simon selected in 2006 Rule 5 Draft

The 2006 Rule 5 Draft has been completed.

It doesn't appear that it will have much of an effect on the Clearwater Threshers at present. However, former Thresher Alfredo Simon was selected with the 5th pick by the Baltimore Orioles. Simon spent most of the 2004 season with the Threshers before he was traded by the Phillies to the San Francisco Giants organization.

Simon struck out 107 batters in 134.2 innings and had a 3.27 ERA in 22 games for the Threshers.

MLB.com has a .pdf of all the 2006 Rule 5 draft picks that can be found here.

UPDATE 12/8/06 at 10:00am: Simon has been traded back from the Orioles to the Phillies.