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Originally Posted by brobby05
I need a little help with ar161-162. It says Carlos Arroyo but I couldn't find anything with the White Sox.
Thanks,
Brobby05
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Carlos Ruben Arroyo was on the White Sox spring roster in 1981. An article in the 2/23/1981 Chicago Tribune described Arroyo as a left hander "drafted from the Phillies organization." I assume it was the Rule V draft, since Arroyo was back with the Phillies' Oklahoma City farm club for the 1981 season.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=arroyo002car
P.S. When Arroyo left the White Sox, the Chicago Tribune of March 31, 1981 reported: "Carlos Arroyo, who had been conditionally purchased from the Phils, was returned to Philadelphia's Oklahoma City farm club." So it seems that it was a conditional purchase instead of a Rule V draft situation. Yet the transaction came via the draft. The Wilmington (DE) News Journal of Dec. 9, 1980 indicated: "The annual draft of minor-league players kicked off the winter meetings in the morning and the Phils found themselves losing four prospects from their Oklahoma City roster. ....The Chicago White Sox chose pitcher Carlos Arroyo...."
By the way, the reason that Topps Vault shows Arroyo in a Phillie uniform is probably because he was a non-roster invitee with the Phils in their spring camp in 1980.