D-Backs add LHP de la Rosa to 40-man roster
Eury de la Rosa - R - Arizona Diamondbacks
Nov. 21, 2012 - 12:50 PM ET
Diamondbacks purchased the contract of LHP Eury de la Rosa from Double-A Mobile.
The move protects him from being selected in December's Rule 5 Draft. Despite checking in at just 5-foot-9 and 167 pounds, de la Rosa has a 2.48 ERA and 265/69 K/BB ratio over his first 243 innings as a pro. Someone almost certainly would have tried to snag him as a left-handed specialist if he wasn't protected.