MINORS: 2019 Rule 5 Draft Recap
Dec 13 2019
Photo: RHP Dany Jiménez (formerly TOR; now with SF)
The 2019 Winter Meetings have concluded, and as usual it ended with the annual Rule 5 Draft. During the major league phase of the draft certain rules apply to who can be drafted:
- Players with four or five years of professional experience
- Players who are not on a 40-man roster
And there are certain rules about once a player is selected:
- Selected player must remain on a club's active 26-man roster for the 2020 season (unless injured)
- If the selecting team drops the player from their 26-man roster during the 2020 season, the player is offered back to his original organization
MLB clubs draft in reverse order of standings from the previous season. They can draft as many players as...
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