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The Rule 5 draft is a Major League Baseball (MLB) player draft that occurs each year in December, at the annual Winter Meeting of general managers. The Rule 5 draft aims to prevent teams from stockpiling too many young players on their minor league affiliate teams when other organizations would be willing to have them play in the major leagues. [1]
Below are lists of Rule 5 draft results since 1997. Players selected in the Major League Baseball (MLB) phase of the Rule 5 draft must be kept on their new team's active roster for the entire following MLB season, or they are placed on waivers and offered back to their original team if not claimed.
According to MLB rules, the Rule 5 Draft allows for teams without a full 40-man roster to select eligible non-40-man roster players from other clubs. Players signed at 18 or younger need to be ...
The Kansas City Royals added organizational depth in the 2023 Rule 5 Draft. The Royals drafted pitcher Matt Sauer with the second overall pick in the major-league phase. Sauer, 24, was added to ...
MLB player transactions are governed by The Official Professional Baseball Rules Book, [16] [a] within which, Rule 4 governs the "First-Year Player Draft". [16]: 47–62 Due to its place in the rules book, MLB's amateur draft is sometimes referred to as the "Rule 4 draft"; there is also a distinctly different Rule 5 draft.
Sauer, 25, joined the Royals as a Rule 5 Draft pick last December. He was selected in the annual draft after spending time in the New York Yankees minor-league system.
The Rule 5 Draft will take place on Dec. 6 during MLB’s Winter Meetings in Nashville. Miami Marlins add two prospects to 40-man roster to protect from Rule 5 Draft Skip to main content
The 2024 MLB Draft Lottery took place on December 5, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee during the Winter Meetings. [4] The Washington Nationals were ineligible to participate in the lottery, as per a rule in the collective bargaining agreement between Major League Baseball and MLBPA that limits teams in larger markets from winning draft lottery picks in consecutive seasons. [5]