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...

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...

The Major League Baseball draft (officially the Rule 4 Draft; also known as the first-year player draft) is the primary mechanism by which Major League...

but may purchase the rights to Rule 5 Draft Picks. Beginning with the 2012 season, MLB allows one specific class of draft picks to be traded. As part of...

to the 2007 season, Hamilton was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the Rule 5 draft; the Cubs traded him to the Cincinnati Reds, where he made his MLB debut...

Meetings, the New York Mets selected Gilmartin from the Twins in the Rule 5 draft on December 11. Gilmartin competed to make the Mets' Opening Day 25-man...

the NHL Drafts, the MLB draft takes place during the season instead of in the offseason. In December, MLB holds the much shorter Rule 5 draft. If an organization...

selected Cortés in the 36th round of the 2013 MLB draft. Taken by the Orioles in the Rule 5 draft after the 2017 season, he made his MLB debut with them...

Red Sox selected Rutledge from the Rockies with the 26th pick of the Rule 5 draft. He played in 37 games for Boston, batting .224/.297/.262 with no home...

95 RBIs. Santander was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2016 Rule 5 draft. He made his major league debut on August 18, 2017, at Camden Yards,...

league organizations. The Rule 5 draft, in which minor league players who are not on a team's 40-man roster can be drafted by a major league team, is...

following the 2019 season to protect him from being eligible in the Rule 5 draft. He was invited to the regularly held 2020 spring training, as well as...

"The 2020 Rule 5 Draft Scouting Reports". FanGraphs.com. Retrieved August 13, 2021. Mayo, Jonathan (December 10, 2020). "2020 Rule 5 Draft results, pick...

July 2003 for pitcher John Wasdin. Thompson was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 2003 Rule 5 Draft and was traded to the Kansas City Royals. In April...

of 2003 Seattle Mariners draft picks. The Mariners took part in both the Rule 4 draft (June amateur draft) and the Rule 5 draft. The Mariners made 53 selections...

from their minor league system with the first six picks in the 2003 Rule 5 draft, even though they had unused spots on their 40-man roster and could have...

16 strikeouts. In 2005, after being picked by the Chicago Cubs in the Rule 5 draft in 2004 and undergoing surgery on a torn labrum, Foster returned to the...

York Yankees in Rule 5 draft". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved December 8, 2023. Mayo, Jonathan (December 6, 2023). "2023 Rule 5 Draft results: Pick...

minors to allow him to develop; however, he was subsequently drafted under the Rule 5 draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates after one of their scouts took note...

Brewers added Turang to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. On March 27, 2023, the Brewers announced that Turang had made the Opening...

as an amateur free agent in 1995 and drafted by the San Francisco Giants from Houston in the 2001 Rule 5 Draft. Later, he was selected off waivers by...

1992, by the Houston Astros. He was selected by the Phillies in the Rule 5 draft, on December 9, 1996; Ramos was returned to the Astros. Ramos continued...

Nationals selected Núñez from the Marlins in the Rule 5 draft. Núñez made the team's Opening Day roster. Rule 5 draft results "Collin's Hill Nasim Nunez: Montlick...

the St. Louis Cardinals selected Fernandez from the Red Sox in the Rule 5 draft. He made the Cardinals' Opening Day roster as part of the team's bullpen...

2020, the San Francisco Giants selected Núñez from the Mets in the Rule 5 draft. On March 15, 2021, it was announced that Núñez had sprained the ulnar...

The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Soriano from the Angels in the 2020 Rule 5 draft. On February 17, 2021, Soriano was placed on the 60-day injured list...

acquired from the Rockies by the Texas Rangers in the Triple-A phase of the Rule 5 draft. Wilson attended Rangers spring training in Surprise, Arizona, in 2014...

if the player is a Rule 5 draft pick, the player must be offered back to the club from which he was selected from in the Rule 5 draft for $50,000, half...

However, the league eventually established a rule that "a player could not make himself available" for the draft until eight years after his high school graduation...

2019, Machín was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2019 Rule 5 draft, and traded to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for cash considerations...