2025 Rule 5 Draft Preview
- Here's a breakdown of the facts provided in the text, focusing on the team standings and rule 5 Draft details:
- Here's a list of teams and their records, likely representing the end of the regular season:
- * Eligibility: Players who signed professionally at age 18 or younger in 2021, or age 19 or older in 2022, are eligible if not on their team's 40-man...
Here’s a breakdown of the facts provided in the text, focusing on the team standings and rule 5 Draft details:
Team Standings (as of the provided text):
Here’s a list of teams and their records, likely representing the end of the regular season:
- Mariners: 90-72 (40-man roster link provided)
- Padres: 90-72 (40-man roster link provided)
- Cubs: 92-70 (40-man roster link provided)
- Dodgers: 93-69 (40-man roster link provided)
- Blue Jays: 94-68 (40-man roster link provided)
- Yankees: 94-68 (40-man roster link provided)
- Phillies: 96-66 (40-man roster link provided)
- brewers: 97-65 (40-man roster link provided)
Rule 5 Draft Information:
* Eligibility: Players who signed professionally at age 18 or younger in 2021, or age 19 or older in 2022, are eligible if not on their team’s 40-man roster.
* Major league Phase:
* Cost to acquire a player: $100,000
* Requirement: The selected player must remain on the acquiring team’s active big league roster for the entire following season.
* If the player is sent to the minors, they must clear waivers and be offered back to their original team for half the draft price.
* Minor League Phase:
* Eligibility: Any player not protected on a big league or Triple-A roster.
* Cost to acquire a player: $24,000
* No roster restrictions apply to players selected in this phase.
* Recent Successes:
* In the 2023 draft, 15 players were selected, with 3 sticking with their organizations through the 2024 season: Shane Smith (White Sox), Liam Hicks (Marlins), and Angel Bastardo (Blue Jays).
* Long-Term Successes (As 2012): Seven Rule 5 picks have accumulated 5.0+ career bWAR: Mark Canha,Odúbel Herrera,Brad Keller,Anthony Santander,Ryan Pressly,Garrett Whitlock,and Delino DeShields.
* All-Time Best: Roberto Clemente is considered the best Rule 5 pick ever.
* Top picks (1990-Present, by WAR): The text indicates a list of the top six picks since 1990 will follow, but the list is incomplete in the provided text.