LIVE: Rule 5 Draft underway from San Diego

SAN DIEGO — Tune in to a stay simulcast by way of the stream above as Major League golf equipment collect on the final day of the Winter Meetings in San Diego to participate within the Rule 5 Draft. The occasion, being held in particular person for the primary time in three years, offers golf equipment a chance so as to add low-risk, high-ceiling expertise to their organizations.

Below is that this yr’s Rule 5 Draft order, which is dictated by the reverse order of final season’s standings, in contrast to the novice Draft (Rule 4), whose order is now decided partly by a Lottery. A workforce should have room on its roster to make a choose, so every workforce’s 40-man standing is included in parentheses. Clubs pay $100,000 to pick a participant within the Major League section of the Rule 5 Draft, but when that participant would not keep on the energetic Major League roster for the complete season, he have to be supplied again to his former workforce for $50,000.

There can be a Minor League section of the Rule 5 Draft, with the prices rising from $12,000 to $24,000 for a Triple-A choose (anybody not protected on a giant league or Triple-A roster is eligible). The Double-A section has been eradicated. Players chosen on this portion of the Rule 5 Draft aren’t topic to any roster restrictions with their new organizations.