The Rule 5 Draft is nigh upon us, and the draft-eligible players have been set with all of the MLB’s 40-man rosters revealed for the upcoming 2018 season. The Rangers tend to be one of the more active teams during the Rule 5 draft and for the extremely low cost of player acquisition; it may […]
The Rule 5 Draft: How Does That Work?
MLB’s Rule 5 Draft is, in essence, a way to keep teams from stashing minor leaguers in their system forever without any hope of them advancing to the big leagues. It’s an interesting wrinkle in the player development system, and it makes for some interesting intrigue in the long winter of the baseball offseason. The […]