All 30 Main League groups had choices to make forward of Tuesday’s 6 p.m. ET deadline to set 40-man rosters. Eligible gamers who weren’t added to their respective group’s roster by then might be chosen by one other group within the Rule 5 Draft, which is about for Wednesday, Dec. 10, in Orlando, Florida.
Gamers first signed at age 18 or youthful should be added to 40-man rosters inside 5 seasons or they develop into eligible to be drafted by different organizations via the Rule 5 course of. Gamers signed at 19 years or older need to be protected inside 4 seasons. Golf equipment pay $100,000 to pick out a participant within the Main League part of the Rule 5 Draft. If that participant does not keep on the 26-man roster for the total season, he should be provided again to his former group for $50,000.
For this 12 months, which means a global or highschool Draft choose signed in 2021 needed to be protected. A school participant taken within the 2022 Draft was in the identical place.
There have been six gamers on MLB Pipeline’s Prime 100 Prospects checklist who wanted to be protected or develop into uncovered to the Rule 5 Draft. All six had been added to their golf equipment’ 40-man rosters:
Andrew Painter, RHP, Phillies (No. 16)Angel Genao, SS, Guardians (No. 59)Joe Mack, C, Marlins (No. 70)Leonardo Bernal, C, Cardinals (No. 92)Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz, RHP, Yankees (No. 97)Spencer Jones, OF, Yankees (No. 99)
It could have been stunning if any of those prospects didn’t find yourself on a 40-man roster by the deadline. Over the previous 10 seasons, all 98 Prime 100 prospects who had been eligible received roster spots:
This 12 months, 135 gamers on organizational Prime 30 lists needed to be added or uncovered to the Rule 5 Draft. Beneath is the year-by-year share of prospects ranked on organizational Prime 30 lists added to 40-man rosters:
2025: 56 of 135 (41.5 %)2024: 38 of 95 (40.0 %)2023: 54 of 152 (35.5 %)2022: 76 of 176 (43.2 %)2021: 80 of 169 (47.3 %)2020: 86 of 174 (49.4 %)2019: 87 of 149 (58.3 %)2018: 71 of 149 (47.6 %)2017: 85 of 153 (55.6 %)2016: 84 of 144 (58.0 %)2015: 75 of 156 (48.0 %)
Final 12 months’s Rule 5 eligible pool is a bit smaller than standard as a result of fewer gamers had been signed in 2020 than is typical because of the uncommon circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, after which in 2021 the Draft was truncated to twenty rounds, down from 40 earlier than the pandemic. Fewer prospects total had been signed throughout that interval in comparison with years prior, resulting in the smaller crop of Rule 5 eligible prospects in 2024.
Here is a listing of all 30 groups’ Prime 30 prospects who wanted to be protected — and whether or not or not they had been — to keep away from being uncovered to the Rule 5 Draft:
+ signifies participant has been added to the 40-man roster
Non-Prime 30 prospects added:Jose Fernandez, INFDylan Ray, RHP
Non-Prime 30 prospects added:Junior Perez, OF
Non-Prime 30 prospects added:Anthony Nunez, RHPReed Trimble, OFCameron Foster, RHP
Non-Prime 30 prospects added:Shane Drohan, LHPTyler Uberstin, RHP
Non-Prime 30 prospects added:Riley Martin, LHP
Non-Prime 30 prospects added:Duncan Davitt, RHP
Non-Prime 30 prospects added:Yorman Gómez, RHP
Non-Prime 30 prospects added:Trei Cruz, INF/OFEduardo Valencia, 1B/C
Non-Prime 30 prospects added:Ronan Kopp, LHPRyan Ward, OF/1B
Non-Prime 30 prospects added:Will Kempner, RHPJosh White, RHP
Minnesota Twins+Kendry Rojas, LHP (No. 5)+Gabriel Gonzalez, OF (No. 8)+Connor Prielipp, LHP (No. 9)CJ Culpepper, RHP (No. 17)+Andrew Morris, RHP (No. 19)Jose Olivares, RHP (No. 24)+Hendry Mendez, OF (No. 25)Ricardo Olivar, C (No. 26)Kala’i Rosario, OF (No. 29)Danny De Andrade, SS (No. 30)
Non-Prime 30 prospects added:John Klein, RHP
New York Yankees+Elmer Rodriguez, RHP (No. 3/MLB No. 97)+Spencer Jones, OF (No. 4/MLB No. 99)+Chase Hampton, RHP (No. 8)Henry Lalane, LHP (No. 9)Brock Selvidge, LHP (No. 10)Brendan Beck, RHP (No. 11)Jace Avina, OF (No. 24)T.J. Rumfield, 1B (No. 25)Eric Reyzelman, RHP (No. 26)Harrison Cohen, RHP (No. 30)
Non-Prime 30 prospects added:Kervin Castro, RHP
Non-Prime 30 prospects added:Brandan Bidois, RHPRyan Harbin, RHPAntwone Kelly, RHPTyler Samaniego, LHP
Non-Prime 30 prospects added:Alex Hoppe, RHP
Non-Prime 30 prospects added:Bryan Torres, OF
Non-Prime 30 prospects added:Alex Cook dinner, RHPForrest Whitley, RHP (later launched)
Non-Prime 30 prospects added:Brandon Valenzuela, C
Non-Prime 30 prospects added:Riley Cornelio, RHP
