All 30 Major League teams have decisions to make ahead of Tuesday’s 6 p.m. ET deadline to set 40-man rosters. Eligible players who are not added to their respective organization’s roster by then can be selected by another organization in the Rule 5 Draft, which is set for Wednesday, Dec. 10, in Orlando.
Players first signed at age 18 or younger must be added to 40-man rosters within five seasons or they become eligible to be drafted by other organizations through the Rule 5 process. Players signed at 19 years or older have to be protected within four seasons. Clubs pay $100,000 to select a player in the Major League phase of the Rule 5 Draft. If that player doesn’t stay on the 26-man roster for the full season, he must be offered back to his former team for $50,000.
For this year, that means an international or high school Draft pick signed in 2021 had to be protected. A college player taken in the 2022 Draft was in the same position.
There are six players on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects list who needed to be protected or become exposed to the Rule 5 Draft:
It would be surprising if any of these prospects did not end up on a 40-man roster by the deadline. Over the past 10 seasons, all 98 Top 100 prospects who were eligible got roster spots:
Here’s a list of all 30 teams’ Top 30 prospects who need to be protected to avoid being exposed to the Rule 5 Draft:
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)
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