In December 2021 this year’s Rule 5 draft is scheduled to happen. Although you might not be familiar with it, you probably know that in the Rule 5 draft teams pick players from other teams. What you might not know is that there is a MLB Rule 5 draft and a MiLB Rule 5 draft.
In this article we will only discuss the MLB Rule 5 draft, although it is worth of note that in last year’s MiLB Rule 5 draft the D-Backs took Tyler Gilbert from the LA Dodgers. Gilbert would pitch to a 3.