This article is part of the Know Your Orioles 40-man series, which features an article about each player currently on the Orioles roster. There will be one every weekday until we run out of players.
The Orioles’ love for the Rule 5 draft has spanned multiple administrations. Mike Elias kept the tradition alive by snagging two pitchers last offseason, and one of them turned out pretty well.
Tyler Wells has a bright future ahead of him, but nobody can call him the O’s most successful Rule 5 acquisition quite yet. That title still belongs to Anthony Santander.