Under Dan Duquette, the Orioles have certainly had previously with the Rule 5 Draft. They’ve picked up Ryan Flaherty and T.J. McFarland, who have both become serviceable players for the team in their recent successes.
It hasn’t all been rainbows and sunshine though. Last season’s addition of Jason Garcia proved to be quite a difficult roster balancing act for Duquette and Buck Showalter.
Going into 2016, the Orioles will have to keep Joey Rickard on their 25-man roster if they want to hold on to him in the organization, as they picked him in this years Rule 5 Draft.