Good morning, Birdland!
Get hype! It is the day of the offseason calendar you’ve all been waiting for. It is minor league Rule 5 Draft day!
The Winter Meetings are a little different this year. There can be no moves related to an organization’s 40-man roster as that would involve members of the players union, and team owners have locked them out. So, the Major League phase of the Rule 5 draft will not take place, at least not right now.
However, MLB does not treat minor leaguers the same as those in the bigs. They treat them much, much worse.