If you’re a Cubs fan and the most exciting part of the Winter Meetings for you is the Rule 5 Draft, today is your day. More than a handful of relatively unknown prospects will move to new organizations with a real opportunity to grab a spot on a major league roster. The goal of the annual exercise is to prevent teams from stockpiling young players, but it’s more of an exercise in payroll frugality in baseball’s new economy.
I have no idea who the Cubs will choose or lose, so thankfully Cubs Insider has Todd Johnson, who is an expert in this sort of thing.