We’ve talked a bit about how this offseason will see the White Sox scrambling a bit with their 40-man roster. One of the good problems of having a deep farm system is that you’ve got a lot of talent, the kind that other teams want. Unfortunately for the team, MLB has some rules that prevent them from simply warehousing players in the minors.
One of those is the Rule 5 draft, which permits teams to select certain non-40-man roster players from other teams. Of course, as we’ve seen with Dylan Covey, there are restrictions which generally (I see you Padres) mean near-major league players are the ones selected.