Royals Review · Dec 6, 2022
The 2022 Rule 5 draft preview: Pitchers
Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty ImagesAfter skipping the Rule 5 draft last year due to the lockout, baseball will conclude its Winter Meetings with a draft on Wednesday at 4 p.m. CT. The draft is a chance for teams to poach talent from other organizations and for minor leaguers to get opportunities in a new organization. Players are eligible to be drafted if they are not on the 40-man roster and (a) they were signed at age 18 or younger and five seasons have passed or; (b) they were signed at age 19 or older and four seasons have passed. Any player selected must be on the active MLB roster all season or be offered back to their original team.