On December 10th, the Rule 5 Draft will be held. The simplest way to explain the Rule 5 draft is that it’s a way for teams to add players who are buried on other teams’ rosters, providing them with a more straightforward path to the major leagues. It originated in 1903, when baseball was “organized,” though a previous version dated back to the 1890s. At the time, every team in the majors or minors was its own entity. There was a concern that players would be limited in their ability to move up to higher leagues because minor league teams would hoard their best players.
Rule 5 Draft
