Before the 6 pm deadline on Friday evening, the New York Yankees protected four players from the Rule 5 draft grabbag on December 10th. Those players were Alexander Vizcaino, Roansy Contreras, Yoendrys Gomez, and Oswald Peraza. Whether Vizcaino or any of the protected players have a big payday in their future remains to be seen, but being protected is the first path to that goal.
This year on the tenth, held each December because the baseball winter meetings have been canceled, the Rule 5 Draft allows clubs without a full 40-man roster to select certain non-40-man roster players from other clubs.