Every November, teams around baseball are forced to make tough roster decisions as a new group of prospects become eligible for the annual Rule 5 Draft. Teams can protect these prospects by adding them to the 40-man roster, but those spots are limited and the Yankees have seen players regularly selected over the last few season. While most players are eventually returned to their original team if they cannot stay on their new team’s 26-man roster all season, the Yankees are coming off a winter where they lost Rony García to the Tigers after they made him the first selection in the Rule 5 Draft.
The Rule 5 Draft may have cost the Yankees prospects
