The New York Yankees' roster overflows every single year, and other teams love to scoop up the droppings during the Rule 5 draft. You can only protect so many high-minors arms, and the Yankees routinely expose starters with upside and, most importantly, relief prospects. Usually, they get plundered.
Somehow, despite dangling all kinds of talent this time around, the Yankees won't have to say goodbye to anyone at the MLB level.
The big-league portion of the Rule 5 draft came and went on Wednesday without a single eligible Yankee being selected and placed onto a 40-man roster.