Major League Baseball held its Rule 5 draft on Thursday, giving teams the opportunity to steal players from each other’s minor league systems. The catch is that the team must keep the player in the majors for the entire next season or else send him back to his old club. Click here for more details on how the draft works.
The Oakland A’s made two picks in the MLB portion of the draft this year. In the first round they selected outfielder Ka’ai Tom from the Cleveland Indians, and in the second round they took pitcher Dany Jimenez from the Toronto Blue Jays.