The Pittsburgh Pirates were quite active during this year’s Rule 5 draft. They took a player in the major league phase, and have already traded him to an American League West team. However, they also took a handful of players in the minor league phase - four, to be exact. While they lost one player (andthankfully not a notable one), the Pirates seemed to make the best of this year’s Rule 5 draft.
The Pirates had the fifth overall pick in the Rule 5 draft and used it on Carter Baumler from the Baltimore Orioles.