The Rule 5 draft took place on Thursday, and while it was fairly uneventful for the Cardinals, clubs in the aggregate across the major and minor league phases made 74 picks, which was the most since the 2004 draft. Clubs made 18 choices in the major league portion, which, along with 2016 and 2017, was the most since the 2010 draft.
As I expected they would, the Cards passed in the major league phase. A pick in that phase would require the club to not only add the player to the 40-man roster, but keep the player on the active roster (we expect the size of that roster this year to be 26) all season.