I love the Rule 5 draft. It’s one of my favorite events of the offseason. I think it’s one of the more underrated events too and even though coverage of it has been on the rise, I still feel like it’s not covered enough. There are players selected who can make a legitimate difference with their new teams. That’s mostly at the major league level of the draft, but that’s not to say that the minor league portion doesn’t matter.
You may recall that the St. Louis Cardinals took Ben DeLuzio in the minor league portion of the draft last season and he went on to make his MLB debut towards the end of the year.