A side effect of having a deep farm system like the Tampa Bay Rays is you are prone to having unprotected players picked off in the Rule 5 Draft. Five out of the past six years the Rays have lost a player in the Rule 5 Draft.
2014: Oscar Hernández to the Arizona Diamondbacks
2015: Joey Rickard to the Baltimore Orioles
2016: None!
2017: Burch Smith to the New York Mets (traded to the Kansas City Royals)
2018: Sam McWilliams to the Kansas City Royals
2019: Stephen Woods to the Kansas City Royals
Geesh…Royals, you peskier than Mel Brooks to the poor people of Rottingham… Leave us alone Royals!