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The Rule 5 draft is named for its place in The Official Professional Baseball Rules Book. The Rule 4 draft—more widely known as the "first-year player draft", "amateur draft", or simply the " MLB draft "—is a distinctly different process by which teams select high school and college players, and takes place annually in July.
Examples of these rules are the Rule 5 draft (so-named for the applicable section of the rule book) and the injured list. Other examples include: the 5/10 Rule whereby players who have been with a club for 5 consecutive years and have been a major league player for 10 years cannot be traded without their consent.
MLB player transactions are governed by The Official Professional Baseball Rules Book, [16] [a] within which, Rule 4 governs the "First-Year Player Draft". [16]: 47–62 Due to its place in the rules book, MLB's amateur draft is sometimes referred to as the "Rule 4 draft"; there is also a distinctly different Rule 5 draft.
Rule 5 selections must remain on the selecting team’s active roster or injured list for the duration of the season following their selection.
The Rule 5 Draft's major league phase allows teams to claim players with at least four years of minor league experience who are not on 40-man rosters from other teams. The players claimed, however ...
The Miami Marlins on Wednesday selected right-handed relief pitcher Nic Enright from the Cleveland Guardians organization in the MLB phase of the Rule 5 Draft, the final major event of the league ...
The major league phase of the Rule 5 draft following the 2021 season was postponed due to the 2021 MLB lockout. [21] When the lockout was resolved, the draft was cancelled. [22] Notable players chosen in the minor league phase [21] Andrew Young, 2B, Washington Nationals from the Arizona Diamondbacks; Charles Leblanc, IF, Miami Marlins from the ...
The Royals set their 40-man roster with two minor-league prospects.