Notes from Effectively Wild ep. 1461
- Each year in December
- “[A]ims to prevent teams from stockpiling too many young players on their minor league affiliate teams when other teams would be willing to have them play in the majors.”
- Players are eligible for selection in the Rule 5 draft if they are not on their major league organization’s 40-man roster and:
- Signed with their current club at age 18 or younger and have played professionally for at least five years
- Signed with their current club at age 19 or older and have played professionally for at least four years
- 2017: Padres carried three Rule 5 picks on their roster all year long
- Made them bad that year
- Thinking for the future?
- From “low A” to the majors; little experience
- About 20 years old
- Where are they now?
- Allen Córdoba of the Padres
- Record got significantly worse after he went from the majors to high-A
- Shortstop
- .579 OPS for Padres
- Rule 5 pick who spent only one year in the majors
- Now, .800 OPS with 32 steals
- 77 strikeouts and 31 walks in 470 plate appearances
- Still in the Padres system
- Catcher
- Major leaguer at age 21
- .163/.243/.203 in 2017
- Afterward, sent to high-A