Below are lists of Rule 5 draft results since 1997. Players selected in the Major League Baseball (MLB) phase of the Rule 5 draft must be kept on their new team's active roster for the entire following MLB season, or they are placed on waivers and offered back to their original team if not claimed. Players chosen in the Minor League Baseball phase(s) of the Rule 5 draft remain with their new organization without restrictions.
The Rule 5 draft has happened every year since 1920. The 2021 MLB lockout led to the postponement of the major league phase of the Rule 5 draft, but the minor league phase proceeded as scheduled. [1]
Pos | Position |
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C | Catcher |
1B | First baseman |
2B | Second baseman |
3B | Third baseman |
SS | Shortstop |
IF | Infielder |
OF | Outfielder |
RHP | Right-handed pitcher |
LHP | Left-handed pitcher |
* | All Star Selection |
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Pick | By | Player | Pos | From | Notes |
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1 | Oakland Athletics | Mitch Spence | RHP | New York Yankees | |
2 | Kansas City Royals | Matt Sauer | RHP | New York Yankees | Returned to Yankees on May 26. [3] |
3 | Colorado Rockies | Anthony Molina | RHP | Tampa Bay Rays | |
4 | Chicago White Sox | Shane Drohan | LHP | Boston Red Sox | Returned to the Red Sox on June 12. [4] |
5 | Washington Nationals | Nasim Nuñez | SS | Miami Marlins | |
6 | St. Louis Cardinals | Ryan Fernandez | RHP | Boston Red Sox | |
7 | New York Mets | Justin Slaten | RHP | Texas Rangers | Traded to the Red Sox on December 6, 2023. [5] |
8 | Cleveland Guardians | Deyvison De Los Santos | 3B | Arizona Diamondbacks | Returned to Diamondbacks on March 23, 2024. [6] |
9 | San Diego Padres | Stephen Kolek | RHP | Seattle Mariners | |
10 | Texas Rangers | Carson Coleman | RHP | New York Yankees |
The major league phase of the Rule 5 draft following the 2021 season was postponed due to the 2021 MLB lockout. [19] When the lockout was resolved, the draft was cancelled. [20]
Pick | By | Player | Pos | From | Notes |
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1 | Detroit Tigers | Rony García | RHP | New York Yankees | |
2 | Baltimore Orioles | Brandon Bailey | RHP | Houston Astros | Returned to Astros |
3 | Miami Marlins | Sterling Sharp | RHP | Washington Nationals | Returned to Nationals |
4 | Kansas City Royals | Stephen Woods Jr. | RHP | Tampa Bay Rays | Returned to Rays, then traded back to Royals |
5 | Seattle Mariners | Yohan Ramírez | RHP | Houston Astros | |
6 | Cincinnati Reds | Mark Payton | OF | Oakland Athletics | Returned to Athletics, then traded back to Reds |
7 | San Francisco Giants | Dany Jiménez | RHP | Toronto Blue Jays | Returned to Blue Jays |
8 | Philadelphia Phillies | Vimael Machín | IF | Chicago Cubs | Traded to the Oakland Athletics [25] |
9 | Chicago Cubs | Trevor Megill | RHP | San Diego Padres | Returned to Padres, then traded back to Cubs [26] |
10 | Boston Red Sox | Jonathan Araúz | IF | Houston Astros | |
11 | Baltimore Orioles | Michael Rucker | RHP | Chicago Cubs | Returned to Cubs |
Pick | By | Player | Pos | From | Notes |
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1 | Minnesota Twins | Miguel Díaz | RHP | Milwaukee Brewers | Traded to the San Diego Padres |
2 | Cincinnati Reds | Luis Torrens | C | New York Yankees | Traded to the San Diego Padres |
3 | San Diego Padres | Allen Córdoba | SS | St. Louis Cardinals | Made the Padres' Opening Day roster |
4 | Tampa Bay Rays | Kevin Gadea | RHP | Seattle Mariners | Started the season on the disabled list, waived and released in August 2019 |
5 | Atlanta Braves | Armando Rivero | RHP | Chicago Cubs | Started the season on the disabled list |
6 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Tyler Jones | RHP | New York Yankees | Returned to the Yankees [53] |
7 | Milwaukee Brewers | Caleb Smith | LHP | New York Yankees | Traded to the Chicago Cubs, and returned to the Yankees [54] |
8 | Los Angeles Angels | Justin Haley | RHP | Boston Red Sox | Traded to the San Diego Padres, and then to the Minnesota Twins, returned to Boston July 2017 |
9 | Chicago White Sox | Dylan Covey | RHP | Oakland Athletics | Made the White Sox' Opening Day roster |
10 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Tyler Webb | LHP | New York Yankees | Returned to the Yankees [55] |
11 | Detroit Tigers | Daniel Stumpf | LHP | Kansas City Royals | Elected free agency after waived by Detroit, and resigned with Detroit [56] |
12 | Baltimore Orioles | Aneury Tavárez | OF | Boston Red Sox | Returned to the Red Sox |
13 | Toronto Blue Jays | Glenn Sparkman | RHP | Kansas City Royals | Started the season on the disabled list and returned to the Royals |
14 | Boston Red Sox | Josh Rutledge | SS | Colorado Rockies | Started the season on the disabled list |
15 | Cleveland Indians | Hoby Milner | LHP | Philadelphia Phillies | Returned to the Phillies [57] |
16 | Texas Rangers | Mike Hauschild | RHP | Houston Astros | Made the Rangers' Opening Day roster, returned to Astros |
17 | Cincinnati Reds | Stuart Turner | C | Minnesota Twins | Made the Reds' Opening Day roster |
18 | Baltimore Orioles | Anthony Santander | OF | Cleveland Indians | Started the season on the disabled list |
Pick | By | Player | Pos | From | Notes |
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1 | Houston Astros | Patrick Schuster | LHP | Arizona Diamondbacks | Sent to the San Diego Padres as the player to be named later for Anthony Bass, Returned to the Diamondbacks |
2 | Chicago White Sox | Adrián Nieto | C | Washington Nationals | |
3 | Philadelphia Phillies | Kevin Munson | RHP | Arizona Diamondbacks | Returned to the Diamondbacks |
4 | Colorado Rockies | Tommy Kahnle | RHP | New York Yankees | |
5 | Toronto Blue Jays | Brian Moran | LHP | Seattle Mariners | Traded to the Los Angeles Angels [66] |
6 | New York Mets | Seth Rosin | RHP | Philadelphia Phillies | Traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers, [67] Claimed off waivers by the Rangers, [68] Returned to the Phillies |
7 | Milwaukee Brewers | Wei-Chung Wang | LHP | Pittsburgh Pirates | |
8 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Marcos Mateo | RHP | Chicago Cubs | Returned to the Cubs during spring training [69] |
9 | Baltimore Orioles | Michael Almanzar | 3B | Boston Red Sox | Returned to the Red Sox, later traded to Orioles |
Pick | By | Player | Pos | From | Notes |
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1 | Houston Astros | Rhiner Cruz | RHP | New York Mets | |
2 | Minnesota Twins | Terry Doyle | RHP | Chicago White Sox | Returned to Chicago, later signed with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Japan |
3 | Seattle Mariners | Lucas Luetge | LHP | Milwaukee Brewers | |
4 | Baltimore Orioles | Ryan Flaherty | INF | Chicago Cubs | |
5 | Kansas City Royals | César Cabral | LHP | Boston Red Sox | Traded to the New York Yankees for cash. |
6 | Chicago Cubs | Lendy Castillo | RHP | Philadelphia Phillies | |
7 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Gustavo Núñez | SS | Detroit Tigers | |
8 | Atlanta Braves | Robert Fish | LHP | Los Angeles Angels | |
9 | St. Louis Cardinals | Erik Komatsu | OF | Washington Nationals | Claimed off waivers by the Minnesota Twins and later returned to Washington. |
10 | Boston Red Sox | Marwin González | SS | Chicago Cubs | Traded to the Houston Astros for Marco Duarte. |
11 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Brett Lorin | RHP | Pittsburgh Pirates | Rights permanently acquired by Arizona from Pittsburgh in exchange for Robby Rowland. |
12 | New York Yankees | Brad Meyers | RHP | Washington Nationals |
Pick | By | Player | Pos | From | Notes |
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1 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Josh Rodriguez | SS | Cleveland Indians | Returned to Cleveland on April 29, 2011. [77] Reacquired by Pittsburgh on June 21. [78] |
2 | Seattle Mariners | José Flores | RHP | Cleveland Indians | Returned to Cleveland on March 25, 2011. [79] |
3 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Joe Paterson | LHP | San Francisco Giants | |
4 | Baltimore Orioles | Adrian Rosario | RHP | Milwaukee Brewers | Returned to Milwaukee on March 24, 2011. [80] |
5 | Kansas City Royals | Nate Adcock | RHP | Pittsburgh Pirates | |
6 | Washington Nationals | Elvin Ramírez | RHP | New York Mets | Returned to New York Mets on October 18, 2011. [81] |
7 | Chicago Cubs | Mason Tobin | RHP | Los Angeles Angels | Traded to Texas on December 9, 2010. [82] |
8 | Houston Astros | Aneury Rodríguez | RHP | Tampa Bay Rays | |
9 | Milwaukee Brewers | Pat Egan | RHP | Baltimore Orioles | Returned to Baltimore on March 24, 2011 [80] |
10 | New York Mets | Brad Emaus | 2B | Toronto Blue Jays | Returned to Toronto on April 21, 2011, then traded to Colorado on April 22, 2011. [83] |
11 | San Diego Padres | George Kontos | RHP | New York Yankees | Returned to New York Yankees on March 14, 2011. [84] |
12 | Minnesota Twins | Scott Diamond | LHP | Atlanta Braves | Rights acquired by Minnesota from Atlanta in exchange for Billy Bullock. [85] |
13 | New York Yankees | Robert Fish | LHP | Los Angeles Angels | Claimed off waivers by Kansas City on March 13, 2011. [86] Returned to Los Angeles Angels on March 27. [87] |
14 | Tampa Bay Rays | César Cabral | LHP | Boston Red Sox | Claimed off waivers by Toronto on March 12, 2011, [88] and by Tampa Bay on March 14. [89] Returned to Boston on March 28. [90] |
15 | Philadelphia Phillies | Michael Martínez | IF | Washington Nationals | |
16 | Washington Nationals | Brian Broderick | RHP | St. Louis Cardinals | Returned to St. Louis on May 23, 2011. [91] |
17 | Houston Astros | Lance Pendleton | RHP | New York Yankees | Returned to New York Yankees on March 27, 2011. [92] |
18 | New York Mets | Pedro Beato | RHP | Baltimore Orioles | |
19 | New York Yankees | Daniel Turpen | RHP | Boston Red Sox | Returned to Boston on March 13, 2011. [93] |
Pick | By | Player | Pos | From | Notes |
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1 | Washington Nationals | Jamie Hoffmann | OF | Los Angeles Dodgers | Acquired by the New York Yankees as the player to be named later in the trade for Brian Bruney. Returned to Los Angeles on March 22, 2010. |
2 | Pittsburgh Pirates | John Raynor | OF | Florida Marlins | Returned to Marlins on May 4, 2010 |
3 | Baltimore Orioles | Ben Snyder | LHP | San Francisco Giants | Acquired by the Texas Rangers as the player to be named later in the trade for Kevin Millwood. Texas traded Edwin Escobar to San Francisco to retain his rights and outrighted him to the minors |
4 | Kansas City Royals | Edgar Osuna | LHP | Atlanta Braves | Outrighted to the minor leagues after Atlanta declined to reclaim him |
5 | Cleveland Indians | Héctor Ambriz | RHP | Arizona Diamondbacks | |
6 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Zach Kroenke | LHP | New York Yankees | |
7 | New York Mets | Carlos Monasterios | RHP | Philadelphia Phillies | Sold to the Los Angeles Dodgers for cash on day of draft |
8 | Houston Astros | Jorge Jiménez | 3B | Boston Red Sox | Acquired by the Florida Marlins as the player to be named later for Matt Lindstrom. Returned to Boston on March 21, 2010. |
9 | Oakland Athletics | Bobby Cassevah | RHP | Los Angeles Angels | Returned to Los Angeles on March 15, 2010 |
10 | Toronto Blue Jays | Zech Zinicola | RHP | Washington Nationals | Returned to Washington on March 18, 2010. |
11 | Milwaukee Brewers | Chuck Lofgren | LHP | Cleveland Indians | Milwaukee traded Omar Aguilar to Cleveland to retain his rights. Lofgren was then outrighted to the minor leagues. |
12 | Chicago Cubs | Mike Parisi | RHP | St. Louis Cardinals | Outrighted to the minor leagues after St. Louis declined to reclaim him. |
13 | Tampa Bay Rays | Armando Zerpa | LHP | Boston Red Sox | Traded to Los Angeles Dodgers on December 10, 2009, [95] returned to Boston on March 15, 2010 |
14 | Seattle Mariners | Kanekoa Texeira | RHP | New York Yankees | Designated for assignment on May 31, 2010, claimed off waivers by the Kansas City Royals |
15 | San Francisco Giants | Steve Johnson | RHP | Baltimore Orioles | Returned to Baltimore March 16, 2010. |
16 | St. Louis Cardinals | Ben Jukich | LHP | Cincinnati Reds | Returned to Cincinnati on March 18, 2010. |
17 | Philadelphia Phillies | David Herndon | RHP | Los Angeles Angels |
Pick | By | Player | Pos | From | Notes |
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1 | Washington Nationals | Terrell Young | RHP | Cincinnati Reds | |
2 | Seattle Mariners | Reegie Corona | INF | New York Yankees | Returned to the Yankees on April 2, 2009 [97] |
3 | San Diego Padres | Everth Cabrera | SS | Colorado Rockies | |
4 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Donnie Veal | LHP | Chicago Cubs | |
5 | Baltimore Orioles | Lou Palmisano | C | Milwaukee Brewers | Traded to the Houston Astros for cash considerations. Retained by Houston after Milwaukee declined to accept him back on March 21, 2009. [98] |
6 | San Francisco Giants | Luis Perdomo | RHP | St. Louis Cardinals | Started the season with San Francisco, but later designated for assignment and claimed by the San Diego Padres on April 10, 2009 [99] |
7 | Cincinnati Reds | David Patton | RHP | Colorado Rockies | Traded to the Chicago Cubs for cash considerations. |
8 | Detroit Tigers | Kyle Bloom | LHP | Pittsburgh Pirates | Returned to the Pirates on March 29, 2009 [100] |
9 | Kansas City Royals | Jose Lugo | LHP | Minnesota Twins | Traded to the Seattle Mariners for cash considerations. Returned to Twins on April 1, 2009 [101] |
10 | Oakland Athletics | Benjamin Copeland | CF | San Francisco Giants | |
11 | Arizona Diamondbacks | James Skelton | C | Detroit Tigers | |
12 | Florida Marlins | Zach Kroenke | LHP | New York Yankees | Returned to Yankees March 16, 2009 [102] |
13 | Houston Astros | Gilbert De La Vara | LHP | Kansas City Royals | Returned to Royals on March 31, 2009 [103] |
14 | Minnesota Twins | Jason Jones | RHP | New York Yankees | The Twins traded Charles Nolte to New York for Jones' rights. [104] |
15 | New York Mets | Darren O'Day | RHP | Los Angeles Angels | Claimed off waivers by the Texas Rangers April 22, 2009 |
16 | Milwaukee Brewers | Eduardo Morlan | RHP | Tampa Bay Rays | Returned to Tampa Bay on March 19, 2009 [105] |
17 | Philadelphia Phillies | Bobby Mosebach | RHP | Los Angeles Angels | Returned to Anaheim on April 1, 2009 |
18 | Boston Red Sox | Miguel González | RHP | Los Angeles Angels | Missed the entire season due to Tommy John surgery |
19 | Tampa Bay Rays | Derek Rodriguez | RHP | Chicago White Sox | Returned to Chicago White Sox on March 23, 2009 [95] [106] |
20 | San Diego Padres | Iván Nova | RHP | New York Yankees | Returned to Yankees on March 29, 2009 [100] |
21 | New York Mets | Rocky Cherry | RHP | Baltimore Orioles | Released by Mets after Baltimore refused to take him back [107] |
Pick | By | Player | Pos | From | Notes |
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1 | Tampa Bay Rays | Tim Lahey | RHP | Minnesota Twins | Traded to Chicago Cubs on December 6, 2007, [95] claimed off waivers by Philadelphia Phillies on March 28, 2008, returned to Minnesota on April 12, 2008 |
2 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Evan Meek | RHP | Tampa Bay Rays | Remained with the Pirates after Pittsburgh negotiated to retain his rights. |
3 | Baltimore Orioles | Randor Bierd | RHP | Detroit Tigers | |
4 | San Francisco Giants | José Capellán | LHP | Boston Red Sox | Claimed by the Cincinnati Reds off waivers on March 12, 2008, returned to Boston on March 28 |
5 | Florida Marlins | Carlos Guevara | RHP | Cincinnati Reds | Traded to the San Diego Padres for cash considerations on December 6, 2007, rights acquired from the Cincinnati Reds and he was outrighted the Padres' minor-league system |
6 | Cincinnati Reds | Sergio Valenzuela | RHP | Atlanta Braves | Returned to Atlanta on March 10, 2008 |
7 | Washington Nationals | Matthew Whitney | 3B | Cleveland Indians | Returned to Cleveland on March 22, 2008 |
8 | Houston Astros | Wesley Wright | LHP | Los Angeles Dodgers | |
9 | Oakland Athletics | Fernando Hernandez Jr. | RHP | Chicago White Sox | Returned to Chicago on April 16, 2008 [109] |
10 | St. Louis Cardinals | Brian Barton | OF | Cleveland Indians | |
11 | Toronto Blue Jays | Randy Wells | RHP | Chicago Cubs | Returned to Chicago on April 16, 2008 |
12 | Seattle Mariners | R. A. Dickey | RHP | Minnesota Twins | Rights traded to Seattle in exchange for Jair Fernandez on March 29, 2008 |
13 | New York Mets | Steven Register | RHP | Colorado Rockies | Returned to Colorado on March 27, 2008 |
14 | San Diego Padres | Michael Gardner | RHP | New York Yankees | Returned to New York on March 18, 2008 |
15 | Philadelphia Phillies | Travis Blackley | LHP | San Francisco Giants | Rights acquired by Philadelphia |
16 | Washington Nationals | Garrett Guzman | OF | Minnesota Twins | Rights traded to Washington on March 23, 2008 in exchange for a player to be named later or cash |
17 | San Diego Padres | Callix Crabbe | 2B | Milwaukee Brewers | Returned to Milwaukee on May 16, 2008 |
18 | Philadelphia Phillies | Lincoln Holdzkom | RHP | Boston Red Sox | Later made a free agent after Boston refused to take him back and eventually given a one-year deal by Boston. |
Pick | By | Player | Pos. | From | Notes |
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1 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Angel Garcia | RHP | Minnesota Twins | Traded to Tampa Bay, returned to Minnesota on March 30, 2005. [95] |
2 | Kansas City Royals | Andrew Sisco | LHP | Chicago Cubs | |
3 | Washington Nationals | Tyrell Godwin | OF | Toronto Blue Jays | |
4 | Milwaukee Brewers | Marcos Carvajal | RHP | Los Angeles Dodgers | Sold by the Brewers to the Colorado Rockies |
5 | Colorado Rockies | Matt Merricks | LHP | Los Angeles Dodgers | |
6 | Baltimore Orioles | Luke Hagerty | LHP | Chicago Cubs | Traded by the Orioles to the Florida Marlins |
7 | Philadelphia Phillies | Shane Victorino | OF | Los Angeles Dodgers | |
8 | Oakland Athletics | Tyler Johnson | LHP | St. Louis Cardinals | |
9 | Minnesota Twins | Ryan Rowland-Smith | LHP | Seattle Mariners | |
10 | Los Angeles Dodgers | D. J. Houlton | RHP | Houston Astros | |
11 | Boston Red Sox | Adam Stern | OF | Atlanta Braves | |
12 | Washington Nationals | Tony Blanco | INF | Cincinnati Reds |
Pick | Pos. | Player | By | From | Notes |
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1 | INF | Jeff Huson | Seattle Mariners | Colorado Rockies | Released by Seattle July 8, 1998 [118] |
2 | LHP | Héctor Mercado | Philadelphia Phillies | Florida Marlins | Later traded by Philadelphia to the New York Mets for Mike Welch [119] |
3 | OF | Scott Podsednik | Texas Rangers | Florida Marlins | |
4 | RHP | Brian Edmondson | Atlanta Braves | New York Mets | |
5 | LHP | Stephen Randolph | Arizona Diamondbacks | New York Yankees | |
6 | RHP | Frank Lankford | Los Angeles Dodgers | New York Yankees | Returned by the Dodgers to the Yankees May 15, 1998 [120] |
7 | LHP | Sean Runyan | Detroit Tigers | San Diego Padres | |
8 | RHP | Keith Glauber | Cincinnati Reds | St. Louis Cardinals | |
9 | OF | Luis Saturria | Toronto Blue Jays | St. Louis Cardinals | Returned by the Blue Jays to the Cardinals March 20, 1998 [121] |
10 | LHP | Matt Williams | New York Yankees | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | |
11 | RHP | Joe Davenport | Chicago White Sox | Toronto Blue Jays |
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