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cxcx
Can someone explain how Rule 5 picks work a bit better? So Gilmartin had been stuck in the minors the max number of years without being called up, I guess five, so he was exposed to the Rule Five Draft, and the Mets picked him, and they rostered him all last year, ok. But now that he spent a year on a big league roster, he is able to be optioned, in a standard way over three years I guess. Is that right? Seems weird somehow…
WolandJR
Its about whether the player is on the 40-man roster or not. So when a player is on the 40-man, they can be optioned to the minors and the team still retains control over the player’s rights. Prior to being on the 40-man, the team controls a player’s rights for 4 or 5 years (depending on whether they are a college draftee or HS/Intl), before they are exposed to the rule 5 draft. The draft was put in place to ensure that teams don’t just hide a ton of talent in their minors without giving them a chance to crack a major league roster.
dwhitt3
Yes. After he’s picked in the Rule V Draft, he remains on the roster the entire season, then the team has full rights to him as any other player on their roster, so he can be optioned. In a more complicated situation, last year, the DBacks picked catcher Oscar Hernandez, who got hurt during Spring Training, and spent most of the season on the DL. Near the end of the season, he was activated, and spent something like 21 days on the active roster. While a DL stint counts as Major League time, they must be active for at least 90 days, so Hernandez, a year later, is still subject to Rule V Draft rules until he surpasses the 90 days, so he must stay on the DBacks’ active roster for at least 69 or something days before the DBacks gain his full rights, or be offered back to his original club.
metsoptimist
I really liked Logan Verrett last season, but I was surprised that he made the team, just because articles I’d read seemed to indicate that Gilmartin had the edge.