While the major league portion of the Rule 5 draft is postponed until the CBA negotiations are done, the minor league portion of the draft was held this afternoon. It is largely true that the minor league Rule 5 draft is just about grabbing some potential lottery ticket types and minor league filler amongst those that are Rule 5 eligible without having to devote a 40 man spot to them.
For their first selection in the Triple-A phase, the Braves took first baseman John Nogowski from the San Francisco Giants. The 28 year old Nogowski was a 34th round pick way back in 2014 by Oakland and moved around quite a bit this past season after a pretty strong track record of hitting in his career in the minors.