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Cubs 2023 Rule 5 Draft & Minor League Free-Agency Watch List

6/3 UPDATE #2:

The Cubs have signed two second contract minor league free-agents, 1B Francis Reynoso (ex-STL) and RHP Jeral Vizcaino (ex-MIL), and they will play in the DSL (Reynoso was assigned to DSL Cubs Blue, and Vizcaino was assigned to DSL Cubs Red).

Normally a player cannot play in the DSL once he has played in a U. S. minor league (Reynoso played for the FCL Cardinals last season), but that restriction does not apply to second contract players.

A "second contract player" is a player who does not yet qualify to be a MLB Rule 9 minor league 6YFA but who has been previously released or non-tendered in his career (even if the player re-signs with the same team after being released or non-tendered, and even if he has been released or non-tendered more than once).