The Cubs had the 16th in the MLB phase of Wednesday’s Rule 5 Draft and they made a fairly interesting choice in light of all the rumors going around. They selected Gage Workman from the Tigers, a 25-year-old third baseman who’s spent most of the last three seasons at Double-A. He hit 18 homers with a 140 wRC+ this past season while lowering his strikeout rate to 27.5% after it had hovered around 40% in two previous seasons.
As a reminder, here’s how this whole thing works:
Not every club will make a selection, but those that do pick a player must pay $100,000 to the club from which said player was selected.