The Cubs figured to make a selection in the Rule 5 Draft, with a 40-man roster at just 34 players and definite needs for pitching.
In the first round, the Cubs did indeed make a selection, a righthanded pitcher from the Orioles organization named Gray Fenter.
Fenter was the O’s seventh-round pick in 2015 out of high school in Arkansas. He’ll turn 25 in January.
In Baltimore’s organization he’s been a big strikeout pitcher, striking out 11.7 per nine innings in his last full season, 2019 in High-A with Delmarva in the South Atlantic League.