Selecting players in the Rule 5 Draft is almost always a complete dice roll. Sure, there are always ample reasons why players are selected, but the hoops they have to jump through to stick with their new organizations paired with the reasons why their previous organizations hadn’t protected them from said draft in the first place more often than not make it tough for the moves to stick.
Such is now officially the case with Cooper Bowman and the Cincinnati Reds, who selected the versatile defender off the Sacramento/Oakland/Las Vegas A’s roster over the winter. Bowman was officially returned to the A’s organization today, as MLB.