It’s that time of the year already! As a Cleveland fan, we don’t get to dream about our team signing Juan Soto or Shohei Ohtani or any top free agents for that matter. Discussing the Rule 5 draft and which prospects to protect or not is one of the most fun and anticipating offseason topics. Nothing will beat the 2021 offseason when the Guardians added a whopping 10 prospects to their 40 man roster to protect them from being selected in the Rule 5 draft. They certainly won’t add anywhere close to that number this year, or likely ever again for that matter.