The Rule 5 draft takes place at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7 and is one of the final big events of the annual Winter Meetings, which are being held in person this year for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
This past November at the 40-man roster deadline, the Guardians added Angel Martinez, Joey Cantillo, and Tim Herrin to the 40-man roster to prevent them from being taken in the Rule 5 Draft this year. The Guardians would have had several other players eligible to be taken for the first time like Xzavion Curry, Hunter Gaddis, Bo Naylor, and Will Brennan, but they added them to the 40-man roster during the regular season.