The Rule 5 draft takes place at 12 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10 and is one of the final big events of the annual Winter Meetings, which are being held virtually this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The biggest challenge this year is the fact that there were no Minor League or Arizona Fall League seasons in 2020, so teams are really going to have to do their homework if they want to find a diamond in the rough.
This past November at the 40-man roster deadline, the Indians added Nolan Jones, Gabriel Arias, Ernie Clement, Eli Morgan and Carlos Vargas to their 40-man roster to prevent those five players from being taken in the Rule 5 Draft this year.