This year’s MLB Winter Meetings will be held December 10-14 in Ontario, Florida. On the final day of the MLB’s Winter Meetings, the annual Rule 5 draft takes place. Players eligible for selection must meet the following criteria:
- Not on the MLB team’s 40 man roster.
- 5th Year after signing initial contract is signed at 18 or younger, or;
- 4th year after signing initial contract is signed at 19 or older
Not every team makes a selection, but those that do must pay the team the player is selected from $100,000, and that player must be retained on the drafting club’s 25 man roster for the entire subsequent season.