Every December, Major League Baseball holds the Rule 5 Draft. The MLB phase of the draft allows teams to draft eligible minor-league players who are not members of their organization’s 40-man roster. The selecting team must then keep the player on their active roster for the entire season or offer him back to his original club.
To prevent notable prospects from becoming eligible, organizations must add them to the 40-man roster ahead of the draft.
Brice Turang, the Brewers’ fourth-ranked prospect, is a slam dunk to join the roster early in the offseason to keep him in the organization.