The last Rule 5 selection for the Mets that stuck was Sean Gilmartin, all the way back in 2014. Since then, they’ve elected to pass more often than not, or alternatively made picks only to immediately trade the player for cash. Zach Greene will look to change that trend after being selected 27th overall in this offseason’s iteration of the Rule 5 draft, and it seems like he actually has a good chance to do so.
A 27-year-old right handed reliever, Greene checks all the boxes you want from a Rule 5 pick. He comes from an organization—the Yankees—with a track record of producing good players in this vein and a roster logjam that explains why he was left exposed.