The 2018 Winter Meetings came to an unofficial close earlier today with the annual Rule 5 Draft. It is baseball’s way of ensuring players aren’t trapped in the minors indefinitely. The Yankees have a fairly deep farm system and it is no surprise then that they lost several players in this year’s Rule 5 Draft, mostly in the minor league phase.
Here are the full Rule 5 Draft results. Here are the players the Yankees lost:
- Diamondbacks: RHP Nick Green (in MLB phase)
- Athletics: OF Mark Payton (in minor league phase)
- Cubs: RHP Alex Vargas (in minor league phase)
- Phillies: RHP Gilmael Troya (in minor league phase)
- Red Sox: RHP Anyelo Gomez (in minor league phase)
- Royals: C Chris Rabago (in minor league phase)
As a reminder, players taken in the Major League phase of the Rule 5 Draft have to stick on their new team’s 25-man big league roster all next season, or be placed on waivers and offered back to their original team.