The Rule 5 draft is coming soon, and Friday brought the deadline for MLB teams to choose which prospects to protect. A prospect becomes eligible for Rule 5 if they spend a few years in the minors without reaching the 40-man roster, and they can be protected by adding them to that roster. If left exposed, they can be stolen away by another team when the draft is held on Dec. 8.
This is one of the key milestones of the early offseason, and it was busy as usual with almost every team making some sort of transaction.