Jayson Stark and Ken Rosenthal have a story up at the Athletic discussing the sentiment among some MLB executives that there should be no major league Rule 5 Draft in 2022.
It would not be that surprising for MLB to decide to axe the draft this year. While it is a pretty minor thing in the overall landscape of how things are being affected by the lockout, how the Rule 5 Draft would happen has been something of an open question, especially once the lockout dragged into February.
As Stark and Rosenthal note, the draft usually occurs in early December.