“There’s a lot of preparation, a lot of unknowns and anxieties,” said Stephen Osterer, new Guardians director of player development. “It’s not super straight forward in projecting who you could or could not lose.

DALLAS, Texas (WKBN) – The Cleveland Guardians selected infielder Will Wilson from the San Francisco Giants in the Rule 5 Draft, Triple-A phase on Wednesday afternoon.

When they reach certain time in an MLB team’s farm system, players can be poached by other organizations if they aren’t added to their current club’s 40-man roster. A few weeks ago, the Cleveland Guardians protected Franco Aleman,

The MLB Rule 5 draft went down on Wednesday, with 15 players being selected during the Major League phase and another 68 prospects taken in the Minor

DALLAS, Texas (WKBN) – The Pittsburgh Pirates added five players in the minor league portion of Major League Baseball’s Rule 5 Draft on Wednesday afternoon at the Winter meetings in Dallas, Texas. The group includes a pair of former minor leaguers from the Cleveland Guardians organization in left-handed relievers Randy Labaut and Steve Hajjar.

With the eighth overall selection in this year’s Rule 5 Draft Wednesday, the Pittsburgh Pirates passed on making a pick. However, in the minor-league portion of the draft, the Pirates added five players: righty reliever Franck De La Rosa (Athletics),

The Rule 5 Draft has been the unofficial final act of the annual Winter Meetings. This year’s edition will take place on Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET to close things out, and as always, there will be player

Pitchers again dominated the big league phase of the Rule 5 draft at the winter meetings, comprising 11 of the 15 unprotected players who were picked.