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Twins fans seriously have to start letting the GM General manage and the manger manage and the players play. Getting really annoyed with twins fans in general these last few weeks.· 0 replies
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Posted by Otto von Ballpark,
There are two phases of the Rule 5 draft -- the major league phase that we all hear about, and the lesser-known AAA phase. (There used to be a AA phase too, although that was "phased out"
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The AAA phase is a lot like the MLB phase -- teams can selected unprotected players from other orgs -- but players selected in the AAA phase don't have to be offered back or anything, they are pretty much just the property of the new teams.
Of course, the pickings are slim in the AAA phase. Obviously anyone on a MLB 40-man roster is off limits, just like the MLB phase. But in addition to that, each minor league affiliate gets its own protected list -- 38 at AAA and I think similar numbers at each affiliate below too. Teams can only select guys who aren't on any of those lists.
Given the size and number of those minor league protection lists, it's a safe assumption that anyone who has ever been on an org prospect list will be protected, and then some, although those minor league lists are generally never disclosed.
The Wikipedia entry for Rule 5 draft results lists all the picks from the MLB phase, and the "notable" minor league picks each year (using a fairly generous definition of the word "notable"):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_5_draft_results
Twins fans know Brian Buscher as one. Tyler Gilbert was in the news recently after his historic first-start no-hitter.
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