To continue on the theme of the 40 man roster crunch this winter, here are some stats from around baseball to consider over the past 10 years of the MAJOR LEAGUE Rule 5 drafts:
MOST PLAYERS LOST BY A TEAM
Minnesota - 5 of 7 players drafted in the ML portion of the draft were lost. 2 were returned.
Cleveland - 5 of 9
Tampa Bay - 5 of 9
Houston - 5 of 11
New York Yankees - 5 of 16
MOST PLAYERS DRAFTED FROM A TEAM
New York Yankees - 16
Houston - 11
Cleveland - 9
Chicago Cubs - 9
Tampa Bay - 9
MOST PLAYERS DRAFTED BY A TEAM
Baltimore - 15
Philadelphia - 10
Arizona - 8
Miami - 8
FEWEST PLAYERS DRAFTED BY A TEAM (NUMBER THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP ON THEIR ROSTER)
Los Angeles Dodgers - 0 (0)
Washington - 1(0)
Tampa Bay - 1 (0)
St. Louis - 2 (1)
Cleveland - 3 (1)
ANALYSIS
Cleveland tied for the most players lost in the Rule 5 over the last 10 years (5) and was near the top in most players drafted (9). They were near the bottom in players that they drafted actually keeping (1 - Trevor Stephan this year). Note that the Yankees had a bunch of players drafted (16) but the 3rd lowest rate (5/16) in baseball of actually losing players drafted from them (only TB 0/4 and Washington 1/6 had lower percentages).
In Part 2 we will look at the impact of the players teams lost, which is also part of the equation to determine whether teams are being hurt or helped by the Rule 5 draft.
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