Pitchers again dominated the big league phase of the Rule 5 draft at the winter meetings, making up 11 of the 15 unprotected players selected Wednesday. The 121-loss Chicago White Sox had the first pick, and selected 24-year-old right-hander Shane Smith from the Milwaukee Brewers organization.
Jeff Pfeifer, at podium, MLB vice president of baseball operations, listens to a pick made by a San Diego Padres representative, standing right, during the Rule 5 Draft at the Major League Baseball winter meetings in Dallas, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024.
Smith was an undrafted free agent out of Wake Forest when he was signed by Milwaukee in July 2021. The 6-foot-4, 235-pounder has gone 13-7 with a 2.69 ERA and 203 strikeouts over 157 innings in 73 appearances over three minor league seasons. Atlanta chose right-hander Anderson Pilar from the Miami Marlins with the 11th pick, and then took infielder Christian Cairo from the Cleveland Guardians with the 15th and final pick in the MLB portion of the draft.
Six of the 10 players selected during the Rule 5 draft last December in Nashville — five of them right-handed pitchers — remained last season with organization that selected them.
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