As is tradition, the Winter Meetings will include the Rule 5 Draft, this year held on Wednesday, Dec. 11. There is no event on the baseball calendar that appeals more to the obsessive seamhead. Although the Rule 5 Draft is seldom relevant in the grander scheme,

The Detroit Tigers are out of luck with six of their prospects as they lost a couple of players, while only selecting one, in the Rule 5 draft. The yearly Rule 5 draft allows MLB teams the opportunity to select players that have been in the minor league systems of another team for a few years.