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Message: [QUOTE="OrangeXtreme, post: 3062160, member: 41"] Players are eligible for selection in the Rule 5 draft who are not on their major league organization's 40-man roster [B]and[/B]: [LIST] [*]were 18 or younger on the June 5 preceding their signing and this is the fifth Rule 5 draft upcoming; [B]or[/B] [*]were 19 or older on the June 5 preceding their signing and this is the fourth Rule 5 draft upcoming. [/LIST] If the Yankees want to protect these guys, they have to be added to the 40 before the Winter Meetings in December. Scuttbutt was that Deivi was going to be added in September anyways for a call up.. Luis Gil, Luis Medina and Michael King are also eligible. [/QUOTE]