2019 MLB Rule 5 Draft Preview

The Winter Meetings are always full of uncertainty, mystery and intrigue. No one knows when a deal might go down or when a free agent might sign. But there is one certainty at the end of every Meetings: the Rule 5 Draft.

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Evan Mendoza Ranked #12 In Baseball America's 2017 Top 20 New York-Penn League Prospects

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2017 New York-Penn League South Starting Lineup (8-15-17)

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How MLB's New International Rules Change The Game

Figuring out how a complicated labor agreement will affect an arena as complex as baseball’s international market isn’t exactly conducive to knee-jerk analysis. I certainly don’t have all the answers and I don’t know anybody who does when it comes to trying to put together a puzzle with this many pieces.

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Alvaro Seijas Ranks #30 & Raffy Ozuna #35 In 2015 International Signings Bonuses

Baseball America has compiled data on the top 40 signing bonuses of 2015. The first chart does not include Cuban players—more on them in a second chart below—to focus on the more traditional international amateur signings, primarily from the Dominican Republic and Venezuela.

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Phillies Not In On Lazaro Armenteros

It is why sources said the Phillies are not pursing somebody like 16-year-old Cuban outfielder Lazaro Armenteros, who figures to take more than $5.6 million to sign. The Phillies likely would pursue somebody like him when they rank more toward the bottom of baseball's international allotment, when it might be more advantageous to blow past their pool limit.

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Phillies Sign Dominican 1B Jhailyn Cruz For $4.2M

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Phillies Expected To Sign Jhailyn Ortiz

The Phillies are pleased with the early returns of the Draft, but they plan to add more power to the system Thursday.

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Best Tools: July 2, 2015 Prospects

Every year at Baseball America, we survey managers from low Class A to the majors to bring you our annual Best Tools survey, picking winners of the best tools in different categories in each league. We do a Best Tools list for the draft as well.

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Vladimir Guerrero Jr Makes His Own Name

There are some players you should never use as a comp. They have such singular tools and skill sets that anyone compared to them will inevitably fall short, lacking the unique abilities that allowed those players to be who they were.

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Top Dominican Outfielders For July 2, 2015 Signing Period

It’s easy to see why a team would be drawn to Jhailyn Ortiz. He has the most raw power in the 2015 signing class, easily plus or better right now with a chance for 70 raw power in the future.

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Shakeup Atop Top International Prospect List

Three top prospects have officially changed the landscape of the international market.

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The International Signing Market: Part One

Now that I’ve finished the organizational prospect lists, it’s time to circle back to the amateur baseball coverage and give some updates on what’s happening there. Before I jump into the international signing (most often referred to as the July 2nd group, because that’s the date players become eligible to sign) news, I’ll first give some updates on two Cubans and a Bahamianian that should sign deals around that time as well, but don’t fit perfectly into the player pool.

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Why Scouts Didn't Go To MLB's International Prospect Series

The International Prospect Series has good intentions. In a few years, the four-day event, run by Major League Baseball at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, has the potential to become a marquee event for international scouts. For now, it’s still more marketing event than showcase, as MLB wrestles with balancing its short-term goals and its broader agenda of preparing for an international draft.

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