Despite having room on their 40-man roster, the Mariners didn’t select anyone in today’s Rule 5 Draft. Only 10 players were selected in this year’s MLB portion of the Rule 5 Draft, making this the second-smallest class of the past decade (there were nine players taken in 2013). A pair of Yankees pitchers were the first selected, with RHPs Mitch Spence and Matt Sauer going to the A’s and Royals, respectively. LHP Shane Drohan went fourth to the White Sox and RHP Justin Slaten went eighth to the Mets; both were on Ben’s wishlist for Rule 5 picks for the Mariners, but obviously, both were gone by the time the Mariners’ pick rolled around at 21, and they passed.
Mariners make no selections in Rule 5 Draft, lose two players
