Overview
- The Rule 5 Draft is set for Wednesday at the Winter Meetings in Orlando, with the order based on inverted 2025 records and the Colorado Rockies holding the first pick.
- MLB Pipeline and CBS Sports published Dec. 8 previews that spotlight candidates and, in CBS’s projections, forecast selections and pass-overs.
- CBS projects relievers Blake Burkhalter (Braves) and Matt Pushard (Marlins) as likely picks, while several others are forecast to go unselected.
- Left-hander Hayden Mullins (Red Sox) features prominently as a potential selection thanks to strikeout stuff despite walk concerns and could be tried as a starter or reliever.
- High-profile names Jud Fabian (Orioles) and Griff McGarry (Phillies) are framed as upside plays limited by strikeout or command issues, with CBS predicting they will not be taken.