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The 2020 Rule 5 Draft is scheduled to take place on December 10th, 2020, as part of the Winter Meetings and the Pirates have some interesting prospects eligible. We will break down all the Rule 5 eligible players and whether or not the Pirates should worry about losing them or not. While many people focus on the Major League portion of the Rule 5 Draft, every year several players end up getting taken as part of the Minor League Rule 5 Draft. Thousands of young and talented players switch between teams in hopes of finding their path to the Big Leagues one day. For Pirates prospect Yerry de Los Santos, he has already cracked the Pirate's top 30 prospect list at the age of 22 and has risen from a 17-year-old pitching prospect in the Dominican Summer League to a modified starter in Low-A Baseball last season. De Los Santos is a young pitcher with a lively arm, which could make him enticing to another team looking to add depth to their Minor League system. He saw the biggest...

The 2020 Rule 5 Draft is scheduled to take place on December 10th, 2020, as part of the Winter Meetings and the Pirates have some interesting prospects eligible. We will break down all the Rule 5 eligible players and whether or not the Pirates should worry about losing them or not. Heading into the 2020 off-season, one of the Pittsburgh Pirates' biggest needs is catching depth. Outside of Jacob Stallings and Luke Maile at the Major League level, there isn't much excitement coming up through the Pirates Minor League system. The dilemma makes the 2020 Rule 5 Draft that much harder for General Manager Ben Cherrington and his staff, as several of the Pirates catching prospects are draft eligible. The one who is closest to Major League ready is Christian Kelley, who has spent the last five seasons climbing the ladder through the Pirates organization. He has always shown an ability to handle the position defensively, but his offense hasn't shown through. Kelley was ta...