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NEW YORK The Rule 5 Draft is Major League Baseball’s annual opportunity for teams to take a chance. Often, that means a rebuilding club selecting a player with potential and hoping he sticks. The Twins famously received Johan Santana in the Rule 5 Draft, using it to grab one of the best pitchers of his generation.
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While the Mets have never experienced that type of success in the Rule 5 Draft, which allows clubs to draft eligible, unprotected Minor Leaguers away from other organizations under the promise that they will spend the entire next season in the Majors, they have had their share of hits. Here is the Mets’ entire Rule 5 Draft history from their inaugural season to the present: