With the Winter Meetings less than one month away, every organization faces several key decisions centered around their farm system. The Rule 5 Draft will take place on December 13 in Las Vegas, during the annual meetings. Teams have until Tuesday evening at 8pm to decide which players they will protect, and which will be exposed.

Here’s a look at the official eligibility guidelines for the draft.

Basically, any prospect that falls into one of these classifications must be added to the 40-man roster prior to Tuesday’s deadline.

HS draft pick or international prospect in 2014 (under age 18)

College prospect in 2015 (over age 18)

If they are not protected, they become available to all eligible teams in the draft. Only teams with available roster spots (below the max-40) may make selections. If you’re trying to see where these prospects rank within our team ranks, we’ve begun releasing our Top 20 Prospect Lists for 2019.

Rule 5 Draft Top Prospects

*** Player has been added to the 40-man roster

OF Marcus Wilson

RHP Taylor Clarke ***

RHP Emilio Vargas ***

1B Kevin Cron ***

LHP Alex Young

LHP Cody Reed

RHP Huascar Ynoa ***

RHP Patrick Weigel ***

OF Travis Demeritte

C Alex Jackson ***

RHP Josh Graham

RHP Jacob Webb ***

RHP Dillon Tate ***

LHP Luis Gonzalez

SS Michael Chavis ***

LHP Darwinzon Hernandez ***

1B Josh Ockimey

RHP Travis Lakins ***

*** LHP Jhonathan Diaz

C Roldani Baldwin

RHP Roniel Raudes

RHP Denyi Reyes ***

LHP Justin Steele ***

RHP Trevor Clifton

RHP Erling Moreno

SS Jason Vosler

RHP Dylan Cease ***

LHP Kodi Medeiros ***

RHP Jordan Stephens ***

C Seby Zavala ***

RHP Spencer Adams

RHP Jimmy Herget ***

OF Michael Beltre

OF Nick Longhi

1B Bobby Bradley ***

LHP Sam Hentges ***

OF Oscar Gonzalez

SS Tyler Krieger

OF Sam Hilliard ***

RHP Ryan Castellani ***

RHP Justin Lawrence ***

LHP Breiling Eusebio

1B Roberto Ramos

1B Brian Mundell

C Dom Nunez

RHP Franklin Perez ***

OF Jose Azocar

LHP Tyler Alexander

OF Derek Hill

RHP Rogelio Armenteros ***

C Garrett Stubbs ***

*** RHP Riley Ferrell

SS Jonathan Arauz

RHP Josh Staumont ***

RHP Scott Blewett ***

RHP Elvis Luciano

SS D.J. Burt

LHP Foster Griffin

RHP Ofreidy Gomez

INF Luis Rengifo ***

SS Leonardo Rivas

RHP Luis Pena

RHP Joe Gatto

C Keibert Ruiz ***

RHP Yadier Alvarez ***

1B Edwin Rios ***

SS Drew Jackson

1B Matt Beaty ***

SS Cristian Santana

RHP Andrew Sopko

CF Monte Harrison ***

RHP Jorge Guzman ***

SS Isan Diaz ***

RHP Jordan Yamamoto ***

SS Christopher Torres

CF Brayan Hernandez

LHP McKenzie Mills

1B Jake Gatewood

RHP Trey Supak ***

CF Troy Stokes Jr. ***

RHP Cody Ponce

RHP Carlos Herrera

SS Nick Gordon ***

OF LaMonte Wade ***

2B Luis Arraez

RF Lewin Diaz

LHP Tyler Jay

SS Luis Carpio

3B David Thompson

C Ali Sanchez

C Patrick Mazeika

1B Dermis Garcia

RHP James Kaprielian ***

*** SS Richie Martin

RHP Grant Holmes ***

RHP James Naile

CF Skye Bolt ***

RHP Adonis Medina ***

SS Daniel Brito

SS Arquimedes Gamboa ***

SS Jose Gomez

RHP Tom Eshelman

RHP Mitch Keller ***

SS Cole Tucker ***

CF Jason Martin ***

RHP Gage Hinsz

LHP Brandon Waddell

LHP Domingo Robles

RHP Chris Paddack ***

RHP Anderson Espinoza ***

C Austin Allen ***

OF Edward Olivares ***

RHP Pedro Avila ***

OF Sandro Fabian

RHP Logan Webb ***

RHP Melvin Adon ***

RHP Jordan Johnson

SS C.J. Hinojosa

RHP Sam Coonrod ***

OF Braden Bishop ***

RHP Erik Swanson ***

RHP Art Warren

OF Ian Miller

OF Anthony Jimenez

OF Luis Liberato

OF Ronald Rosario

OF Chuck Taylor

LHP Anthony Misiewicz

RHP Darin Gillies

2B Joseph Rosa

RHP Ryan Helsley ***

2B Max Schrock

LHP Genesis Cabrera ***

RHP Junior Fernandez

INF Ramon Urias ***

OF Wadye Ynfante

OF Jesus Sanchez ***

OF Joe McCarthy ***

RHP Ian Gibaut ***

LHP Taylor Hearn ***

OF Pedro Gonzalez

OF Scott Heineman ***

*** RHP Edgar Arredondo

RHP Hector Perez ***

*** OF Forrest Wall

RHP Jordan Romano

RHP Trent Thornton ***