The MLB Rule 5 draft went down on Wednesday, with 15 players being selected during the Major League phase and another 68 prospects taken in the Minor

“There’s a lot of preparation, a lot of unknowns and anxieties,” said Stephen Osterer, new Guardians director of player development. “It’s not super straight forward in projecting who you could or could not lose.

Catcher Liam Hicks, acquired just five months ago in the Carson Kelly trade, was selected by the Miami Marlins, while infielder Gage Workman was picked by the Chicago Cubs. For the second straight year, the Tigers opted not to make any selections.

Left-hander Nate Lavender was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays, and right-hander Mike Vasil, the team’s No. 12 prospect, according to Baseball America, was taken by the Philadelphia Phillies. Dom Hamel, the team’s No. 11 prospect, was not taken in the draft, meaning he stays put.

The Seattle Mariners entered Day 3 of the MLB Winter Meetings in Dallas without having made a move that would have added to their major league roster. The Marin

Pitchers again dominated the big league phase of the Rule 5 draft at the winter meetings, making up 11 of the 15 unprotected players selected Wednesday.

Major League Baseball's annual Rule 5 Draft was held Wednesday afternoon at the Winter Meetings in Dallas. The Rule 5 Draft is a mechanism designed to give minor leaguers a big-league opportunity by making it more difficult for clubs to stash players in the minors indefinitely.

The Yankees added OF Luis Durango from Cleveland but lost five players in the minor-league phase: LHP Joel Valdez, LHP Oddanier Mosqueda, RHP Blane Abeyta, OF Joel Méndez, and RHP Gabriel Barbosa.