Room for One More: The Rule 29 Draft

No time like the holiday season to be grateful for what we have... and to keep in mind that there is always... Room for One More...? Most of you are familar with the Rule 5 Draft, held the?last day of the MLB Winter Meetings every year, where?MLB clubs can?select players?off minor league rosters. The Cubs lost Donald Veal in the Major League Phase of the draft just last week. And then there's the Rule 4 Draft?(formerly known as the "Amateur Draft" and now known as the?"1st Year Player Draft") held in June, where MLB clubs select high school and college players.?RHP Andrew Cashner (TCU) was the Cubs #1 pick in last June's Rule 4 Draft. Less well-known and more rarely held is?the MLB?Expansion Draft, used in 1960-61, 1968, 1976, 1992, and 1997 to distribute major league talent to expansion teams?like the New York Mets, Kansas City Royals, Toronto Blue Jays, and Florida Marlins, as they joined the American League or National League ?O...