Who Are The Seattle Mariners Rule-5 Eligible Players?

The Seattle Mariners are set to begin the first of several offseason events with the team's High Performance Camp already underway and the first game of the Arizona Fall League set to begin on Monday.

The Mariners will have top 100 prospects Colt Emerson and Cole Young in action in the Arizona Fall League and prospects like Lazaro Montes and Jurrangelo Cijntje are currently at the High Performance Camp.

Seattle's farm system already had a little bit of a shift on Friday when Ty Cummings was revealed as the "player to be named later" in the trade with the Tampa Bay Rays that brought Randy Arozarena to the Pacific Northwest.

But there could be more changes in the farm system before spring training rolls around in February.

The Mariners have several players that will be eligible for the Rule 5 draft in December.

The Rule 5 draft is one of several competitive equalizers in place across the MLB. The goal of the Rule 5 draft is to prevent clubs from hoarding MLB prospects. Teams that don't have their 40-man roster filled when the draft takes place at winter meetings can select players from other organizations and move them to their 40-man roster for a $50,000 fee paid to the club the player was selected from.

The team that drafts the player must have him on the major league roster for the entirety of the following season and be active for a minimum of 90 days.

According to a list published by Baseball America, the Mariners have four players that are Rule-5 eligible: RHP Jason Ruffcorn, RHP Jimmy Joyce, RHP Jordan Jackson and RHP Travis Kuhn.