Good morning! It’s a big day around the prospect world as we prepare for the Rule 5 draft tomorrow and also anticipate MLB announcing it’s “invitations” for teams to join their new minor league arrangement. We’re going to look at the new affiliate structure on Friday, but today it’s all about the Rule 5 draft.I got together with the great Giants’ twitter follow, GPT (@giantsprospects) to provide you with a great Rule 5 preview podcast. And to accompany that, I’ve given a quick summary of most of the names we covered in our talk. The links all go to players Fangraphs’ page and the player ages are their “season ages” for the 2021 season.We’ll also talked about Minor League Free Agents and Giants’ players who are performing in various Winter Leagues. Enjoy and we’ll be back to talk new affiliate structure on Friday.Minor League Free Agent candidatesJames Bourque, RHP, Age: 27Touches 99 with fastball. Good strikeout rate history and hard to hit. Has made brief major league debut. Possible Arm injury. Yunior Marte, RHP, Age: 26Fastball, good slider. Ok control. Good strikeout rate. Hit hard in AAA.And from the “Old Friends” category:Cristian Adames, MIF, Age: 29Solid defensive MIF who can play SS. Switch-hitter with strong walk rates, reasonable contract rates, a little power. Flexible middle infield depth option. Jose Siri, CF, Age: 25Toolsy CF with intriguing power/speed skills. Picked up and dropped by Giants during course of 2020, he’s having a strong winter league campaign in Dominican Republic.And, now… the Main Course:Rule 5 CandidatesPitchers (GPT choices)Trevor Stefan, RHP, New York Yankees, 2021 Age: 26Funky low-side arm angle. Good fastball-slider combination. Tough on Right-handed hitters. Type of pitcher with two maybe above average pitches and “something weird about them.”Kade McClure, RHP, Chicago White Sox, 2021 Age: 25Swing man. Could start. Fastball up to 96, good slider. Has only pitched as high as A+. White Sox like his biomechanical profile.Marshall Kasowski, RHP, Los Angeles Dodgers, 2021 Age: 25Funky over the top arm angle (think Josh Collmenter). Up to 97 with fastball. Good curve ball. Control issues but Extremely hard to hit. Drafted while Zaidi was GM of Dodgers.Pitchers (Roger)Zach Pop, RHP, Baltimore Orioles, Age: 2470 grade fastball. Extreme velocity reliever with turbo-sinker. Good strikeout rates. Solid slider. Coming back from Tommy John surgery. Drafted by Dodgers during Zaidi’s time as GM and traded to Baltimore as part of package for Manny Machado.Garrett Whitlock, RHP, New York Yankees, Age: 24Yankees #18 prospect coming into 2019, also ended season prematurely with Tommy John surgery. Back healthy now and preparing for season. As with Pop, could use rehab stints to get more minor league development in before adding to major league roster. Sinker/slider type, groundball machine.Dany Jimenez, RHP, Toronto Blue Jays, Age: 27Last year’s Rule 5 pick is once again eligible. His velocity was down for Giants from what they’d seen previously, but he’s pitching in Dominican Winter Leagues and if velo has returned he might be interesting two-time pick. Hitters (GPT)Jose Rojas, 2b/3b, Los Angeles Angels, Age: 28Versatile LHH infielder had strong offensive season in 2019. Strong walk rates with big power. Not a gifted defensive player but has arm to play 3b and can fit in at 2b as well.Daniel Pinero, 3b/SS, Detroit Tigers, Age: 27Big (6’5”) infielder who has experience at SS though most observers think he’s simply to big for position. RHH with elite walk rates. Power ticked up in 2019 though not big HR numbersDrew Ellis, 3b, Arizona Diamondbacks, Age: 252017 2nd round pick. RHH Corner infielder. Had a big spike in fly ball rate in 2019 which might indicate that there’s power coming. Reasonable strikeout rates and great walk rates.Luke Williams, LF/3b, Philadelphia Phillies, Age: 24Similar to Ellis but with a little less power and more athleticism.Brewer Hicklen, OF, Kansas Royals, Age: 25Two-sport player in