Disaster Draft

It's something you may (or may not) have thought about before. What would happen in the catastrophic event that a Major League Baseball team were to lose a large portion of their team? A charter bus goes off the road, a plane loses an engine, or some other terrible event? Well that, my friends, would call for a "disaster draft."

In the event that a team disaster ever occurred in which at least five players were dismembered, disabled, or killed, MLB has a contingency plan, built around some sort of "disaster draft" designed to restock the team in the event of such a tragedy. This plan is covered in Rule 29 of its official rules. The way it would work would be that each team has to make five players available for a draft taken from its active list (or if it's during the off-season, during its reserve list.) This list would include a pitcher, a catcher, an outfielder, and infielder, and one more player of any position. A player with a no-trade clause in its contract would not be made available, unless the player waives that clause.

It makes sense to have a plan in place, but it would be a heavy undertaking to do. How would players moving to the new team feel, knowing their are replacing deceased players? Let's hope we never have to find out.