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Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange

From the 2021 edition of the Major League Rules:

Major League Rule 5

   (c) PLAYERS SUBJECT TO SELECTION. All players on the Minor League 
Reserve Lists of Major League and Minor League Clubs, except players
on the Voluntarily Retired, Disqualified or Ineligible Lists, shall 
be subject to selection by other Major League Clubs at the Rule 5 
Selection Meeting in accordance with the following:
 
      (1) A player without previous Major or Minor League service 
   who signs with a Major League or Minor League Club shall be 
   subject to selection based on the following:

         (A) if 18 years of age or under on the June 5 
      immediately preceding the player’s signing, the player shall 
      be subject to selection at the fifth Rule 5 Selection Meeting 
      that follows the signing date of the player’s first Major or 
      Minor League contract, unless Rule 5(c)(1)(C) applies;

         (B) if 19 years of age or over on the June 5 immediately
      preceding the player’s signing, the player shall be subject to
      selection at the fourth Selection Meeting that follows the 
      signing date of the player’s first Major or Minor League 
      contract, unless Rule 5(c)(1)(C) applies;

         (C) if the signing date of a player’s first Major or Minor
      League contract is between:

            (i) the conclusion of the championship season for the
         Major or Minor League Club to which the player is assigned
         on such contract and

            (ii) the next Rule 5 Selection Meeting, then the player
         shall be deemed to have signed after the next Rule 5 Selection
         Meeting, for purposes of this Rule 5(c)(1).

      (2) A player who is re-signed by a Club within one year from the
   date the Club released the player shall be subject to draft at the 
   Rule 5 Selection Meeting following the date of the latest contract 
   with that Club.

      (3) A player who has been subject to draft at a Rule 5 Selection
   Meeting shall be subject to draft at any subsequent Rule 5 Selection
   Meeting if the player is on a Minor League Reserve List (filed 
   pursuant to Rule 1 (Reserve Lists) at the time of the Rule 5 
   Selection Meeting.

      (4) A player:

         (A) whose contract has been assigned outright by a Major
      League Club to a Minor League Club,

         (B) who has been signed as a free agent to a Minor League
      Uniform Player Contract for services in the following year and is
      otherwise subject to selection pursuant to Rule 5(c)(1) or
      Rule 5(c)(2), or

         (C) who has been released unconditionally from a Minor
      League roster and is otherwise subject to selection pursuant to
      Rule 5(c)(1) or Rule 5(c)(2), shall be subject to selection at any
      subsequent Rule 5 Selection Meeting if the player is on a Minor
      League Reserve List (filed pursuant to Rule 1 (Reserve Lists)) at
      the time of the Rule 5 Selection Meeting.

      (5) A Major League Club may designate any player on one of its
   Minor League Reserve Lists to be subject to selection who otherwise
   would not be selectable under this Rule 5.

The player would be eligible. See Rule 5(c)(4).

I don't know what you expect me to see in Rule 5(c)(4). I see something about guys who have been outrighted from the majors, and a couple things about guys who would be otherwise eligible by Rule 5(c)(1) or Rule 5(c)(2), none of this applies to teenagers who got cut from one minor league team and went to another.

Elvis Luciano is a fun trivia answer but he was not in the same situation as these teens OOTP is making rule 5 eligible.