Former First Rounder - Is That a Rule Five Pickt?

Former is used to distinguish between players who have reached the majors, but are no longer draft adjacent. It might not seem like an important distinction, but think about it this way: When you're talking about adley retchman right now, you know he is a former first overall pick. You're going to be sure glad that you talked about it in that way, because some one else s riking to go one, one and then you'r gongto whatover yon to do.