It’s probably fair to say that, among the panoply of transactions which occurred this past week, that those produced by Thursday’s Rule 5 draft — which event marked the end of this year’s Winter Meetings — weren’t the most notable.

That said, even since 2006 (when an extra year of protection was added under the new CBA), the Rule 5 draft has produced both an MVP (Josh Hamilton) and Cy Young (R.A. Dickey). Probably flawed research by the author suggests that, on average, at least one selection within the draft will average a win or better per season following same.

Understanding the present major-league value of the Rule 5 draftee is a matter of some relevance, insofar as the selecting club is expected to retain the relevant player on its active roster for (in this case) the entirety of the 2015 season. Accordingly, it’s best for the player in question to have some kind of present value, even if he’s been drafted mostly with a view towards the future. What follows — with a view to better understanding their respective present values — are prorated 2015 Steamer projections for all the players selected during the Major League phase of this year’s Rule 5 draft.

First, for all the hitters (prorated to 550 PA, 415 PA for catchers):

And, next, for the pitchers (prorated to 150 IP for starters, 50 IP for relievers):

And here are some notes of varying utility:

• Clubs marked by an asterisk (*) technically were responsible for drafting the relevant player, but also almost immediately traded said player, as well. For example: Mark Canha was traded to the Athletics and Jason Garcia was to the Orioles and Jandel Gustave was traded to the Royals and Taylor Featherston was traded to the Angels

• A top-five prospect in the Atlanta system as recently as last offseason, right-hander J.R. Graham is projected here as a starter largely because that’s the role he occupied throughout most of his minor-league career. It wouldn’t be surprising to see the Twins utilize him in relief, however — in which capacity he pitched for the last month of 2014 and which might be better suited for him, given his difficulties with health in recent years.

• The most highly rated player by this methodology, right-hander Danny Winkler, underwent a Tommy John procedure in June and will likely spend much of the 2015 season rehabbing.