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White Sox Take RHP Dylan Covey In Rule 5 Draft

(CBS) The White Sox on Thursday nabbed right-hander Dylan Covey from the Athletics in the Rule 5 Draft.

The 25-year-old Covey has a 4.83 ERA across four minor league seasons. He was slowed by an oblique injury in 2016, when he was 2-1 with a 1.84 ERA in 29 1/3 innings at Double-A.

Rule 5 Draft picks can't be optioned down for the entire season after which they're draft. They must stay with the selecting team's 25-man roster for the entire next season or be waived.

The Athletics took Covey in the fourth round of the 2013 amateur draft. The White Sox's 40-man roster is now full.

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