This evening marked the deadline for teams to add Rule 5 draft-eligible players to their 40-man rosters. (MLBTR’s Steve Adams explained the process in full this morning). Accordingly, we’ve seen a large swath of transactions in the last few hours. Here, we’ll make note of the players each team protected from the Rule 5 draft, acquired from outside the organization, and removed from the roster before the deadline. We’ll also keep track of how many 40-man roster spots each team has left vacant.
AL East
- Added to roster: Rylan Bannon, Michael Baumann, Yusniel Diaz, Zac Lowther, Isaac Mattson, Alexander Wells
- Designated for assignment: Renato Nunez
- Number of open roster spots: 0
- Added to roster: Eduard Bazardo, Jay Groome, Bryan Mata, Hudson Potts, Jeisson Rosario, Connor Seabold, Connor Wong
- Designated for assignment: Matt Hall, Ryan Weber
- Outrighted: Kyle Hart
- Number of open roster spots: 0
- Added to roster: Roansy Contreras, Yoendrys Gomez, Oswald Peraza, Alexander Vizcaino
- Number of open roster spots: 0
- Added to roster: Josh Lowe, Drew Strotman, Taylor Walls
- Designated for assignment: Brian O’Grady, Hunter Renfroe
- Number of open roster spots: 0
- Added to roster: Riley Adams, Otto Lopez, Gabriel Moreno, Josh Palacios, Ty Tice
- Number of open roster spots: 0
AL Central
- Acquired: Emilio Vargas (from Diamondbacks)
- Added to roster: Jake Burger, Tyler Johnson, Gavin Sheets
- Number of open roster spots: 0
- Added to roster: Gabriel Arias, Ernie Clement, Nolan Jones, Eli Morgan, Carlos Vargas
- Number of open roster spots: 0
- Added to roster: Alex Faedo, Alex Lange, Matt Manning, Joey Wentz
- Number of open roster spots: 0
- Added to roster: Khalil Lee, Sebastian Rivero, Daniel Tillo, Angel Zerpa
- Designated for assignment: Glenn Sparkman, Gabe Speier
- Outrighted: Chance Adams
- Number of open roster spots: 0
- Added to roster: Jordan Balazovic, Bailey Ober, Ben Rortvedt
- Number of open roster spots: 2
AL West
- Added to roster: Tyler Ivey, Freudis Nova, Jairo Solis, Peter Solomon, Forrest Whitley
- Traded: Brandon Bailey (to Reds)
- Lost on waivers: Rogelio Armenteros (to Diamondbacks), Jack Mayfield (to Braves)
- Number of open roster spots: 1
- Added to roster: Brandon Marsh, Chris Rodriguez
- Number of open roster spots: 2
- Added to roster: Wandisson Charles, Greg Deichmann, Miguel Romero
- Number of open roster spots: 5
- Added to roster: Sam Delaplane, Juan Then, Taylor Trammell, Wyatt Mills
- Number of open roster spots: 1
- Added to roster: A.J. Alexy, David Garcia, Yerry Rodriguez
- Number of open roster spots: 2
NL East
- Added to roster: Kyle Muller
- Acquired: Jack Mayfield (from Astros)
- Number of open roster spots: 2
- Added to roster: Jose Devers, Jerar Encarnacion
- Number of open roster spots: 0
- Signed: Sam McWilliams
- Number of open roster spots: 3
- Added to roster: Kyle Dohy, Bailey Falter, Damon Jones, Nick Maton, Francisco Morales, Simon Muzziotti
- Number of open roster spots: 3
- Added to roster: Joan Adon, Yasel Antuna
- Number of open roster spots: 7
NL Central
- Added to roster: Cory Abbott, Christopher Morel, Keegan Thompson
- Number of open roster spots: 3
- Added to roster: Vladimir Gutierrez, Riley O’Brien, Jared Solomon
- Acquired: Brandon Bailey (from Astros)
- Number of open roster spots: 4
- Added to roster: Alec Bettinger, Mario Feliciano, Dylan File
- Number of open roster spots: 1
- Added to roster: Rodolfo Castro, Max Kranick
- Designated for assignment: Jose Osuna, Trevor Williams
- Number of open roster spots: 0
- Added to roster: Ivan Herrera, Angel Rondon
- Number of open roster spots: 1
NL West
- Added to roster: J.B. Bukauskas, Stuart Fairchild, Luis Frias, Matt Peacock, Geraldo Perdomo
- Acquired: Rogelio Armenteros (from Astros)
- Designated for Assignment: Junior Guerra, Joel Payamps
- Outrighted: Domingo Leyba
- Number of open roster spots: 0
- Added to roster: Bret Boswell, Lucas Gilbreath, Helcris Olivarez, Colton Welker
- Designated for assignment: Ashton Goudeau, Jesus Tinoco
- Number of open roster spots: 0
- Added to roster: Gerardo Carrillo, Andre Jackson, Zach Reks, Edwin Uceta
- Number of open roster spots: 3
- Added to roster: Reggie Lawson, Tucupita Marcano, Mason Thompson
- Designated for assignment: Luis Perdomo
- Number of open roster spots: 0
- Added to roster: Alexander Canario, Kervin Castro, Camilo Doval, Gregory Santos
- Designated for assignment: Aramis Garcia, Jordan Humphreys, Chris Shaw
- Number of open roster spots: 0
A lot of these comments about Rays winning the Pham Renfroe trade did not age well at all.
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You’re an idiot.
what a constructive comment
Nice job thanks for the update. Not that im complaining at all the only thing missed is open spots for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Still better then I would have done with the article, once again thank you for the hard work
Ha, almost pulled it off on the first shot. Thanks for the heads up! (Pirates’ 40-man is full btw).
7 open roster spots on the Nats. I wonder how active they are December 12.
Lots of teams with no openings. Looks like only a few teams will take part in the rule 5 draft. Nationals might add to their bullpen.
Can you give a top 10 players available list?
I would guess that if teams see an attractive player available, they can still DFA a player on their 40 man roster.
I think that date has passed. Rosters are set until the rule 5. Dec 10th I think.
Just scanning the players not protected in each teams top 30 prospects, only a couple names stick out.
Rockies Riley Pint, a number 4 draft pick. 100 mph fastball, a great curve ball change up and slider. Great k rate. Only problem huge walk rate. Maybe a pitching coach thinks he can fix him and claims him.
Twins shortstop Wander Javier. Defense is solid, has great speed and some power. Just cant seem to stay healthy. Take him in the draft, play him some as a bench player. He probably gets hurt and sits the rest of the year. Try and work with him next year.
Is the purpose of having open 40 man roster spots so the team can draft players in the Rule 5 draft?
This time in the off-season. Teams set their rosters to protect players from the rule 5 draft. Then they can draft if they want. Then they can release players if they need room to sign free agents.
Right now they are protecting players for this draft.
Dodgers should have four spots open, not three
Seems that a lot more NL teams have left openings than their AL counterparts. Being a Tigers fan I was hoping they’d leave a spot open to maybe grab someone but looks like they won’t take part in the R5D. It does work sometimes, we grabbed Victor Reyes and he’s turned out to be a valuable asset as time as gone by. Starter for Detroit but a valuable 4th OF perhaps for a true contender.
i don’t see why he cant be a starter with the numbers he’s put up. not every contender has an All Star filled OF like LAD