By late November, teams will protect the eligible prospects they don’t want to lose in the draft by adding them to their 40-man rosters.
While it remains unclear whether the Rule 5 draft would proceed even if there is a work stoppage, the deadline for protecting prospects from that draft should remain unaffected. The specter of an MLB work stoppage looms over December’s Winter Meetings, where the Rule 5 draft takes place. Whether the A’s retain their core or make significant trades remains to be seen, but regardless of what happens with the core of the 40-man roster, the A’s will have to make roster decisions to account for the annual Rule 5 draft. With 13 potential free agents and 11 arbitration-eligible players, the A’s are entering an offseason that could potentially see significant roster turnover.
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