ATLANTA -- Max Fried and Lucas Sims are not yet ready to become candidates for Atlanta's starting rotation, but to protect against the possibility of losing either pitching prospect, the Braves might place them on their 40-man roster this week.
All Major League clubs have until Friday to fill their 40-man rosters with any player they want to protect from being selected in December's Rule 5 Draft. Those eligible for selection include any player not on the 40-man roster who signed in 2012 at 18 years old or younger, or in '13 at 19 years or older.