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The Orioles’ first offseason task: Clearing room on the 40-man roster for prospects

The 2020 MLB season has reached its end. Despite all of the obstacles, and one last dramatic gasp from the pandemic even during the clinching Game 6 of the World Series, teams played 60 games, played a peculiar expanded postseason, and crowned a winner. For baseball front offices, the focus can now turn to building their team the way they want it to be built for 2021.

One of the earlier roster concerns that the Orioles are going to have to face within a month is which of the Rule 5 draft-eligible prospects they want to add to the 40-man roster to protect from this year’s edition of that draft.