As David Levin wrote earlier, the Marlins moved Wei-Yin Chen off the 40-man roster in order to make room for another prospect. Chen hadn’t quite panned out as well as Miami would have hoped after inking him to a five-year, $80 million deal prior to the 2016 season.
The movement of Chen opened up a fifth empty slot on the 40-man roster. The moves had to have been finalized by 8PM last night in order to meet the MLB standards. The Winter Meetings will provide the backdrop for this offseason’s rule 5 draft, sometime between December 8th and 12th this year in San Diego.