Friday is the deadline for teams to protect their prospects from the upcoming Rule 5 draft, which they can do by adding those prospects to their 40-man rosters. Among players who have been languishing in the minors for several years, anyone left unprotected off a roster could be stolen away in December.
The Oakland A’s selected three prospects to add to their roster Friday morning:
- RHP Miguel Romero
- RHP Wandisson Charles
- OF Greg Deichmann
Now that they’re on the 40-man, they can be freely called up and down from the minors to the majors next season.