The Oakland A’s announced some expected roster moves on Friday, ahead of the deadline to protect prospects from the Rule 5 draft. They added five players to their 40-man roster (number in parentheses is their rank on MLB Pipeline’s A’s prospect list):
- Franklin Barreto, SS (1)
- Yairo Munoz, SS (7)
- Paul Blackburn, RHP (19)
- Jaycob Brugman, OF (22)
- Bobby Wahl, RHP (—)
They only had four spots available, so in order to make all these moves they also had to remove someone.