The deadline for adding players to the roster in order to protect them from the Rule 5 draft is next Tuesday. The Pirates removed a number of questions, to the extent they were really questions, back at the beginning of September when they added Kevin Newman, Kevin Kramer and Pablo Reyes to the roster. They also sort-of removed a couple of other questions by signing LHP Elvis Escobar and RHP Eduardo Veras to minor league deals for next year. Both were eligible for minor league free agency. Both remain eligible for the Rule 5 draft, but we at least know they probably won’t be added to the 40-man roster, or the Pirates would have done so rather than bother signing them to minor league contracts.
Bucco Breakfast: Roster-setting deadline approaches
