Who will the Rangers protect in the Rule 5 Draft?

The offseason keeps on chugging along, and we are now approaching one of the magic dates on the MLB offseason calendar — the deadline for adding minor leaguers to the 40 man roster to protect them from being selected in the Rule 5 Draft. That deadline is next week — Tuesday, November 19, to be exact.

As was mentioned in the morning links post this morning, MLB.com has a piece up that summarizes the rules regarding the Rule 5 Draft, including the rules regarding who is eligible and the rules regarding rostering of Rule 5 picks, so I’m not going to re-hash all that, and will instead encourage you to click on the link above if you want to read about that.

Instead, we will talk about the Rangers’…