In baseball, November is a time for roster deadlines. The Pirates face two important ones this week.

Tuesday at 6 p.m. is the deadline for teams to add prospects to their 40-man roster and protect them from the Rule 5 draft. Friday is the non-tender deadline, when the Pirates will have the option of keeping or parting ways with players like Oneil Cruz, Joey Bart, Jack Suwinski and Johan Oviedo.

But the Rule 5 draft is the first deadline. Held in December at baseball’s winter meetings, the Rule 5 draft allows teams with open 40-man roster spots to select players from other organizations outside their respective 40-man rosters. Two sets of players are eligible: players who were signed before age 18 and have been with an organization for five or more seasons; and players who were signed aft

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