This evening, the Tigers will have to finalize their 40-man roster in advance of the Rule 5 draft at baseball’s Winter Meetings on December 10. Any Rule 5 eligible prospect that isn’t added to the 40-man will be available for teams to select in the draft. The Tigers certainly have some prospects who will need to be protected, and those additions to the 40-man roster will require spots opened by releasing players current on that roster.

Players drafted in the Rule 5 cost $100,000 paid to their current club, and they have to be added to their new team’s active roster and kept on that roster all of next season, other than stints on the injured list, in order for the claiming team to keep the player’s rights beyond 2026. They can only release a Rule 5 selection by offering him on outright wai

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