On Tuesday, the Detroit Tigers completed finalizing their roster in advance of the December 10 Rule 5 draft at MLB’s Winter Meetings. They made the decision to protect just about everyone who could be exposed to the Rule 5.

The Tigers added catcher and fifth ranked prospect in the system per MLB Pipeline, Thayron Liranzo, along with sixth ranked prospect infielder Hao-Yu Lee. Those were no-brainers. They also protected 19th ranked LHP Jake Miller, who would’ve ranked higher had injuries not cut off most of his 2025 season. Finally, they also added non-prospects UT Trei Cruz and C/1B Eduardo Valencia to the 40-man roster.

That was five spots they needed to open up on the 40-man roster, plus another one for Gleyber Torres, who accepted the qualifying offer on Tuesday.

To clear those spots

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