Braves decline to make 40-man roster moves ahead of Rule 5 protection deadline
The Atlanta Braves declined to make any 40-man roster moves prior to today's Rule 5 protection deadline, leaving four new prospects (and thirty total prospects) unprotected for next month's Rule 5 draft.
We discussed this a few weeks ago - Atlanta has four newly-eligible prospects to potentially be protected from selection in the Rule 5 draft, including our #23 & #24-ranked prospects, OF Jesse Franklin V and LHP Luis de Avila.
Since selecting a player in the Major League portion of the Rule 5 draft requires not only an open 40-man roster spot, but carrying that player on your 26-man active MLB roster all season, Atlanta usually isn't very active in selecting players during that phase. But they still have a vested interest in the selections, both to protect their own prospects and via adding players in the Minor League portion, like Allan Winans and Luis De Avila.
(To refresh: To be eligible for selection in the Rule 5 draft, a player must be either four or five years removed from entering professional baseball - four years if signing at age 19 or older, five years if signing at or below age 18 - and not currently on a 40-man roster. Any selections in the Major League phase cost the selecting team a $100,000 fee, and that player is required to be carried on the 26-man MLB roster all season or offered back to their original organization for $50,000.)
This year's Rule 5 draft is scheduled for December 6th, during the 2023 Winter Meetings in Nashville.
Here is the full list of Atlanta's Rule 5 eligible prospects:
C/1B Javier Valdes
1B Drew Lugbauer
1B Bryson Horne
INF Cade Bunnell
INF Beau Philip
OF/INF Cody Milligan
OF Jesse Franklin V
OF Justin Dean
OF/1B Landon Stephens
OF Drew Campbell
OF Brandon Parker
OF Jeremy Celedonio
LHP Luis De Avila
RHP Nolan Kingham
RHP Daniel Martinez
RHP Roddy Munoz
RHP Tyler Owens
RHP Jared Johnson
RHP Jorge Bautista
RHP Luis Vargas
LHP Hayden Deal
RHP Trey Riley
RHP Domingo Gonzalez
RHP Jonathan Hughes
RHP Ronaldo Alesandro
RHP Peyton Williams
RHP Tyree Thompson
RHP Miguel Pena
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