By 8 pm EST tonight, the Baltimore Orioles will have to set their 40-man roster and decide which Rule 5 draft-eligible prospects the organization wants to protect and which are left vulnerable and available for other teams to select in the December draft.
Will the Orioles protect RHP Cody Sedlock, their 2016 first-round draft pick out of Illinois, after making a drastic turnaround and putting together one of the more impressive pitching performances down on the farm last season? What about the hot name around town lately, RHP Gray Fenter? Recently named the most athletic prospect in the system by MLB Pipeline, will outfielder Ryan McKenna be added to the 40-man?