Today is the deadline for the Pittsburgh Pirates to add players to the 40-man roster, protecting them from the Rule 5 draft. Last week, I wrote about the best players to protect from the available candidates. I’ll have more on that tomorrow.
I’ve been working on my system prospect rankings behind the scenes, among other things on the site. The Pirates saw a group of players elect minor league free agency last week. Here are those players, broken down by their ranking tiers.
The MLB Depth Tier
The highest talent player who the Pirates lost was RHP Yerry De Los Santos, who wasn’t prospect eligible.