Sammy Siani is creating an interesting decision for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Next week, MLB teams must submit their offseason 40-man rosters, which determines who they will protect from the Rule 5 draft. If you’re unfamiliar with the Rule 5 draft, it’s a largely unimportant event in the offseason where teams can draft players from other minor league systems onto their own Major League roster.
The catch is that the drafting team must keep the player on their active roster the entire following season, else they would have to put the player through waivers, and offer them back to the original team.