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- Updated: November 18, 2016
ATLANTA — Max Fried, Lucas Sims and Johan Camargo received the message they were waiting for this week when they were informed they have been added to the Braves’ 40-man roster.
Major League clubs had until Friday to fill their respective 40-man rosters with players they wanted to protect from being selected in December’s Rule 5 Draft. It was assumed the Braves would protect Fried and Sims, two of the highly-regarded pitching prospects in Atlanta’s system. Camargo’s addition was not necessarily expected, but it makes sense, given how other teams might value his tremendous defensive skills as a middle infielder.
Those eligible to be selected in this year’s Rule 5 Draft include any player not on the 40-man roster who signed in 2012 at 18 years old or younger or in ’13 at 19 or older. A team that makes a selection during the Major League phase of this Draft must pay $50,000 and commit to carrying the selected player on its active roster through the entirety of the following season. …
