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Becerra, Rosario among Mets’ protected prospects
- Updated: November 18, 2016
NEW YORK — A year ago, the Mets left outfield prospect Wuilmer Becerra — part of the 2012 trade that brought Noah Syndergaard and Travis d’Arnaud to New York for R.A. Dickey — unprotected in advance of the Rule 5 Draft. No one selected him. But the Mets were not about to take that risk again.
The Mets on Friday added Becerra, No. 1 prospect Amed Rosario and three others to their 40-man roster, thereby protecting them from next month’s Rule 5 Draft.
MLB requires teams to add players who signed at age 18 or younger to 40-man rosters within five professional seasons, or those who signed at 19 or older within four seasons, or they will become eligible for other organizations to draft. Clubs pay $50,000 to select a player in the Major League phase of the Rule 5 Draft, slated for Dec. 8. If that player doesn’t stay on the 25-man roster for the full season, he must be offered back to his former team for $25,000.
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In addition to Rosario and Becerra, the Mets added catcher Tomas Nido, and right-handers Marcos Molina …
