With the Detroit Tigers’ season officially over at the hands of the Seattle Mariners, it’s time to take a slightly too early look at some upcoming roster situations. Our very own Patrick covered the offseason timeline as a whole here, so I won’t be getting into too much detail there. Instead, I’ll skip straight to the roster side of things, starting with cleaning up the 40-man roster to set the stage for the real fun later.

November 18th is the deadline for Rule 5 protection of players, as well as the date to submit qualifying offers. November 21 is the date to tender contracts to arbitration eligible players.

Injured Players

As things currently stand, there are 47 players on Detroit’s 40-man roster, technically, as the seven players on the 60-day IL need to be added back (they can alte

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