OOTP Developments Forums - View Single Post - Every player on the 40 man roster does NOT need to have a ML contract!!

Zeyes · 07-08-2006, 07:00 AM

I also used to think that every player with an ML contract needs to be on the 40-man roster (and posted here as much...mea culpa), but I'm pretty sure I was wrong about that. Looking over the transactions and roster pages at mlb.com, it does appear that outrighting a player with an ML contract does remove him from the 40-man roster (while presumably not voiding his contract).

Now, whether this only applies to guys who had their contract purchased in the season (and are thus making the league minimum), or also to those players who signed a guaranteed contract, I have no idea.

07-08-2006, 07:00 AM	#57
Zeyes All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 818	I also used to think that every player with an ML contract needs to be on the 40-man roster (and posted here as much...mea culpa), but I'm pretty sure I was wrong about that. Looking over the transactions and roster pages at mlb.com, it does appear that outrighting a player with an ML contract does remove him from the 40-man roster (while presumably not voiding his contract). Now, whether this only applies to guys who had their contract purchased in the season (and are thus making the league minimum), or also to those players who signed a guaranteed contract, I have no idea.