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Originally Posted by Solonor
Just tested. You cannot avoid minor league free agency simply by putting a guy on the 40-man roster. If he's out of option years and has the service time, he will become a free agent unless you sign him to a contract extension.
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Interesting note about this: it is commonly stated that a minor leaguer achieves free agency after six years of service.
This is incorrect.
A minor leaguer only achieves free agency after seven years of service. From what the uniform minor league contract states, the player is signed to a one-year deal, which can be renewed unilaterally by the club up to six more times. That adds up to seven years of service being required to achieve minor league free agency.