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Originally Posted by Scott Vibert
This is an issue with the way the game works. In MLB the 25 man roster does not exist during the offseason. As a result all players who are on the 40 man are (in OOTP terms) on the active roster. Once the regular season begins (again in OOTP terms) all those guys on the 40 man roster who aren't being put on the 25 man active roster would be demoted (sent to minor league camp)
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This is an area which needs to be looked at for next year (it's unlikely a change of this nature could be at this point for this year I would expect).
One way to handle it would be to allow setting different roster limits for different time periods during a year. This would also have the benefit of allowing early season roster expansion (a feature of major league seasons up until 1968).
Either that, or code the game so that it automatically changes the active roster limit to equal the secondary roster limit (or more accurately titled the reserve limit) setting when it hits the off-season.
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Originally Posted by Solonor
If the guy is in the minors and he's out of option years, what is supposed to trigger him going to waivers?
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Strictly speaking, sometimes even if a player does have options left he may still have to clear waivers before being sent down to the minors.