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Originally Posted by CobaltJays
In 6.5 (and 2007 as well, apparently), a team's roster never expands to the full 40 players in the offseason as it does in real life, so players are never optioned to the minors in spring training. As a result, as long as you don't recall a player who is out of options, he never has to clear waivers because technically he hasn't been sent down. This leads to the scenario the original poster was talking about: players who can stay in the minors an extended amount of time even though they're out of options.
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The roster
does expand for spring training. The only difference is that options are not used up at the end of spring training when you send a player back down to the minors (which, technically, you are not doing).
So, yes, you can get away with bringing a player to spring training for 3 seasons without using up options. That still doesn't mean you get to keep him in the minors forever.
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Originally Posted by CobaltJays
The ability to keep a player who is out of options down in the minors indefinitely is almost like a cheat. It's definitely an issue that needs to be fixed.
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I understand what you're saying about the rules not being followed to the letter.
I don't understand the repeated statement that you can keep a guy in the minors forever, because it's just not true! As long as you turn on all the rules available to you in the game (which, admittedly, are not perfect), you cannot keep a guy in the minors forever.
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