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Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange
So, the moral is, don't put an injured player on the Major League DL during spring training if you think you might want to send him to the minors later. Send him down first, then put him on the minor league DL. Because if you put him on the Major League DL first, then, with very few exceptions, he cannot be assigned to the minors until reinstated from the DL.
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See, we agree, injured players can be optioned to the minors during spring training. The CBA I quoted states that it must happen prior to the last 15 days of spring training and can only be done to players who meet the above criteria.
I also agree with you on the point that you cannot be demoted while on the ML DL AT ANY TIME.
As you know, what you describe above as what should be done during spring training is NOT ALLOWED during the regular season. What the CBA section I referance above shows is that it is ALSO NOT ALLOWED to send an injured player to the minors during spring training unless a very specific set of circumstances is met.
So then, what do actual major league transactions show? The only player from this spring put on a ML DL with no service time last year was a pitcher from Boston, Miguel Garcia. He was selected in the rule V draft, so according the the CBA above he had to be put on the ML DL.
On the other side, Christian Garcia was injured in the spring, optioned to the minors with more than 15 days to go, then placed on the minor leage DL to start the season. Also consistent with the above CBA.
Again, the question is how should this be implemented in OOTP? My suggestion is: players with no service time can be optioned down when injured (during spring training only) if it is more than 15 days to the start of the season. All other players have to be put on the ML DL.
The above conditions accurately mimic the reality of how these situations are handled by MLB teams each spring.