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Originally Posted by sandman2575
This relates to a question I have though -- which is: if you put a player on your 40-man roster with no (or little) major league experience, it says their contract will automatically renew for league minimum the following season, or at least until they become arbitration eligible. If I drop a player in this situation -- waive and send back the minors -- will this 'automatic contract renewal' still take place, or will the player get a minor league contract the next season?
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In my experience, if you were to DFA/waive the player and take him off the 40-man roster, over the next offseason/preseason, he would go back to having a minor league contract, yes. At least I'm pretty sure that's how OOTP handles it unless I'm remembering it incorrectly.
I believe this behavior changed a few versions ago. It used to be that anyone in the minors on Opening Day would get switched to a minor league contract, even if they were on the 40-man roster. Can't remember which version it got changed, but now everyone on the 40-man roster on Opening Day has at least a league minimum ML contract, but if they're in the minors they only make a percentage of that ML contract - can't remember the exact percentage either (LGO mentioned 1/6th).
So to answer the OP's question, yes I do believe what you witnessed is how it's supposed to happen. You can take solace that your minor league guys are only collecting a percentage of those $490k/yr contracts, tho.
Hope that helps.