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Rain King · 06-09-2015, 07:51 AM

Are these "minor leaguers" you are talking about on the 40-man roster?

The way MLB rosters work is that for most purposes the 40-man is the true roster that teams are working with. It is just that for most of the regular season only 25 of those guys can be active in the major leagues at one time. Anyone who then gets sent to the minors while on the 40-man is using an option. In the off-season and spring training the 25-man roster doesn't exist. The team doesn't call a guy who is on the 40-man up to spring training...he is automatically there. Then, if once the season starts a team wants to send them to the minors they have to be "optioned" again (if they have any options left).

Now, you can bring a guy to spring training who isn't on the 40-man roster, but those guys don't need to be optioned (so shouldn't cause any issues when sent down). It is possible that your assistant GM is placing guys on the 40-man that you would rather they didn't...I don't know for sure though as I don't typically automate that stuff.

06-09-2015, 07:51 AM	#6
Rain King Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,236	Are these "minor leaguers" you are talking about on the 40-man roster? The way MLB rosters work is that for most purposes the 40-man is the true roster that teams are working with. It is just that for most of the regular season only 25 of those guys can be active in the major leagues at one time. Anyone who then gets sent to the minors while on the 40-man is using an option. In the off-season and spring training the 25-man roster doesn't exist. The team doesn't call a guy who is on the 40-man up to spring training...he is automatically there. Then, if once the season starts a team wants to send them to the minors they have to be "optioned" again (if they have any options left). Now, you can bring a guy to spring training who isn't on the 40-man roster, but those guys don't need to be optioned (so shouldn't cause any issues when sent down). It is possible that your assistant GM is placing guys on the 40-man that you would rather they didn't...I don't know for sure though as I don't typically automate that stuff. Last edited by Rain King; 06-09-2015 at 07:52 AM.