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Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange
Well, in real life it can sometimes require (revocable) waivers even to option a player to the minor leagues. OOTP doesn't recreate this rule, however.
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Yeah, the idea of players with 5+ years of MLB service time just being optioned without going on waivers never even crossed my mind. This is an unusual situation because very rarely these all true:
(a) a player has options remaining after 5+ years of MLB service
(b) the team still wants to keep such a player on the 40-man after demoting him
(c) the player signs off on the demotion
Come to think of it, I think that's what happened when Chris McGehee accepted his initial minor league assignment. It was reported as a DFA at first, but then people noticed he was still on the 40-man and wondered what was going on, finally realizing he just got optioned.