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As a rule of thumb, I'll plan on giving players one rehab game for every week they're out...although longer term injuries might be more like one rehab game for every week and a half or two weeks. Two weeks is two games, a month is four games, two months is 6-8 games, anything longer than that is 8-10 games. I'll only go higher than that if they were injured at the start of the season and the rehab assignment is essentially spring training. That's just an estimate, I'll monitor their play closely on a game by game basis...if they're playing really good and/or my major league team needs them, they won't stay as long as somebody who's struggling and/or not as needed. None of this is based on any testing for how to get rid of rust, it just feels the most realistic to me based on what I've seen MLB teams do.
I'll also take control of the minor league team's lineup and always put the rehabbing player lead off, no matter what kind of hitter he is, to maximize at bats. And I'll have him DH for a game or two to start the assignment, even if he's never normally a DH. Again, it just feels realistic to me.
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