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Not 100% about this, but it could be that the player was already "optioned" earlier in the year. You only have to use 1 option per year, after which, the player may be promoted and demoted as many times as necessary without incurring another option until the following year. So for example, if a player on the 40 man roster fails to make the major league club out of Spring Training, then sending him to the minors expends an option. If the player is subsequently recalled from the minors later in the season, say due to injury, and then later sent back down, the second demotion does not expend an option.
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