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Originally Posted by B1gpupp
Just to point something else out....A player has to have 5+ years of service time in order to be able to refuse an assignment to the minors and still be paid the remaining year's on his contract.
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The way I understand the rule is a player can only be DFA'd and outrighted w/o their consent once in their career, regardless of service time. For example, if a rookie gets outrighted in his first year, then if he's outrighted again in year 3, he can refuse the assignment. Keep in mind, being optioned to the minors and DFA'd are two completely different discussions.
I'll have to do some more research.