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Originally Posted by Cod
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.
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This is not correct.
http://m.mlb.com/glossary/transactions/outright-waivers
"If a player has more than three years of Major League service time or was previously outrighted in his career (by his current club or another club), he is eligible to reject the outright assignment and instead opt for free agency. Players with more than three but less than five years of Major League service time must forfeit any remaining guaranteed money on their contract if they reject an outright assignment. Conversely, those with five or more years of Major League service time are still owed any guaranteed money remaining on their contract, should they elect free agency following an outright."
So, once you have 3 years of MLB service time, it doesn't matter if you have not been outrighted before.