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Originally Posted by NoOne
are you sure it costs an option in the video game?
if they are not on the secondary roster, i know for sure it does not cost an option during ST, as i do it each season with any AAA player on my radar and for depth.
i just moved a guy i placed on 40-man up and down in ST and it didn't accrue an option, either.
or, maybe i somehow have a rule or setting difference? but, it would be ridiculous to waste an option due to ST. mlb being rational isn't gauranteed, though.
this is all about thinking ahead. change some habits of how you handle options and 40-man roster. this sort of thing is completely avoidable with planning.
in the extreme and rare instances it isnt true, ... well in that worst-case scenario of catastrophic and numerous injuries you aren't going to be winning the WS, so anythign that hurts next year is incredibly worse choice than using a aa/aaa player that you can dump later on.
32-35 on opening day is a good goal... i like it closer to 30, and it will rise to 32-35 during season. a few contracts in AAA isn't so bad, but it's something i avoid like the plague. you don't have to be as extreme as i am to avoid the situation, but you need to change some behaviour(s), if you constantly run into this problem (40man or running out of options etc part of same thing).
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When you are bringing up those AAA players to your Spring Training Roster (not 40-man roster/secondary roster) you are bringing them up as Non-Roster Invitees(NRI). This is only available during spring training and enables you to take a look at a player in ST without adding him to your 40-man/secondary roster. When ST is over you can send them back down and there is no option used. Options are only used when the player in on your 40-man roster (not ST roster).
Also, the option actually doesn't actually get used until the player you sent down spends a day in the minors(IRL is is longer than that but the game charges the option after the 1st day down). If you demote a guy from the active roster and change your mind and bring him back the same day the option doesn't get used.
MLB isn't wasting options in ST. It is a rational mechanism put into place to prevent teams from hoarding players in the minors. A team gets 3 options (1/year) after a player is on the 40 before the player has to stick on the active roster or have a chance to play somewhere else.