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Originally Posted by andyhdz
Hmm lots of mistatements here. Calling them up in September doesn't waste a year of control. If you keep them up the rest of the season they'll have accumulated about a month of service time. That's it. At most you might get them on the super 2 track (maybe).
What you do have to be aware of is if they are on your 40 man roster or not. If they are already on 40 man than calling them up and even sending them down before the season is over is no big deal since they'll have already used an option that season. The trick is if they are not on the 40 man yet. If you call them up they immediately get on the 40 man roster and you need to keep them up the rest of the season. If you send then down before season is over they immediately use up on option year and your down to 2 more options. This is normally not a problem for star players as usually they are there to stay but you need to be careful with the borderline, 4A, and prospects that you think may need more seasoning after the season is over.
One last thing even if they don't play they develop faster riding the mlb bench than on the minor league team. I had a star SP in triple A that got called up in Sept and barely played relief. The following season he was golden to go as an SP and hasn't looked back and I got my full 6 seasons of team control.
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They are referring to the "7th year". If you hold a player back and promote him a couple weeks after the start of the season, you will prevent a player from getting 172 service days, thus getting basically 7 years before FA.