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Originally Posted by RBI Baseball
In spring training, I signed a couple of guys to minor league deals that would become guaranteed major league deals if they made the active roster before day 30 of the season. I had no intention of promoting them so the dollar value didn't matter much. None of them have spent a day in the majors, or on my 40 man roster, and yet all of the contracts are now guaranteed and on my payroll. How did I screw this up??
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Same thing happened to me. I signed a guy to this type of contract, and two months later he was still in my organization. I released him shortly afterward, and then found out I was fully on the hook for his "major league" salary, even though I didn't even get the typical warning ("releasing this player will add $xxx to your player expenses") when I released him.
I think these contracts got screwed up in this version, and would recommend avoiding them. You're effectively signing a player to a minor league contract with a bonus.