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Originally Posted by PSUColonel
I don’t have time at this moment to give an in depth response, but…these are minor league players I am DFAing and they aren’t on the 40 man roster. I am doing it so I can keep them in my organization without having to release them. I am using RL roster limits, so I can’t keep an unlimited number of players on my minor league teams. So I DFA a player (in stead of releasing him) and see if another opportunity opens up (injuries or whatever). If not and the seven days expire I can assign him to a team, only to immediately DFA him again.
Rinse, repeat
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This is from MLB.com/glossary
Designate for Assignment (DFA)
Definition
When a player's contract is designated for assignment -- often abbreviated "DFA" -- that player is immediately removed from his club's 40-man roster. Within seven days of the transaction (had been 10 days under the 2012-16 Collective Bargaining Agreement), the player can either be traded or placed on irrevocable outright waivers.
If the player is claimed off said waivers by another club, he is immediately added to that team's 40-man roster, at which point he can be optioned to the Minor Leagues (if he has Minor League options remaining) or assigned to his new team's 26-man roster. If the player clears waivers, he may be sent outright to the Minor Leagues or released. Players with more than three years of Major League service time or who have been previously outrighted may reject the outright assignment in favor of free agency.
Clubs may utilize this option to clear a spot on the 40-man roster -- typically with the intention of adding a newly acquired player (via trade or free agency), a Minor Leaguer or a player being activated from the 60-day injured list.
As you can see the player's contract is designated for assignment, then the player is immediately removed from that teams 40-man roster (meaning of course you cannot play the shenanigans with minor league players like you have been doing even though the game has allowed you to do so as a bug evidently.)
If I am not mistaken (I have been before
) this next sentence from the DFA information might also take care of the other concern.
Players with more than three years of Major League service time or who have been previously outrighted may reject the outright assignment in favor of free agency.
I hope this information helps.
Have a great morning everyone!
