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Post by shoelessjoe on Mar 11, 2024 14:54:24 GMT
Teams should be permitted to promote a player from their minors prior to auction and count the players as part of the freeze. Currently, as I understand, the player must have at least one (1) at-bat on a MLB team to be eligible.
Why?
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Post by geoflin on Mar 11, 2024 16:35:20 GMT
The situation where an owner wants to promote a minor leaguer who has 0 AB or IP to the major league freeze list has never come up before. We could discuss it but any change won't be in time for this year.
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Post by shoelessjoe on Mar 12, 2024 2:37:10 GMT
Congress can pass a stopgap budget in a matter of days and …
Another indication of the archaic attitude pervasive here.
I know the rule, but you haven’t address my question.
What is the purpose of a stringent rule? To what end?
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Post by joeizzo on Mar 12, 2024 2:50:29 GMT
Congress can pass a stopgap budget in a matter of days and … Another indication of the archaic attitude pervasive here. I know the rule, but you haven’t address my question. What is the purpose of a stringent rule? To what end? We went through quite a long process a few years ago, reviewing our entire rules document. There was a rules committee that consisted of 6 people if I remember correctly. These are the rules that the committee settled on. We don't feel a stop gap measure is needed here. I think the main purpose of this particular rule is to separate the minor league pool from the major league pool. We have the minor league draft after the regular draft/auction so the player pools need to be dept separate. The 0 AB/IP for minor leaguers is easy to understand and check quickly should someone nominate such a player during the auction or draft. We have chosen to apply this same measure to the frozen rosters where a player must have 1 AB or IP (this may be plate appearance or batter faced as opposed to AB/IP) to be frozen as a major leaguer. |
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Post by shoelessjoe on Mar 12, 2024 14:11:19 GMT
Thank you, sir
Sigh
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