Advertisements - Register to remove. Although the call ups rules have changed I'm still under the impression in the game you can't expand until the minor league season is over and I'm not sure then why you'd call someone up then send them down. They don't use options in the game at least in the versions I've played during the off season.
I don't think they use an option if you make the playoffs and one of your call ups isn't selected to your post season roster.
Not completely sure about that though. Countryboy will probably set us straight. You can call them up for September without using an option for that year. However next year you will either have to use an option if they don't make the 26 man MLB roster or risk sending them through waivers by removing them from the 40 man roster. That option will count towards next year though, in its entirety. There is no consequence for keeping a player off the post-season roster.
Options only matter for the regular season. As long as the player stays on the roster until the end of the regular season they will not use up an option for this year.
Thanks for the replies! Just one small clarification - once I've used a player's option, I can keep sending them to and from the minors during the same regular season that I exercised that option. Is that correct? They shore up their batteries pitchers and catchers. All call-ups are there to provide reinforcements down the stretch — especially important for teams in contention for playoff berths.
Teams normally add around six to eight extra players. However, we have seen organizations use all 15 available spots, especially those in the Wild Card chase. Not everyone is happy with the idea of adding players down the stretch, especially General Managers. Outrage over the man roster started back in , but talks never progressed. The biggest issue was why a team would pay a minor league player the MLB salary for one month.
There are other complaints about the expanded roster. For one, baseball fans grumbled about paying hard earned money to watch minor leaguers instead of the MLB stars. Others complained that the expanded roster created pace-of-play issues with Managers who use a different pitcher for each hitter. These pitching changes not only stop the game, but add minutes — and, as we know, the biggest complaint in MLB right now is the length of the game.
Another issue raised was the fact that no other sport increased their rosters at any point during the season and MLB was doing it down the stretch with teams involved in pennant races. Over the last few years, more GMs began to discuss the expanded rosters and finally agreed it is time to modify the system. As Minor League affiliates finish their seasons in early September, more reinforcements typically arrive, with clubs seeking additional catchers, extra bullpen arms and bench bats, or a speedster who can change a game as a pinch-runner, such as the Royals' Terrance Gore.
Last season, for example, the eventual World Series champions expanded their active roster to 33 players on Sept. Are teams still allowed to make trades? The answer is yes -- but with a significant catch. The non-waiver Trade Deadline typically is on July 31, but it was on Aug. For any trades after that, a traded player must first be placed on waivers. If the player is claimed, his team can let him go, work out a trade with the claiming team or pull him back.
If the player clears waivers -- meaning 29 other teams pass on his rights -- he then can be dealt to any team. Those rules do not change in September, even though Aug. But Aug. However, infielder Darwin Barney was not postseason-eligible for the Blue Jays, because they acquired him from the Dodgers on Sept.
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