Re: Colt, Sinisi, Antonelli demoted

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:12:58 -0700 (PDT), Padredog
<padredog@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

                                               {Forgive the top post]


Dog:

Thank you for explaining that.   I've never been able to keep it
straight.


Hoover


>> OK, I have a question: what's the difference between being "optioned"
to the
>> minors and being "reassigned" to the minors?
>
>Options:
>If a player is on the 40-man roster but not on the active major league
>roster, he is said to be on optional assignment--his organization may
>freely move him between the major league club and the minor league
>club. If a player is on the 40-man roster and not the active 25 man
>roster for any part of more than three seasons, he is out of options
>and may not be assigned to the minors without first clearing waivers.
>However, if a player has less than 5 years of professional experience,
>he may be optioned to the minors in a fourth season without being
>subject to waivers. If a major league player is ineligible for free
>agency and "has options" remaining, his team may option him to a minor
>league team without consequence. This is usually what is meant when
>players are "sent down" to the minors. Likewise, when a player on the
>40-man roster is added to the active major league roster, he is
>"called up" to the majors.
>
>Designated for assignment:
>A player who is designated for assignment is immediately removed from
>the 40-man roster. This gives the team time to decide what to do with
>the player while freeing up a roster spot for another transaction, if
>needed. Once a player is designated for assignment, the team has ten
>days to do one of the following things: the player can be traded, the
>player can be released, or the player can be put on waivers and,
>provided he clears, outrighted to the minors. A player who is
>outrighted to the minors is removed from the 40-man roster but is
>still paid according to the terms of his guaranteed contract. A player
>can only be outrighted once in his career without his consent.
>
>Source: Wikipedia. Hope this helps :)