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Option Years

By Ben Nicholson-Smith [June 26, 2009 at 5:06pm CST]

Teams use options to shuttle players on their 40-man roster to and from the minor leagues risk-free. Here are a few specifics to round out this MLBTR Glossary entry:

Once a player is on his team's 40-man roster, his club has three separate seasons over the course of which it can promote and demote the player without exposing him to other teams.
Minor leaguers on the 40-man roster are on an optional assignment.
They can be promoted and demoted an unlimited number of times within an option year.
Once a player's three option years are up, he must clear waivers before going to the minors.
Felix Pie, for example, is out of options and would have to clear waivers for the Orioles to assign him to Triple A.
Options aren't used on players who spend less than 20 days in the minors.
Players with five years of service time can't be optioned to the minors without consent.

Thanks to Cot's Baseball Contracts.

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