Email a copy of 'Giants Designate Matt Downs For Assignment' to a friend
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Email a copy of 'Giants Designate Matt Downs For Assignment' to a friend
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55saveslives
Just eat the 24 mill, DFA Rowand and get it over with.
HummBaby
Or try to work out a trade with the pirates for Rowand. They always seem to take our ridiculous contracts off our hands.
HummBaby
Watch Sabean put in a claim for Manny when he’s put on waivers later today/this week.
John
…didn’t even know Matt Downs was on the roster.
John
The tweet from Baggarly mentions that Downs was DFA’d to make room on the 40 man roster, then will make room on the 25 man roster when Ross reports. So… Can someone explain how the 40 man works in this scenario? I thought the 40 man roster didn’t start to matter until Sept. 1.
Thanks.
GiantPaul1954
John, There is an active roster of 25. There is a 40 man roster of players who are protected and considered part of the major league team. These players can be call up to the 25 man roster to replace injured or released players. The team has many more then 40 men in the organization, but there are rules as to when they need to be put on the 40 man roster. You have to be on the 40 man roster in order to be called up and placed on the active 25 man roster at any time during the season.
John
Thanks Paul.