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baseball1010
As a 6 + years of service player why would Capuano lose the rest of his salary?
jb226
If a player refuses an outright assignment, he forfeits the contract.
Basically, it says that your contract money is guaranteed but you can’t force a team to keep you on its major-league roster. His choice was to play in the minors but keep his contract, or give up the contract and the money attached to it to become a free agent and see what he could get from other teams.
If he had been RELEASED then he would get to keep his money and become a free agent, but that’s not what happened.
baseball1010
You need to read Article XIX paragraph A and B. A player with 5 plus years of service may refuse the assignment. It then falls on the club to release him or leave him on the 25 man roster! If they release him they have to give him his termination pay. The last player I can temember (6+ years) who refused the assignment and stayed on the roster was George Sherrill, Dodgers.
thecoffinnail
This topic gets confusing.. Where I think you are hung up is that players can refuse to accept the outright assignment and keep their entire pay is after the second time they are called up and designated.. But there are other instances where they are also able to refuse and get their contracts fulfilled.. Like I said it gets confusing when talking about veterans and one year contracts..
baseball1010
A player with 6 plus years can refuse the assignment and the club has to either keep him on the 25 man or release him.
baseball1010
A player with 4 plus years can also refuse the assignment but he can be released without his contract being paid.