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  1. Otto von Ballpark
    To follow-up on my earlier comment with a timely example: today the Brewers released Jeremy Jeffress, who was currently on the IL. They still owe him his full salary, of course, but he is no longer on their roster and is a free agent. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/09/brewers-to-release-jeremy-jeffress.html
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    They had to do that, in order to put Poppen on the MLB 60-day DL and free up a 40-man spot for Graterol. Class has nothing to do with it. If they didn't need the roster spot, they wouldn't have done it.
  4. Otto von Ballpark
    Ah, that explains it. Thanks.
  5. Otto von Ballpark
    With no roster limits, there's no real benefit to placing guys on the 10-day IL in September, is there? (I guess if he stays on the IL, he could be eligible for postseason eligibility replacement but obviously that's not a factor here.)
  6. Otto von Ballpark
    Interesting. Gibson was expected to leave the team Thursday anyway for a few days of paternity leave.
  7. Otto von Ballpark
    Thanks for the update. I would also expect Hildenberger on Tuesday?
  8. Otto von Ballpark
    DET .292 AVG vs MIN: https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/splits-leaderboards?splitArr=139&splitArrPitch=&position=B&autoPt=false&splitTeams=false&statType=team&statgroup=1&startDate=2019-03-01&endDate=2019-11-01&players=&filter=&sort=21,1 4th highest among our 2019 opponents, behind only ATL, NYY, and LAA. (And of course, we only 15 games combined vs those 3 clubs, and 14 games vs Detroit so far.)
  9. Otto von Ballpark
    I don't think it matters when the AAA season ends, in this case. We can't option a player to AAA after the AAA season ends, but players already in AAA still accumulate days on optional assignment even after their season ends -- all the way up to the end of the MLB regular season. And they need to spend 10 days on optional assignment before they can be recalled again. FWIW, no mention of a minor league end of season exception here: https://www.thecubreporter.com/book/export/html/3521
  10. Otto von Ballpark
    As an aside: you actually can remove a player from your roster while injured / on the IL. You just have to release them -- you can't option them or outright them. Basically, you can't leverage their injured status to sneak them off the 40-man but retain control -- outright -- or to pay them less and deprive them of service time -- option. But you can release them (or trade them), and thus relinquish control over them.
  11. Otto von Ballpark
    I think you are correct. In his Graterol story Saturday, Lavelle suggested Poppen would move to the 60-day DL to make room for Graterol. Which would pretty much leave Gordon as the only guy left to be petitioned to replaced for postseason eligibility -- every other injured player on the 40-man is already on rehab and presumably headed toward activation. (Well, hopefully Buxton is still headed toward activation!) Of course, someone could get injured in the meantime too, although I don't see much need to dip down into the minors for a postseason replacements unless it is a disaster catcher scenario (i.e. two catchers injured). In that case, we'd probably have to DFA Diplan (or 60-day IL one injured catcher) to open a 40-man spot, and 10-day IL the other injured catcher to petition Wilin Rosario as postseason eligible replacement.
  12. Otto von Ballpark
    60-day IL players don't have to be activated until after the conclusion of the World Series -- the same time as free agency declaration.
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    Correct. And we have no reason to send Graterol down anymore at this point in 2019 (especially not for the 20 days required to burn an option year). Could be an issue with potentially adding players earlier in the season, but not by August 31st anymore.
  14. Otto von Ballpark
    That might get tricky. I guess the theory might be that Graterol or O'Rourke would only get added to the postseason roster if another pitcher gets injured in September? Then they could 60-day IL Gordon and Poppen to open their 40-man spots, and petition to replace whoever else gets injured. But, if you want Graterol or O'Rourke to be able to make the postseason roster without further injuries, you'd need to keep Gordon and Poppen on the 10-day IL so you could petition to replace their postseason eligibility as previously discussed. Then the actual 40-man spots would have to come from DFA'ing Diplan and... Stewart?
  15. Otto von Ballpark
    No, option years are not affected here. A player only burns an option year with 20+ days spent on optional assignment. Graterol will have zero days on optional assignment in 2019 whether added today or tomorrow.
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    Not sure what you mean? Twins don't gain anything by waiting to add Graterol until tomorrow, except making Ian Miller postseason eligible without petition, and Graterol is only postseason eligible with petition. (And I made that post before the Ian Miller news was posted. I agree now it probably doesn't matter what order you add them, it just didn't make any sense to wait on adding Graterol if they weren't adding anyone else.)
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    No benefit, but if you are adding multiple guys, and you have the injured guys to make the petition, it doesn't really matter which order you add them in.
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    Wild card game? (Heaven forbid we need to play in it!)
  19. Otto von Ballpark
    If Ian Miller takes the open spot, we'll need to open a spot for Graterol. I guess we could 60-day IL Gordon and petition Graterol to replace Poppen if necessary, or vice versa. Or just DFA Diplan? Maybe we want to keep both Gordon and Poppen as eligible for replacement?
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    Huh. Thanks for the tip. I guess it probably doesn't matter which one you add by which method, since the injury petition process seems more or less an automatic rubber stamp.
  21. Otto von Ballpark
    Perhaps I wasn't clear. It has nothing to do with using Gordon in the postseason. But in order to petition to make someone else postseason eligible in Gordon's place, Gordon needs to be eligible to return from the injured list. (Don't ask me why, but that appears to be the rule.) So Gordon can't be added to the 60-day DL anymore if you want to petition to replace him on the postseason eligibility list, because he himself won't be eligible to return from the 60-day IL before the end of the season.
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    This doesn't make any sense to me. If we have an open 40-man spot, what benefit is there to wait to add Graterol to the 40-man until Sep. 1, after the postseason eligibility deadline?
  23. Otto von Ballpark
    You could, but then they won't be eligible for postseason replacement because they can't serve the full 60 day DL stint by season's end. http://m.mlb.com/glossary/transactions/postseason-roster-rules-eligibility "A player who doesn't meet said criteria for postseason eligibility can still be added to a team's roster in the postseason via petition to the Commissioner's Office if the player was in the organization on Aug. 31 and is replacing someone who is on the injured list and has served the minimum amount of time required for activation. (For example, a player on the 10-day injured list who has been on it for at least 10 days, or a player who has been on the 60-day injured list for at least 60 days.)" I guess you could 60-day one guy for the 40-man spot, and petition to replace the other... although it sounds like we will have to petition one for Graterol already, before even adding anyone else.
  24. Otto von Ballpark
    Not sure how much more flex you get. You still need to clear a 40-man spot for any guy you want to add after Sep. 1 (beyond Graterol, assuming he takes the open spot) -- and you won't able to 60-day DL Gordon or Poppen to do it, if you need them to stay on the 10-day to petition for postseason eligible replacements.
  25. Otto von Ballpark
    A few phones have FM radio tuners too. I have an old one I keep around for just that purpose (although it's not so useful now that the Twins are back on AM).
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