You can play in the postseason, even if you weren’t on the 40 man roster, as long as you are replacing someone on the injured list. The Angels were the first people I knew to use this, to get KROD in the playoffs even though he wasn’t on their 40 man roster 8/31 (wasn’t added until 9/15). This is how Brown will make the playoff squad (if he makes the playoff squad). You have to appeal to the commissioner to add the player. He has never not added a player. The poster you quoted is in full on paranoia that we will be the first to be disallowed a replacement player by the commissioners office.
It's not paranoia, it's history. If you don't realize Manfred has it in for us, then you're related to Pollyanna. What I don't understand is the reasoning for not making the Roster moves a few hours earlier and taking Manfred out of the picture entirely. It's like having a clause in your mortgage that permits them to call in the entire balance at any time for any or no reason, but relying on them saying trust us, we wouldn't do that. Then why is is in there?
Before that deadline there are only 26 spots you would have to option a player to bring one up early then wait the requisite time to bring the optioned players back. Additionally, barring injury these call ups are not likely to be used in the post season, that is not really why they are here.
exactly. it would have been unnecessary early roster transactions and unnecessary service time for brown/y diaz. If they were expected to be contributing playoff roster members, they would have been up long before. Brown and Diaz are the quintessential Sept call-ups: getting rewarded for a good year, getting their feet wet, adding some temporary roster depth. But that's it. There's no glaring need for another pitcher on the playoff roster or a limited defense hitter. Hensley is a much more useful playoff roster 26th man: multi-positional OBP guy.
Not the Active Roster, the 40 man. It doesn't matter if you DFA Soloman and Goodrum on 8/31 or 9/1 and move Brown and Diaz to the 40 man, but not the active roster until later.
Remaining games: @12, 18 LAA 57-75 @2, 3 (10-4) ARL 58-73 3 (12-4) DET 51-81 @3 (4-0) OAK 49-84 4 (9-6) TBR 73-57 @3, 3 (0-0) BAL 70-61 @4 (1-2) ARI 63-68 2 (1-1) PHI 73-59 3 (0-0)
Oddly enough, the team I fear the most in a potential AL playoff matchup is…….the Orioles. They were built from the Luhnow school of dynasty building and are just starting to come into their own, similar to our 2016 team. They are going to be legit for a long time.
Ofc it's not coincidental, this will be the 2nd year in a row Astros are bottom 3 in favored calls. So unless Maldonado is bad at framing, league out to get us.
It's not a conspiracy. Nor is it a coincidence. The same kind of mind that sees Astros and thinks bad is the kind that thinks it's ok for them to put their thumb on the scale in the name of whatever their contorted minds think is right. This idea has become quite prevalent today. There are examples of it throughout society. They account for a lot of what is called conspiracy theories by the ones that do not want it to be noticed. It is not a concerted effort by any group (Umpires in this instance.) rather it is plain old fashioned evil individuals in a fancy new dress.
That makes more sense since it's his calf that he's protecting and not his arm. Playing catch is barely more stressful on the calf than just walking. It will keep his arm loose. (but not stressed)
