2007-03-27 07:02:56 · 14 answers · asked by jason g 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
As stated previously, 40 men are "protected" by each MLB team. That means that 25 men (the Major League roster) and 15 others from the minors, DL and suspended list cannot be plucked by another team. The Major League roster goes down to 23 for playoffs but the two remaining players continue to be protected by the 40 man. If a player is taken off the 40 man, he can be claimed upon expulsion from it (waivers). Often you will hear of someone being claimed off waivers and that means his MLB team floated his name out to the rest of baseball to see who has interest for a trade, to put someone else on the protected 40 man or simply to get rid of him by sending him to the minors. That player must go through this waiver period before being shipped out, however the parent club will keep the "option" of bringing him back if a rival tries to pick him up. Virtually every player is put on waivers during the season for GMs to assess their value, set up trades, etc.. Sending a player to the minors constitutes another option. Typically, a parent club has 3 options to use during a player's tenure. After that, the player can become a free agent. Thank you Curt Flood.
2007-03-27 07:52:05 · answer #1 · answered by Dann H 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The 25 man roster is all the players that are currently on the major league team. The 40-man roster includes the 25-man plus anyone on the disabled list and minor league players that can be called up without having to purchase their contracts from the minor league team (which is just a formality, really). Think of the 40-man roster like the practice squad in football - they're players who are already signed and can be called up if someone is injured or traded.
2007-03-27 08:16:56 · answer #2 · answered by JerH1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 25-man roster is also referred to as the active roster. It's those players who are eligible to play in a given game. Each of them, however, must be on the 40-man roster.
The 40-man roster is referred to as the major league roster. That is, they are the 25-man roster plus 15 other players who could be called up to the active squad with minimal or no paperwork involved. The additional 15 are eligible, after August 31, to be called up to play for the last month of the season, when active rosters can be anywhere from 25 - 40 players, depending upon the needs of the given team.
In minor-league play, those 15 players can wear a batting helmet with a single flap, covering only their exposed ear. All other minor league players must wear a double-flap helmet. It's a bit of an esoteric difference, but it's there.
A player who has been on the 25-man roster but is injured and placed on the 15-day DL is still on the 40-man roster, but his spot on the team has been taken, temporarily (the Wally Pips of the world excepted, of course), by another person on the 40-man roster.
A player who has been on the 25-man roster but is injured and has been placed on or transferred to the 60-day DL is no longer on the 40-man roster. When he's ready to return to the active roster, room must be made for him first on the 40- and then on the 25-man roster.
For DannH and for Scotty - the playoff rosters (strictly speaking, these are post-season rosters, as in baseball a playoff game is the 163rd game of the season, played to determine the division winner or the wild card winner, if all other tiebreaker solutions don't work) aer always 25-man rosters and there is no such thing as an Injured Reserve list. The term in baseball is the DL, for disabled list.
2007-03-27 09:50:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 25-man roster is the list of eligible players who may play in a game. The 40-man roster includes the 25-man roster plus players in the minor leagues as well as players on the 15-day disabled list (see below). From September 1 through the end of the regular season, active rosters are expanded to a limit of 40 players; thus, clubs may freely add any of these 15 players to its active roster, giving them the opportunity to play in the major leagues near the end of the season.
2007-03-27 07:13:35 · answer #4 · answered by dltamom 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The 25 man roster is utilized from Opening Day until around September 1st. The 15 additional players are generally placed in the minors and one of them can be called up at any time should a player be put on the IR or sent down. I mean, there's not much room in the dugout for 40 people...
2007-03-27 08:13:25 · answer #5 · answered by Scotty G 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
During the regular season, teams are only allowed to have 25 roster spots. But once September comes, the roster limit is expanded to 40 men so teams can call up minor league players for the last month.
2007-03-27 07:33:30 · answer #6 · answered by baseballfreak322 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well...15 men.
But also, when you get to the 25-man roster, it's pretty much the team that's gonna be playing in the season...the postion players, the subs, and the pitchers. The 40-man roster I think is the pring training roster before any cuts were made.
2007-03-27 07:11:10 · answer #7 · answered by cassalecs 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Only the 25 Man Roster is in the dugout
2016-03-17 03:15:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone starts the season with a 25 man roster. At some point (I'm not sure exactly when it is, but late in the year) you get to call up 15 extra from your minor league teams.
2007-03-27 07:15:11 · answer #9 · answered by cantthinkofanygoodnames 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
By Opening Day, the rosters have to be cut down to 25 players. The rest need to be sent down to the minors or released. When the playoffs come back around, they can add a couple more players for the roster.
2007-03-27 07:10:30 · answer #10 · answered by Roger K 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋