what does " on the DL" mean?

Answer 1

disabled list

usually as a result of injury or other problem with the player.

Answer 2

In Major League Baseball, the disabled list (DL) is a means for teams to remove their injured players from the roster in order to summon healthy players to temporarily replace them. There are two types of DL: the 15 day and the 60 day (previously there was also a 21 day DL). Players may be put on either list and may not rejoin the team until the associated number of days has elapsed. However, a player's time on the DL may exceed the specified number of days.

Sometimes a team will keep an injured player on the roster but listed as day to day meaning the medical staff is unable to determine when the player will be ready for play time and does not want to risk losing the player for two weeks with what might turn out to be a minor injury.

Players may be put on the DL at a date retroactive to the last day he played. This allows a team not to be penalized, beyond the possible disadvantage of playing with a reduced roster, for listing the player as day to day until the gravity of the injury is known.

The advantage to placing a player on the DL versus keeping him on the bench, is that it opens up a spot on the active roster, in which another player, usually either another player who has recovered from an injury or a minor league player, can be placed. The advantage inherent to the 60-day DL over the 15-day is that a player on the 60-day list does not count on the team's 40-man roster.

Answer 3

When someone is "on the DL" it means that they are injured and their team put them on the Disable List. When they are on the DL they don't count against the teams roster total and the team can fill their spot with someone else until that player recovers and is taken off of the DL.

Answer 4

On the DL means the disabled list. Players are usually injuryed and placed on the 15-day DL. GO YANKEES!! =)

Answer 5

In american sports "going on the DL" means the player is injured and is being placed on the "Disabled List". This is a public list telling everyone what the injury is and how long they projected the injury to keep the person from playing in a game.

Answer 6

DL means Disabled List.
A player who has gotten hurt and can't play is put on the DL and another player is brought up from the minor league to fill in for that player until he is well enough to play.

Answer 7

It mean the person is on Disabled List and is unable to play for the time he is on it. In baseball that have 15 day DL which mean he can't play for 15 days.

Answer 8

It means the player is on the Disabled List. It allows a team to remove that players name from the roster and bring up another to take his place until he "retutrns" from the DL.

Answer 9

Disable List

Answer 10

they are on the "Disabled List"
they are normally hurt when they get put on the DL

Answer 11

Disabled list