2007-08-19 07:35:10 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
After three years as a pro, a player must be protected on a team's 40-man roster, or he is eligible for the Rule 5 draft (more on that later). Once he's served those three years, and assuming he is added to the 40-man roster, his club then has what are called "options" on him.
When a player is on the 40-man roster but not on the 25-man Major League roster, he is on "optional assignment." One common misconception about the rules is that a player may only be "optioned out" three times. Actually, each player has three option years, and he can be sent up and down as many times as the club chooses within those three seasons.
When you hear that a player is "out of options," that means he's been on the 40-man roster during three different seasons, beginning with his fourth as a pro, and to be sent down again he'll have to clear waivers
2007-08-19 07:53:23 · answer #1 · answered by Walk on the Ocean 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He doesn't have the skills to make it in the bigs, but has had alot of time cultivate and hone his skills in the minors. This usually means is trade value is diminished or diminishing.
2007-08-19 07:52:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means the team can't send him to AAA without waivers.
2007-08-19 09:39:49 · answer #3 · answered by Amy F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the team has to relaease him for a trade
cannot keep on the roster any longer
free agency is now in effect.
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can i have a BA for the effort please
2007-08-19 08:24:18 · answer #4 · answered by Michael M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He has to be signed, released or traded.
2007-08-19 09:21:24 · answer #5 · answered by Sharon S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's washed up. He got no skills.
2007-08-19 07:42:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure.
2007-08-19 08:25:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats it then isnt it
2007-08-19 07:42:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋