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Corsairs · 03-18-2008, 12:04 AM

Guess it's time we start using this great new resource we've been given. It's like we've just been handed a delicious pie and now everyone's feeling guilty about being the first one to dig in. Hopefully it's apple (my favorite), 'cause here I go...

One of our owners has placed a player on the 60-day DL who is suffering from a relatively short-term injury (3-4 weeks in length). The person who brought this to my attention feels that this was done to keep the player from reaching free agency. We're at the end of our season, so this move will stop the player's service time clock 10 days short of qualifying for free agency. Personally, I not so sure he didn't just see the 3-4 week listing and decide that, since it was longer than 15 days, the 60-day DL was the right option.

Still, this is new territory for me so I figure this is the place to turn. Do any of you have rules about 60-day DL usage? Would a move like this qualify as abuse of the 60-day DL? If not, what (if anything) would? If so, what do you do to handle these kinds of situations in your league?

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Corsairs Major Leagues Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 309	Abuse of 60-day DL? Guess it's time we start using this great new resource we've been given. It's like we've just been handed a delicious pie and now everyone's feeling guilty about being the first one to dig in. Hopefully it's apple (my favorite), 'cause here I go... One of our owners has placed a player on the 60-day DL who is suffering from a relatively short-term injury (3-4 weeks in length). The person who brought this to my attention feels that this was done to keep the player from reaching free agency. We're at the end of our season, so this move will stop the player's service time clock 10 days short of qualifying for free agency. Personally, I not so sure he didn't just see the 3-4 week listing and decide that, since it was longer than 15 days, the 60-day DL was the right option. Still, this is new territory for me so I figure this is the place to turn. Do any of you have rules about 60-day DL usage? Would a move like this qualify as abuse of the 60-day DL? If not, what (if anything) would? If so, what do you do to handle these kinds of situations in your league? __________________ Commissioner of the Planetary Extreme Baseball Alliance (PEBA) View our IOLD profile and check for openings Join PEBA or contact me for more info!