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Originally Posted by statfreak
I'm 100% certain going on the DL results in automatic removal from the 40 man roster. That's the whole point of the 60 day DL and the only difference from the 15 DL from what I've read today.
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My understanding is that placing a player on the 60-day DL does not
remove him from the 40-man roster; rather it means he no longer
counts against the 40-man limit. A subtle but important distinction.
With the inured player no longer counting against the limit, the club is free to bring up another player to replace him. But when the injured player is reinstated from the DL, someone has to be removed from the 40-man roster. If it's the injured player who's going to be removed, then he'd have to be designated for assignment upon his reinstatement.
Speaking of disabled lists, the minor league DL goes back to at least 1955. At that time, there was only a 10-day DL and no long-term one. An injured player could be unconditionally released and was entitled to just two weeks' termination pay (in the majors, an injured player who was released got the balance of his pay for the rest of the season).