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Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange
To be picky, that's only the case if you're considering modern day rules.
In earlier years, Rule 5 eligibility was determined by years of minor league service, not age. And a season of service was defined as being a specified number of days on the roster.
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I thought it was still that way today. In this case my players have Zero service time but are eligible. Markus made a design decision to arbitrarily choose to make players Rule 5 eligible at a certain age to compensate for a lack of minor league play for rookies imported and assigned to their original teams. I believe that 20 and 21 year olds are to young to be made immediately eligible. I don't quible as much with 23+ year olds being made eligible. Another question I have is this, does he do the same for these players if they are drafted in an amateur draft rather than being assigned to their original team?