![]() ![]() ![]() This creates an even greater incentive to stash an uninjured player on the DL in the name of roster flexibility. Now, however, the minimum stay on the disabled list has been reduced from 15 days to 10 days. Major League Baseball has, generally, turned a blind eye to that. This happens even if he’s not injured, as it allows the club to call up a reliever or something. You know how this has worked in the past: a player who is not exactly in the team’s plans at the moment, but who cannot be sent down - say, a veteran or a Rule 5 draftee - may suddenly find himself “injured” and placed on the DL. Brian MacPherson of the Providence Journal spoke with Red Sox manager John Farrell and got some interesting dish: MLB may very well crack down on phantom disabled list visits.
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