August 13, 200322 yr If Neal Cotts has, say, 3 options left, and Jamie Burke also has 3 options left, and we send Burke down to bring up Cotts, have Cotts start a game, and then "send him down" though he technically is not demoted(he is just taken off the roster and kept in the dugout, much as he did last night) and Burke is brought back up,would an option be taken up every time that is done?
August 13, 200322 yr Options are by years, not by how many times you get sent down. So if a guy has 2 options left, he can be sent up and down in 2 different years, not 2 different times in 1 year or anything...
August 13, 200322 yr Author So if we wanted to, we could send Cotts down after the game, bring Burke back up for 4 games, and then when it is Cotts turn in the rotation again, send Burke down and bring Cotts up?
August 13, 200322 yr I imagine if they wanted to do that, they could..but Cotts and his pitching position in the majors/minors would be totally fubar. For that reason alone, they probably won't do that
August 13, 200322 yr If they send him down an Option is Burned leaving him with 2. Next year if he gets send down another option burns
August 13, 200322 yr you have to spend 10 days in the minors after getting demoted before you can get called up again.
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