[USML Announce] Roster Question

[Brad Jansen]

You guys could have had Andrus, Upton, Lind, Danks, etc. on your teams by
now if you weren't so distracted by Chris Carter. This is exactly the type
of mayhem and misdirection that benefits the Berliners.

On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Richard Robbins <rerobbins at itinker.net>wrote:

> That's not correct Jim.  Take a look at the proviso to the third sentence
> of Article XVI Section 2 of the Constitution:
>
>  As used in this Article XVI, a "season" is understood to be a full season
> or any fraction thereof. Thus, a player called up from the free agent pool
> in the middle of the 1997 season and subsequently retained at the same
> salary without being released in the 1998 season (even though he may have
> been traded) enters his option year in the 1999 season and must be
> released, signed at the same salary for an option year or signed to a
> long-term contract no later than Roster Freeze Day for the 1999 season.
> Notwithstanding the first sentence of this Section 16.2, the first "season"
> of a player will not be deemed to occur until that player loses major
> league rookie status or that player appears on the Active Roster of a
> League team,* provided, however, that if a player with major league
> rookie status who has appeared on the Active Roster of a League team is
> subsequently selected in the Rotation Draft, his prior appearance on the
> Active Roster of a League team shall be disregarded*. Thus, a minor
> league player with major league rookie status acquired in the Rotation
> Draft in 1997 who is first activated to a major league roster in 2000
> without being activated by his League team and without losing his major
> league rookie status will not be considered to have played his first
> season. If that player is activated in the 2001 season by both his major
> league team and his League team, then 2003 will be that player's option
> year (even if he retains rookie status and spends all of the 2002 season in
> the minor leagues).
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Jim Barrett <chicagojab at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I drafted Carter in auction round last year so he has already been active
>> in this league.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Apr 12, 2012, at 5:12 PM, Brad Jansen <bljansen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Concur about Hultzen, but the Subcommittee on Rookie Eligibility will
>> have to investigate the Carter matter. That guy seems to have been around
>> awhile.
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Richard Robbins <rerobbins at itinker.net>wrote:
>>
>>> I believe you are correct Dennis.
>>>
>>> Can someone else take a look and see if they concur?
>>>
>>> -- KR
>>>
>>>  On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Dennis Adams <dadams17 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Quick question for the Master & Commander (whomever that may
>>>> be)......  I have 2 players on my reserve roster whose contracts are
>>>> currently running (according to the league site) but should not be.
>>>>
>>>> 1) Chris Carter -  Only has 114 career at bats, and roughly
>>>> 20-something days of MLB service during a 25-man roster period.
>>>>
>>>> 2) Danny Hultzen -  Has yet to play in the majors.
>>>>
>>>> Since both of these players were rotation draft guys, and I have never
>>>> activated either of them, shouldnt they both still be Y0 players?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Dennis F. Adams III
>>>> Candidate, Juris Doctor 2013
>>>> Northwestern University School of Law
>>>>
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