the fluffer
03-11-2007, 01:28 AM
I have a baseball-ignorant question regarding the Sox 25-man and 40-man rosters....
With Podsednik most probably starting the season on the DL in extended Spring Training or AAA... who takes his roster spot? Judging by the NRIs in camp that aren't White Sox prospects, it would appear that in Pods absence and assuming Ozzie only takes 11 pitchers north that Eduardo Perez would make the team out of Spring Training as the 25th man - with Erstad starting in LF and leading off.
Since Perez was an NRI... would he need to be moved to the 40-man roster if sent to AAA? If so, how does this impact his player status and contract status with the Sox? Assuming Perez is indeed the 25th man on the opening day roster, what happens with Perez upon Pods' return? Since Perez signed a minor league contract, does this mean that if he makes the team out of Spring Training that he can be sent down to Charlotte when Pods comes back? Or, does he need to clear waivers in order to be moved to AAA??
It might be beneficial to the Sox to bring a guy with out of camp who has remaining options (someone like Owens maybe...) and keep Perez at AAA to start the season in the event of a late season injury or a prolonged injury.
With Podsednik most probably starting the season on the DL in extended Spring Training or AAA... who takes his roster spot? Judging by the NRIs in camp that aren't White Sox prospects, it would appear that in Pods absence and assuming Ozzie only takes 11 pitchers north that Eduardo Perez would make the team out of Spring Training as the 25th man - with Erstad starting in LF and leading off.
Since Perez was an NRI... would he need to be moved to the 40-man roster if sent to AAA? If so, how does this impact his player status and contract status with the Sox? Assuming Perez is indeed the 25th man on the opening day roster, what happens with Perez upon Pods' return? Since Perez signed a minor league contract, does this mean that if he makes the team out of Spring Training that he can be sent down to Charlotte when Pods comes back? Or, does he need to clear waivers in order to be moved to AAA??
It might be beneficial to the Sox to bring a guy with out of camp who has remaining options (someone like Owens maybe...) and keep Perez at AAA to start the season in the event of a late season injury or a prolonged injury.