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In Major League Baseball (MLB), service time manipulation refers to tactics that baseball team executives employ to prevent players from becoming eligible for free agency and salary arbitration. It typically takes the form of demoting a player from the major league to the minor leagues for 16 days or more for reasons unrelated to their performance.
There was at least a nominal attempt to prevent service time manipulation, and even the postseason field expanded to only their preferred 12 teams rather than 14 like the league wanted.
His contract has expired with at least six years of service time on a major league 26-man roster or injured list (formerly the 25-man roster and disabled list, respectively), OR His contract has expired with less than six years of service time, but the player first signed with a Major League Baseball team as a 10-year free agent from the ...
MLB: The league has proposed replacing service time with an age-based system that would grant all players free agency at the end of the season in which they surpass the age of 29 1/2 ...
Both sides have made proposals to address service time manipulation — the union’s rewards high-achieving players with a year of service, the league’s rewards teams that call up top prospects ...
1957 Major League Baseball All-Star Game; 1984 Braves–Padres bean brawl; 1994 Cleveland Indians corked bat incident; 1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase; 1999 Major League Umpires Association mass resignation; 2001 Major League Baseball contraction plan; 2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game; 2011–12 Los Angeles Dodgers ...
In an effort to disincentivize service time manipulation — holding top prospects in the minor leagues to avoid starting their “clock” accruing service time toward arbitration and free agency ...
A ban from Major League Baseball is a form of punishment levied by the Office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball (MLB) against a player, manager, executive, or other person connected with the league as a denunciation of some action that person committed deemed to have violated the integrity of the game and/or otherwise tarnished its image.