[Attitude Adjuster]

Here’s the latest update to the Minor League keepers. Red means you have to either make them a Major League keeper by February 1 or let them go.

Below are the Minor League Keeper rules:

- At the start of each new season any players no longer eligible will be taken off teams (unless made full Keepers) and each May a new draft will be used to fill any open slots.

- A second evaluation will be made on June 14th (Week 11). All players who have lost eligibility will be taken off the mLeague rosters if not promoted by the All Star Game (Week 15, date to be determined).

- No one will be able to add minor leaguer keepers until after the May draft.

- Draft order is random and the draft will continue until all spots are filled.

- Any player is eligible provided he is not currently on a major league roster and has not qualified as a ML rookie in the past. MLB defines rookies as anyone who has spent 45 days on a ML roster, had 130 ABs, or pitched 50 innings.

- Any eligible player called up to the majors after 8/31 will not lose his eligibility based on September numbers and will not be removed from mLeague rosters at the end of the season.

- Japanese players or professionals with no MLB experience are eligible.

- You may promote eligible minor league keepers to the main roster. You may not demote eligible minor league keepers until after the May draft.

- Anyone drafted in the main draft and kept until the draft may be demoted in place of a pick provided he's eligible. Free agent pickups must clear waivers.

- Any owner is free to add any eligible player through free agency after the draft. If a player is dropped he goes on waivers for 24 hours and the owner with the highest priority who puts in a claim gets him. If no one puts in a claim he is a free agent.

- All mLeague Keepers will be available only to the owners who have kept them. If someone else picks them up the commish will correct that.

- If a mLeague Keeper makes the major league roster, the owner is not required to promote him to the major league roster until the evaluation process forces the “move or drop” scenario.

- A Keeper is free to be dropped and replaced with another player any time during the season, provided the player is eligible.

- A Keeper is free to be traded in any deal provided all roster limits are adhered to.

- mLeague Keepers are frozen during the offseason and no additions may be made between the end of the season and the mLeague Draft. Trades are allowed.

- If a player is drafted in the main draft and kept on the major league roster until the mL draft he may be demoted once the rosters unlock, provided he qualifies. This demotion must be made in place of one of the owner's scheduled picks. If all picks are made he loses this eligibility and must clear waivers to be demoted.

- If an owner wishes to demote a player added to the major league roster as a free agent he must put him through waivers on the major league roster. Any successful waiver claim may be used to put player on Minor League Keeper roster or major league roster. If player clears waivers owner may demote him.

- If a minor league keeper is called up to MLB and then demoted back down, the fantasy owner may also demote him provided that he meets all mLeague Keeper qualifications. No waivers necessary.

Red are off-season kill or callup.

Damus	ThePunisher	Mooseheadjack
1. Christian Friedrich (SP - COL) 2. Timothy Alderson (P - PIT) 3. Josh Vitters (3B - CHC) 4. 5. 6. 7.	1. Yu Darvish (P - JAP/TEX) 2. Jarrod Parker (P - OAK) 3. Bryce Harper (OF-WAS) 4. Anthony Rendon (3B-Rice/WASH) 5. Brett Jackson (CF-Cubs) 6. Bubba Starling (OF-KC) 7.	1. Todd Frazier - (SS - CIN) 2. Tim Beckham (SS - TB) 3. Brandon Guyer (RF-TB) 4. Zach Lee (SP-LAD) 5. Tim Fedroff (LF-CLE) 6. 7.
TarheelMike	DevilSoprano	AttitudeAdjuster
1. Jameson Taillon (P - Pitt) 2. Matt Moore (P - TB) 3. Manny Machado (SS - BALT) 4. Michael Montgomery (P - KC) 5. 6. 7.	1. Chris Carter (1B - OAK) 2. Casey Kelly (P - SD) 3. Wilmer Flores (SS - NYM) 4. Derek Norris (C - WAS) 5. Julio Teheran (P - ATL) 6. Hisash Ikamura (SP - Japan) 7. Zach Wheeler (SP-NYM)	1. Michel Ynoa/Michael Inoa (P - OAK) 2. Arodys Vizcaino (SP - Atl) 3. Billy Bullock (RP - ATL) 4. Trevor Bauer (SP - AZ) 5. 6. 7.
Lou	Sanman	Gimmickman
1. Martin Perez (P - TEX) 2. Tanner Scheppers (P - TEX) 3. Engel Beltre (OF - TEX) 4. Leonys Martin (OF-TEX) 5. Jurickson Profar (SS - TEX) 6. Robbie Erlin (P-TEX) 7. Michael Choice (OF - OAK)	1. Adam Miller (P - CLE) 2. Alan Horne (P - NYY) 3. Andrew Brackman (P - NYY) 4. Grant Green (SS-OAK) 5. Jean Segura (2B-LAA) 6. 7.	1. Casey Crosby (P - DET) 2. Jonathan Singleton (OF-PHI) 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
fsolomon75	ArmyofOne	SportsGuy
1. Michael Taylor (OF - WASH) 2. Carlos Triunfel (SS - SEA) 3. Jesus Montero (C - NYY) 4. Jacob Turner (P - DET) 5. Brad Holt (P - NYM) 6. Matt Harvey (P - NYM) 7. Will Myer (C/OF - KC)	1. Kyle Gibson (P - MIN) 2. Anthony Slama (RP - MIN) 3. Tyler Matzek (P - COL) 4. Shelby Miller (P - STL) 5. 6. 7.	1. Donavan Tate (OF - SD) 2. Aaron Hicks (OF - MIN) 3. Randall Delgado (SP-ATL) 4. Anthony Ranaudo (P-BOS) 5. Bryce Brentz (OF-BOS) 6. 7.

[DevSop]

I thought September days/stats didn't count towards eligibilty. Just based on my guy alone. Goldschmidt only had 82 at-bats before September 1.

[Attitude Adjuster]

The way I read it was if the minor leaguer was brought up before September 1, all his September 1 stats counted. He was called up August 1, so it's not like he was "just" a September call-up.

Anyone was to chime in? Should I grab Mikey?

[The Jewish Cunthead]

I read the rule as the Sept games don't count for someone brought up after 8/31. Anyone else would be fair game.

[Pun]

If anyone is interested in Lonnie Chisenhall, he can be had for a low draft pick.

[Mikey]

Pops, what the hell did we decide on this? I can't remember.

[Army Dice Clay]

Just to help out. Ben Revere, who's on Damus' team, is way past kill/call-up. He was called up in like May or June.

[Attitude Adjuster]

Updated Ben Revere. Definitely no longer a minor leaguer.

Mikey: Not sure we came to a definitive rule, but we did determine that idea of the rule was that September callups were not to be penalized. Those called up earlier are not considered "September callups."

How about this? Anyone called up prior to August 25 (a week prior to Sept 1) is not considered a "September callup" and all stats, including those after September 1, count toward eligibility.

[Jack Quinn]

I would keep it 8/31 that was always the cut off (I know, I got screwed on a call up once before because I called him up one day too soon and september killed his eligibility)

[Mikey]

I think 40 man rosters open on Sept. 1, right? If that's the case, I think Sept. 1 definitely needs to be the cutoff.

[Attitude Adjuster]

Sounds good to me. If September 1 is the actual date in which rosters are expanded, then 8/31 should be the date. I'll research, however, because I think it's an unofficial "when the minor leagues end" fluctuating date. I'd hate to see someone screwed because a AAA guy was called up on 8/29 and then gets his ABs or innings all in September for a club out of the pennant race.

[Attitude Adjuster]

Here's how the 40-man roster works, sourced from Wikipedia, but other sites have the same information.

Each Major League Baseball team maintains both a 25-man roster and a 40-man roster of players. Players on the 25-man roster are eligible to play in official major league games throughout the season. The 40-man roster includes the players on the 25-man roster plus as many as 15 players who are either on the team's 7- or 15-day disabled list (see below), who are on paternity leave for up to 3 days, or who are in the team's minor league system. From September 1 through the end of the regular season, any player on the 40-man roster (also referred to as the "expanded roster") is eligible to play in an official regular season game.

So a player can be on the 40-man roster before September 1, but only if he's on the 25-man roster before September 1 can he play a game. Therefore, if he plays a game before September 1, he's on the 25-man roster. That says to me a guy who plays before September 1 is not a "September callup." He was brought onto the 25-man roster prior to September 1.

I'm not trying to cause a controversy before this season, but we need to solidify this rule before the 2013 season. The question is: "If a player participates in a pre-September game, does the rest of the season count against him in regards to Minor League Keeper eligibility? If September 1 is not the cutoff, what should be the cutoff?"

The key is someone who might get called up the week before September, play in a handful of August games, then play regularly through September. Do those September games count against his Minor League Keeper eligibility?

[Attitude Adjuster]

Minor League Keepers are updated to show removal of all ineligible keepers and the AA/DevSop trade.