| alnorth |
03-25-2014 07:34 PM |
Interesting article on the star about Schuster, the Royals have pretty much no intention whatsoever of putting him on the active roster, the Royals are performing some MLB transaction voodoo.
Its all about Carlos Peguero, his performance this spring has been great, but he has no options, zero chance of making the team, and the Royals want to keep him. He could be outrighted to Omaha, but he'd have to clear waivers first, and the Royals are afraid that if he was on waivers now, then someone might grab him.
Enter the DFA rule. When you DFA someone, you don't have to do anything for 10 days. 10 days from now, when he finally hits waivers, the season will have started and the other 29 teams will have had to set their rosters. Sure, one of them could make a mental note to be ready to clear a spot a few days after the season starts, but maybe they won't bother. He's more likely to clear waivers 10 days from now than tonight.
To DFA someone, you need a reason. Someone else has to take his spot. They could have promoted a minor leaguer but instead they saw Schuster, and thought "what the hell, maybe we can work out a trade", and picked him up.
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