Suggestion - "Taxi Players" to cover IL losses
May 31, 2024 11:04:14 GMT
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Post by Kansas City Royals on May 31, 2024 11:04:14 GMT
Not a suggestion for right now, but for going forward. Though it IS inspired by my current team.
If I put them all on the IL, I could easily have 5 bats and 8 pitchers on the IL. Not complaining, everyone deals with injuries sometimes. But what if, when you're slammed with injuries, every team had the right to select a taxi player for a free add. The qualifications would be: player must be available, obviously. Must be minor league eligible (i.e. under 200 ab or 100 ip), must fill the same general role as the injured player they are replacing (bat for bat or arm for arm) and must be either paid, properly rostered in the minors, or released once the player they replaced is healthy.
For example, with both Lucas Erceg and Justin Lawrence hitting the IL, I could post taxi and claim any RP who meets those criteria and use him without worrying about cap constraints until one of those RP got healthy. Then I could either keep the taxi player by paying him or properly rostering him, or release the player. I'd say if you choose to keep a player picked up with the taxi tag, you lose that tag for the year. If you throw them back, you retain the tag to use again.
Just a thought for letting cash-strapped teams get a warm body in an injury crisis. And it shouldn't really have any long-term implications. Either the taxi player gets thrown back, or someone gets cut in their place, so it isn't diluting the talent pool long term.
If I put them all on the IL, I could easily have 5 bats and 8 pitchers on the IL. Not complaining, everyone deals with injuries sometimes. But what if, when you're slammed with injuries, every team had the right to select a taxi player for a free add. The qualifications would be: player must be available, obviously. Must be minor league eligible (i.e. under 200 ab or 100 ip), must fill the same general role as the injured player they are replacing (bat for bat or arm for arm) and must be either paid, properly rostered in the minors, or released once the player they replaced is healthy.
For example, with both Lucas Erceg and Justin Lawrence hitting the IL, I could post taxi and claim any RP who meets those criteria and use him without worrying about cap constraints until one of those RP got healthy. Then I could either keep the taxi player by paying him or properly rostering him, or release the player. I'd say if you choose to keep a player picked up with the taxi tag, you lose that tag for the year. If you throw them back, you retain the tag to use again.
Just a thought for letting cash-strapped teams get a warm body in an injury crisis. And it shouldn't really have any long-term implications. Either the taxi player gets thrown back, or someone gets cut in their place, so it isn't diluting the talent pool long term.
