<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">AB and IP are easy, but I don't think I've seen a good source for service time. There probably won't be enough retained prospects that are borderline cases that we can't resolve any issues between roster freeze day and draft day.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Mark K</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S8 Active, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Frank Luby via Announce <announce@usml.net> </div><div>Date: 3/5/21 9:23 AM (GMT-06:00) </div><div>To: "Blocker, Mark B." <mblocker@sidley.com> </div><div>Cc: Frank Luby <zachfehsvater@yahoo.com>, USML Announcements <announce@usml.net> </div><div>Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Rookie Eligibility </div><div><br></div></div>Baseball reference has Adell as “exceeded rookie limits” but I’m not sure where we can get a complete list.<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote class="" type="cite"><div class="">On Mar 5, 2021, at 9:19 AM, Blocker, Mark B. <<a class="" href="mailto:mblocker@sidley.com">mblocker@sidley.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="ImprintUniqueID"></p><div style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="WordSection1"><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Does anyone know of a source that will correctly capture this information or will we just need to do it on an ad hoc basis? I recall seeing an article last Fall on this subject as to Jo Adell (lost rookie status), but unclear where to get reliable info.</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">MARK B. BLOCKER</span></b></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><br class=""><b class="">SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP<br class=""></b>Office: +1 312 853 6097</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Cell: +1 847 571 4114<br class=""><a class="" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" title="Click to send email to Blocker, Mark B." href="mailto:mblocker@sidley.com">mblocker@sidley.com</a></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">From:</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Announce <<a class="" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net">announce-bounces@usml.net</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Frank Luby via Announce<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday, March 05, 2021 8:19 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>USML Announcements <<a class="" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Frank Luby <<a class="" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:zachfehsvater@yahoo.com">zachfehsvater@yahoo.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [USML Announce] Rookie Eligibility</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Thanks, Mark!</span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></div></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">I think that explains, for example, why the Tigers didn’t bring up Mize and Skubal until right after that August 14 cutoff. Both retain rookie status in 2021.</span></p><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Sent from my iPhone</span></div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br class=""><br class=""></span></div><blockquote class="" style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;"><p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">On Mar 5, 2021, at 8:08 AM, springkerb--- via Announce <<a class="" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>> wrote:</span></p></blockquote></div><blockquote class="" style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;"><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I noticed that MLB slightly modified the definition of "rookie" for last year's short season. The primary change seems to be that September service time will count for purposes of the 45-day service time criterion. So it's now either 45 days of service time, regardless of when it occurred, or the usual 130 AB or 50 IP. The following explanation is from Baseball America:</span></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(98, 96, 93);">The shortened 60-game schedule created a unique dynamic for rookies in 2020.</span></div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="pigeon-free-content"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(98, 96, 93);">Most notably, the short season meant a rookie could play in more than half of his team's games, but as long as he did not exceed 50 innings or 130 at-bats, he would still be eligible for the Rookie of the Year award in 2021.</span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(98, 96, 93);"></span></div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(98, 96, 93);">In a typical season, players also could exhaust rookie eligibility by spending 45 days on a team's active roster, though days spent on the active roster after Sept. 1 did not count toward that total.</span></div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><u class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(98, 96, 93);">Major League Baseball is doing away with the September service time provision for 2020 rookies, meaning that 2020 debuts with more than 45 days of service will not carry rookie eligibility into 2021.</span></u><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(98, 96, 93);"></span></div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(98, 96, 93);">"Given that we were without September callups this season, days of service on the major league roster will include September 2020," MLB said in a statement. "Thus, any player who accumulated more than 45 days on the active roster of a major league club or clubs during the 2020 regular season or during previous seasons prior to Sept. 1 will no longer be considered a rookie in 2021."</span></div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(98, 96, 93);">This change to rookie eligibility rules will not affect players who debuted on Aug. 14 or later, and who remained in the majors continuously, because they would not have been able to accumulate more than 45 days of service.</span></div></div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div></div></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">_______________________________________________<br class="">Announce mailing list<br class=""><a class="" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:Announce@usml.net">Announce@usml.net</a><br class=""><a class="" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce_usml.net__;!!Omh0IfYXnA!hKW6SB2Oz568okIB1byWV_kGU0cp48GY3LJUoIXVdtzOcQ2WAKhFnfejHGy3h4U$">http://usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce_usml.net</a></span></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="ImprintUniqueID"> </p><p class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">****************************************************************************************************<br class="">This e-mail is sent by a law firm and may contain information that is privileged or confidential.<br class="">If you are not the intended recipient, please delete the e-mail and any attachments and notify us<br class="">immediately.<br class=""><br class="">****************************************************************************************************</p></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>