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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] Rookie Eligibility<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">On Mar 5, 2021, at 8:08 AM, springkerb--- via Announce <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">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:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#62605D">The shortened 60-game schedule created a unique dynamic for rookies in 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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 style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#62605D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#62605D">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#62605D">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 style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#62605D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#62605D">"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."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#62605D">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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