7 Day DL

Many are not injured, rather they just don't have room on the rosters at this time, which is limited to 25 and 24 for AAA. The 7 day DL more or less was created for this problem. It allows the player to be on a roster and get paid at the same time and allows the organization to make adjustments instead of releasing players they will need. Some call it the "phantom" DL, and just a legal way of keeping players without being active.

My son is on the 7 DL, but he's really been rehabbing.

Thats also how teams get a bullpen catcher.

I was about to say...how could so many teams have SO many players at the same time on the DL list. whew.

I figured tendonitis must've spread like kudzu overnight.

When I was a kid teams were allowed to keep 28 or 30 players in April. They had to get down to 25 on April 30th. Now players just go on the DL.