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Pos. - Position (primary position first, plus any
position played for 5+ games in 2019)
Level - Highest level reached in 2019.
Post-season-only or brief call-ups from one
minor league level to another may be excepted. Player
on an inactive list for entire previous season
will be listed on respective inactive list
even if higher level previously reached. A+ denotes High-A (California, Carolina, and Florida St.
leagues) A denotes Low-A (Midwest and South Atlantic leagues) A-
denotes Short-Season-A (NY-Penn and Northwest
leagues YTD denotes player has yet to debut professionally
"40" Column
● denotes player is on Boston's 40-man Roster
R5 - Eligible for December
12, 2019 Rule 5 Draft if not added to the
40-man roster on or before November 20, 2019
RL - Spent last season on
Restricted List
NRI - ● denotes player is a non-roster invitee to spring training
NRI
- denotes player has been re-assigned
to minor league camp PB -
Piggyback
L = bats left (for hitters only); throws
left (for pitchers only)
ƅ = switch hitter (for hitters only)
Player Pool: MLB teams are required
to submit a list of up to 60 players eligible to play in
2020 - the 40-man roster plus 20 additional
players.To help ease into competition, each club
will have a 30-man active roster for the first two
weeks, 28 for the next two weeks, and 26 for the
remainder of the season. The players not on on the
active roster will practice at a location within
100 miles of the team's home stadium, which will
be Pawtucket for the Red Sox. Each team will be
permitted to bring a three-player Taxi Squad
for every road trip from the Player Pool, in
addition to the Active Roster. One of the
three players on the Taxi Squad must be a
catcher.
Free Agents
Major League Free Agents
- Following the completion
of the term of his contract, any player with 6+ years of
major league service time who has not executed a
contract for the next succeeding season shall be
eligible to become a free agent. (Basic Agreement,
Article XX(B)).
Article XX(D) Free Agents - Any player: (1) with 3+
years of major league service time and whose contract is
assigned outright to a minor league club; or (2) whose
contract is assigned outright to a minor league club for
the second time or any subsequent time in his career may elect, in
lieu of accepting such assignment, to become a free
agent. (Basic Agreement, Article XX(D)).
Minor League Free Agents - On the fifth day
following the completion of the World Series on the last
year of a player's minor league contract, the player's
contract shall expire and the player shall become a
"minor league free agent" unless that player's club
renews his contract. (Major League Rule 55(a)).
Standard minor league player contracts are typically for
seven seasons. |