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Old 10-01-2012, 11:20 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Vito Cruz View Post
Weird roster loophole I just learned about today...may have been mentioned earlier but idk. Friday's wild card games are considered their own "round" of the playoffs and as such they have to set a 25 man roster strictly for one game. Could lead to some exploitation with teams deactivating all of their starting pitchers except for the one starting the game, leaving plenty of room for extra relievers or bench guys.

Wouldn't be surprised if it's tweaked for next year to treat the Wild Card play-in game as part of the division series in terms of setting your roster.
Holy crap. If the Yankees have to play in one, Girardi will use 15 relievers.
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