From your Transaction Analysis page:
Anaheim Angels – purchased the contract of RHP Francisco Rodriguez from Salt Lake. [9/15]
I thought a player had to be on the active roster (or disabled list) as of August 31 to be eligible for post-season play. Does this mean that the Angels have to forfeit his 5 wins?
–PG
The Angels pulled the oldest roster trick in the book to make this work: They placed someone from their 60-day DL (Steve Green) on their postseason roster, effectively leaving a roster spot open for somebody else, or in this case, Francisco Rodriguez.
Continuing from Part 1 of the discussion with former major league pitcher Dr. Mike Marshall.
Today Dr. Mike Marshall, who pitched for nine teams over his 14-year career, works as an adjunct professor at St. Leo University in St. Leo, Fla., teaching exercise physiology.