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• 130 AB's
• 50 IP
• 45 days on a major league roster during the 25-man limit (i.e., before September 1). Time in military service or on the disabled list does not count against this limit.

Once a team and a player have agreed to go to arbitration, each of them submits a salary figure for a one-year contract. The team and the player appear before a licensed member of the National Association of Arbitrators; each presents a case intended to convince the arbitrator that their salary figure is most appropriate. In general, this is done by demonstrating that the player is "comparable" to players receiving the amount of money being argued for. The choice of how to define "comparable" is often the difference in the cases. After the arbitrator has heard both cases, he chooses one of the two submitted figures as being the most appropriate. The player and team are bound to sign a contract for the next year at that figure. The arbitrator cannot choose any figure other than one of the two submitted.

This information is subject to change whenever the Basic Agreement between the players and the owners is renegotiated.

This information is subject to change whenever the Basic Agreement between the players and the owners is renegotiated.

1. A team may "ask for waivers" on a player by sending notification of that fact to the MLB offices.
2. The MLB offices publish to all teams the information that the player has been put on waivers. A claim is published for 3 days. If no team makes a waiver claim, the player "passes (or clears) waivers" and may be traded to any team.
3. If more than one team puts in a waiver claim for the player, priority of waiver claims is determined as follows: teams in the same league as the team asking waivers, in order from worst record (as of the claim date) to best, then teams in the other league, in the same order). The highest priority claim stands, others are dismissed.
4. The team which asked for waivers may now
   • pull the player back from waivers, which ends the process,
   • trade the player to the claiming team (they may not negotiate with any other team), or
   • allow the claiming team to take the player for the standard waiver fee of $50,000.
5. If they negotiate a trade with the claiming team, any player(s) being sent in return must either clear waivers or be delivered to the team after the end of the regular season.
6. A "10-and-5" man may veto a trade or a waiver claim transaction; if he does, he stays with the team which waived him.

If a team pulls a player back from waivers, they can ask for waivers on him again that season, but the second time the waivers are "irrevocable". The only difference is that, in step 4 above, they do not have the option of pulling a player back from irrevocable waivers.

This information is subject to change whenever the Basic Agreement between the players and the owners is renegotiated.

This information is subject to change whenever the Basic Agreement between the players and the owners is renegotiated.

This information is subject to change whenever the Basic Agreement between the players and the owners is renegotiated.

The wildcard plays the division winner with the best record unless they are in the same division. In that case, the wildcard team plays the division winner with the second best record.

The leagues alternate home field advantage in the World Series.

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