"Days on ML Roster" stat?

[Jefe]

Trying to get some info and not sure where to find it.

My league uses ROY eligibility to determine if a player is still considered a minor leaguer or not, which affects the salary he can be kept at.

That rule boils down to:

A player loses the minor league designation permanently when he: exceeds 130 major league at-bats or 50 major league innings pitched; or he spends more than 45 days on the active roster of a Major League club during the 25-player limit period (prior to September 1).

Easy enough, unless there's reason to believe a guy who's under the ABs or IP has been on rosters that long. Case in point: Trevor Bauer. 33 IP in 8 games started. Is there an easy way to figure out how long he sat on the roster in AZ and CLE over 2 years?

[Lucky]

I don't know of an easy way, but I always used MLB transactions to see when a player was called up and sent down.

I haven't checked Baseball Cube to see if they have anything specifically helpful.

[bryanbutler]

this is exactly why our league did away with the "or he spends..." (in our case it was 3 weeks).

130 ML AB or 50 ML IP is trivial to track. anything else and you just twist your knickers into a knot arguing about whether the player was called up at 11pm on one day or 2am the next, and how it relates to your roster change deadline.

we just decided to do away with it - what does it add, really, anyway?

[Kevin Seitzer]

Trevor Bauer still has rookie eligibility.

Recalled from Reno 6/28/2012
Optioned to Reno 7/18/2012
Recalled from Columbus 4/6/2013
Optioned to Columbus 4/6/2013
Recalled from Columbus 5/1/2013
Optioned to Columbus 5/1/2013
Recalled from Columbus 5/13/2013
Optioned to Columbus 5/13/2013
Recalled from Columbus 6/28/2013
Optioned to Columbus 6/28/2013

[Jefe]

Trevor Bauer still has rookie eligibility.

Recalled from Reno 6/28/2012
Optioned to Reno 7/18/2012
Recalled from Columbus 4/6/2013
Optioned to Columbus 4/6/2013
Recalled from Columbus 5/1/2013
Optioned to Columbus 5/1/2013
Recalled from Columbus 5/13/2013
Optioned to Columbus 5/13/2013
Recalled from Columbus 6/28/2013
Optioned to Columbus 6/28/2013

Damn, that's service! Thanks much.

[Jefe]

Yes, good point.

this is exactly why our league did away with the "or he spends..." (in our case it was 3 weeks).

130 ML AB or 50 ML IP is trivial to track. anything else and you just twist your knickers into a knot arguing about whether the player was called up at 11pm on one day or 2am the next, and how it relates to your roster change deadline.

we just decided to do away with it - what does it add, really, anyway?