Quote: Originally posted by pb15 on 3/30/2010No. You'll need to demote players back to AAA when one team wins 3 games to stall that arb clock for players with options remaining.
If the guy has options remaining (meaning more than one so he will have an option remaining next season), this is inaccurate. The arb clock remains unaffected whether the player in on the ML squad for the full series or until one team wins 3 games.
The only impact is that next season the player who stays up for the full season will make a big league salary of $3XXk instead of a minor league salary. If he has options remaining, you can then just demote him (w/o risk of penalty) prior to ST next season to "save" on arb-clock.