Do players get a demotion penalty if they're called up only to fill in for an injured player? How do you prevent this frmo happening? 

Thanks

You must put the injured player on the DL and bring up the fill-in at the same time. Likewise, you then must take the injured player off the DL and send the fill-in back down at the same time. No demotion penalty if you do this.

Dammit. I already previously put the guy on the DL... how much will the player get hit? If he's in his 5th year will he ever get the points back?

? (sorry was bumping because night cycle is coming up. Thanks

I don't think there's any way to know what hit if any any player will take. Most times there's no hit.  Sometimes it's big.  I think WIS says MakeUp has a lot to do with it.

The best guideline is never demote any player you really care about, unless you pair it with an injury.

The pairing of players matters.  I got a hit when I called up Player X when Player A went on the DL.  Then Player B went on the DL and I called up Player Z.  When I took Player A off the DL, I demoted Player Z, figuring there wouldn't be a hit since he was brought up when a player went on the DL. I was wrong.  Player Z got a hit because he wasn't demoted when Player B came off the DL.

Illustrating how silly the entire thing is. I can't believe anyone not only thought this was a good idea, but then took the time to write code to make it happen.