If you’ve been following the September call ups this year, you might have noticed it’s been a controversial issue. Teams like the White Sox, Blue Jays, and the Mets are holding their star prospects like Vladmir Guerrero Jr., Eloy Jimenez, and Peter Alonso down for “reasons.” Whatever hilariously goofball reason that team tells you it is keeping that player down, the true reason is the extra year of service time control. Everyone knows this by now.
Let’s just get this out of the way now. From a business standpoint, it makes sense.