likely in the excellent "stupid baseball questions" from a couple years ago, but i don't want to dig that up.

>-A lingering non-replacement for Jamie Carroll on the 40-man.
>Right now, there are 39 spots used, with 60-man DL candidates
>Mastroianni and Wood in non-counting limbo. Sano doesn't need
>to be added to the 40-man until after *next* season, and there
>are some tough decisions coming up... Alex Wimmers, for
>instance. But holding steady at 39 for the next few weeks
>could indicate a willingness to give Sano a try.

does not needing to designate MEJOR for the 40 man until after NEXT season have any ramifications on his arbitration clock? given the strength of the labor union, i would be damned surprised if the twins could take a flier on him before he necessarily needs to be on the 40 man. i'm coming at this from a euro-footy place, so i apologize in advance for the question, but youngins in europe don't really "count" in some situations.