In "MLB 10 The Show," Austin Jackson is on the default rosters that MLB 10 The Show comes with however if you have access to download updates then he is available on the roster updates, he'll be with his proper team of the Detroit Tigers on the roster updates as well.
A Non-Roster invitee is a player that a team in Major League Baseball that has signed to a minor league deal but is not part of their 40-man roster and therefore does not have to be optioned down to the Minor Leagues if they will be demoted down to 1 of the Major League club's Minor League clubs. Non-roster invitees are typically players that are recovering from injuries or had a bad year the previous season and the team that signs them are typically willing to give them a chance in hopes of catching lightning in a bottle with them.
In major-league baseball there are two rosters the 25 man roster and the 40 man roster. The 25 man roster are the players that are playing for the team and the ones that dress for the games. The 40 man roster are the players that are singed to a major-league contract for that team. They can be called up to replace any player on the 25 man roster at any time.
The Major League Baseball roster size does size for the Playoffs since on September 1 the Major League Active Roster size is increased to 40 man from a 25-man roster however for all Playoff games the Playoff rosters will all go back to a 25-man roster however any Major League Baseball player that has been removed from a Playoff roster will not be subjected to transaction moves such as being demoted, designated for assignment, being outrighted to the minors, being traded or being released.
All players that are on a Major League Baseball's 25 man roster before September 1 hits, this will include players on the team's Disabled Lists. However there are some exceptions to this rule, a player from one of its Minor League organizations will be allowed to take a Playoff spot on the roster in place of an injured player as long as they were part of the organization prior to September 1.
because there is not a card for every player in the League
There are 25 players on a major league roster
In the event of a Major League Baseball team outrighting a baseball player, it will result in the player's removal from the team's 40-man roster however the baseball player wiill still remain in the organization and will be assigned to be on one of the team's Minor League teams as long as they haven't gotten the rights to refuse assignment to the Minor Leagues.
There's no limit. As long as the Major League team has room on its roster, it can keep a player called up from the Minor Leagues.
Yes, players on an MLB active roster must get at least the Major League minimum salary, whether or not they play.
There were 750 with the 25 man roster and 1200 with the 40 man roster
A Major League Baseball team optioning one of their players means they are sending a player that is on their 40-man roster back to one of their Minor League Baseball rosters, players that are not on their 40-man rosters are not optioned to one of the team's Minor League rosters instead they will just be re-assigned to their Minor League rosters during Spring Training.