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Originally Posted by Rob D.
I'll add this from my experience in the minor leagues, which might or might not be relevant:
An organization will add players to the 40-man roster (and AAA, AA, A rosters) during the off-season. Many of those players never will be on the roster they're assigned to in the winter by the time the season starts. I had teammates in Class AA who were added to Milwaukee's 40-man roster in the winter (for protection purposes to prevent other clubs from claiming them), and they knew they were going to be back in Double-A the next season.
So it's quite possible your friend might have been on the 40-man roster at some point but not the active 40-man roster that comes to most people's mind.
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Great point Rob.
Websites such as baseball abstract will not show players on the 40 man roster during the off season so that is why the best way to go is to contact the team and have them investigate if this player was ever on the 40 man roster. This might be the best time of year to do it as teams really get ramped up after the Christmas holiday and they have little time to do these sort of things after then.