Can you burn an option in ST?
Yes.
Andrew Miller has now run out of option years as he was optioned last week, leaving only reliever Badenhop and Maybin on the MLB roster from the trade of Cabrera and Willis. However, in Stanton case he was a ST invite on a minor league contract, and they option was not yet burned when he was assigned on the 24th. Try as he might, Beinfest, can't burn the option until the first week in April.
Miller would have been out of options, but Beinfest was disappointed he couldn't burn an option when a player is already on the DL in '08.
