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Originally Posted by getbak
Well, Smith hasn't played in almost 3 weeks, so they could have put him on LTIR at any time, but didn't need to until Martinez was ready to return. There's nothing really remarkable about that. That's just how LTIR works.
It's not like Smith had a questionable injury flare up out of nowhere the day before he was put on LTIR.
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Yeah I guess they could have had him on LTIR all this time, but they didn’t need to. Most teams have a guy on regular IR that would be LTIR if they needed the space.