Thats impossible as I'm pretty sure a PTBNL cannot be on the 25-man roster when a trade is made. Hmm, so that means it can't be anyone on the DL? My understanding is that if you are on the ML DL you are ON the 25 man roster (ie collecting ML service time), but you don't count AGAINST the 25 man roster. Also, are you sure its at the time of the trade, or just when the trade is completed. I thought it was that you couldn't trade anyone from the same league, but say you optioned a guy down to the minors and then named him as the PTBNL, technically you'd be trading him from a different league. And yes, I know, Duke is a pipe dream. I miss Mark Peel. It can be be a player on the DL.