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Retained Players on Team
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Asked Aug 16, 2023 by Jeannine
How many players with retained salaries can one team have on roster? is there a maximum?
Answer
Aug 22, 2023
While a team can only be retaining up to 3 cap hits on players they have traded away, there is no limit on how many players a team can have on their roster with cap hits retained by other teams.