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From da rules:
Exception:  If a starting pitcher selected in our free agent draft is sent to the minors for the express and verifiable purpose of waiting until the major league club needs a 5th starter, the owner can petition the Circle that he be allowed to keep said starting pitcher. The owner is not allowed to select a temporary replacement player but keeps the starter in question on his active roster and earns no points for that roster spot until the starter is recalled.  If the pitcher is not recalled within 4 full weeks of his team’s first game, or if the major league club uses a different 5th starter in the original player's place, the owner is forced to waive the pitcher (thus burning a waiver and losing his waiver slot) and select a replacement player from the free agent pool. The pitcher just waived is subject to the regular 48-hr claim rules once recalled.
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Does Urias still retain minor league status?  If so, you could demote him and drop some minor leaguer.

Urias was not a free agent draftee but a keeper, so he's not subject to the 4 week rule, I do not believe. He's also eclipsed minor league service time, officially.

If the Dodgers simply put him in the minors, that makes this question simple enough. I can then simply do the same.

That said, I believe the Dodgers intend to put him in extended ST, as they are specifically trying to limit his innings. I understand, per 82, that we need to wait and see what happens, but ext st is much more DL-like than anything else.