At the discretion of the Board, a loaner player pool may be used by the league, in accordance with LL regulation 5(c).
At the Majors, Coast and AAA levels of play in Baseball and the Juniors, Majors and Coast level of play in Softball, the Player Agent is responsible for maintaining a list of players for each division who indicate a willingness to be placed temporarily on a roster of a team unable to field a full roster of players. A “full roster of players” is defined as the number of players required to fill all fielding positions allowed in each respective league as outlined in the Little League Rules.
- At the Juniors level of play, a manager may request a player from Majors as a replacement player.
- At the Majors level of play, a manager may request a player from Coast as a replacement player.
- At the Coast level of play, a manager may request a player from AAA as a replacement player.
- At the AAA level of play, a manager may request a player from AA as a replacement player.
The loaner pool will only offer the number of players necessary to provide the requesting team the number of players needed to fill all fielding positions allowed in each respective league as outlined in the Little League Rules.
Players who volunteer to be in the loaner pool may continue to play on their permanent team in their current division regardless of whether they are selected to “play up” as a loaner player unless/until they are selected as a permanent replacement to fill a vacancy on an upper division team. However, players in the loaner pool are not allowed to miss a game in their current division in order to serve as a loaner to an upper division team.
Any player provided to a team as a “loaner player” must play at least 9 defensive outs and bat at least once in any game for which they were requested. “Loaner players” are not allowed to pitch for the replacement team, only for their own regular-season team.
Managers and/or coaches are not allowed to arrange for players to play as a “loaner player” independent of or without the approval of the Player Agent.