League Transactions Reminder

** I'll move this discussion to another place so it doesn't jam up the free agency thread **

Maybe this is something that we as a committee have not communicated well enough. The roster sheet (Google Sheets) and the DMB file need to match, but they operate separately from each other. Here's the general order of how things need to happen:

1) Transaction is made by posting/confirming on the message board. Trade, waiver, free agent signing, draft pick. Whatever it is.

2) The committee (usually myself, but sometimes someone else) makes the change on the Google roster sheet.
- For waivers, I remove the player from your roster immediately. Then wait two days to see if they get claimed or become a free agent.
- For trades, it mostly happens immediately on the spreadsheet. I make the change on the roster sheet right away mostly so everyone in the league has an up to date look at the state of their rosters in real time. Technically, trades don't get finalized for 2 days, to see if there are issues brought to the committee.
- For draft picks, I add them to your roster as we go through the draft. Again, I try to do it quickly, so we don't get behind on whether teams are over the limit, and also so people with upcoming draft picks can see which players are still available.
- For mid-season free agent signings, the player is added to the roster sheet right away.

3) With any of the above transactions, you as the GM (this is general You...not just Jason) are responsible for making the appropriate transaction on the next MP file that you send to Hayes. Your email to Hayes should look something like this:

Week 13 MP attached

To Active: Cal Ripken
To Reserve: Billy Ripken, Mike Boddicker
Acquired in trade from DET, added to active roster: Randy Milligan
To Injured List: Ben McDonald
Drafted and added to Active roster: Gregg Olson
Signed as a free agent: Chris Hoiles

Thank you, Hayes
p.s. please stop sending me pictures of Jim washing his Toyota Pruis...it's making me uncomfortable..

There could be some weeks where you send an MP without any transactions.
There could be some weeks where you don't send an MP at all because there are no changes.
Most draft picks probably don't need to be reflected on the MP file, like the 18 yr old high school SS that you just drafted.
But any draft pick that you want to use in the DMB sim must be added to your MP file.

Whenever a transaction happens on the roster sheet, but is NOT reflected on your MP file, it creates a weird limbo, especially for the transaction that affect the finances (like free agent signings).
 - Is the player signed or not?
 - Is the team over the roster limit?