Post by BrewCrewGuru on Dec 27, 2012 22:18:44 GMT -5
Teams can waive any player at any time, with the exception of the post-season league "closed for business" time. If the player is claimed within 72 hours of being waived, the team claiming that player takes on responsibility for that contract.
Players not claimed in the initial 72 hours will become free agents and are immediately available to be signed to a 1 year veteran minimum contract with no option. In those cases, the team that waived the player must pay out the balance of the contract, minus the salary paid by the new team. There are no exceptions once the player is waived.
During arbitration, XXX-6th year players can be waived by rejecting the arbitration offered contract. In these cases the player immediately goes to the free agent pool and the team waiving that player is no longer responsible for their contract.
Players waived in the off-season, prior to the start of free agency automatically go into the free agent pool and are not eligible for waiver claims. Once free agency starts, the above stated waiver claim process is used.
MLI players may be waived at any time with no penalty to the waiving team as long as the contract was never guaranteed. If it was guaranteed, the waiving team is still responsible for the salary unless claimed by another team within 72 hours of being waived.
Beginning in the 2020 season, we are getting rid of the Revocable Waivers trading period. Instead the normal trade deadline will be pushed back to Week 23.
Waiver priority will determine the winning waiver claim. For a player waived by an AL team, the AL team with the worst current record receives first priority. All AL teams will receive priority over NL teams in this example. NL teams would then receive priority on a worst to best scale as well.
If two teams from the same league claim the same player, and both teams have the same record, the previous season's record will determine the who wins the claim.
NTC Contracts cannot be placed on waivers. In order to waive someone in the first year of a contract with an NTC Clause, you must buy out the contract. This is to prevent teams from making side deals to waive NTC players and have other teams claim them. But to allow for roster flexibility, you may still waive them if you buy out all future years.
Teams can not claim a player unless they have room on their roster and the cap space to absorb the contract.
Players not claimed in the initial 72 hours will become free agents and are immediately available to be signed to a 1 year veteran minimum contract with no option. In those cases, the team that waived the player must pay out the balance of the contract, minus the salary paid by the new team. There are no exceptions once the player is waived.
During arbitration, XXX-6th year players can be waived by rejecting the arbitration offered contract. In these cases the player immediately goes to the free agent pool and the team waiving that player is no longer responsible for their contract.
Players waived in the off-season, prior to the start of free agency automatically go into the free agent pool and are not eligible for waiver claims. Once free agency starts, the above stated waiver claim process is used.
MLI players may be waived at any time with no penalty to the waiving team as long as the contract was never guaranteed. If it was guaranteed, the waiving team is still responsible for the salary unless claimed by another team within 72 hours of being waived.
Beginning in the 2020 season, we are getting rid of the Revocable Waivers trading period. Instead the normal trade deadline will be pushed back to Week 23.
Waiver priority will determine the winning waiver claim. For a player waived by an AL team, the AL team with the worst current record receives first priority. All AL teams will receive priority over NL teams in this example. NL teams would then receive priority on a worst to best scale as well.
If two teams from the same league claim the same player, and both teams have the same record, the previous season's record will determine the who wins the claim.
NTC Contracts cannot be placed on waivers. In order to waive someone in the first year of a contract with an NTC Clause, you must buy out the contract. This is to prevent teams from making side deals to waive NTC players and have other teams claim them. But to allow for roster flexibility, you may still waive them if you buy out all future years.
Teams can not claim a player unless they have room on their roster and the cap space to absorb the contract.