SIM COMPLETE - 1983 - FA 6

[Clay]

I'd actually do it for a 4th.

You can't take Stafford;s salary

[Lintyfresh85]

You can't take Stafford;s salary

Hmm in that case... Tim O'Fay AND a 4th for Stafford and Franklin!

[Clay]

Why would he want your scraps to take his scraps?

[Lintyfresh85]

You got me there.

At least O'Fay is still useful. He's just terribly overpaid.

[Clay]

Stafford, on paper (ratings), shouldn't be as bad as he is. Maybe a change of scernery would do him good. Make him a Kodiak.

[Delandis]

I had no intentions on letting him walk with 15 million. He's gonna serve water and shine shoes in the dug out.

[Andrew]

Stafford, on paper (ratings), shouldn't be as bad as he is. Maybe a change of scernery would do him good. Make him a Kodiak.

Stafford hurts, but it's Latham and Tandy that are killing him. $65 million for 3 players.

[Delandis]

Stafford hurts, but it's Latham and Tandy that are killing him. $65 million for 3 players.

At least they produce. Stafford is a permanent bench fixture.

[Delandis]

Waivers has got to be the most confusing concept in professional sports. What is the use of it? First of all, I have no idea how or why i had 6 players "on waivers." I put Stafford on waivers last season, before I knew that contracts were guaranteed. Andrew, you seem to know a lot about this. I've read the rules on mlb.com and still don't understand it.

[Jistic]

Waivers has got to be the most confusing concept in professional sports. What is the use of it? First of all, I have no idea how or why i had 6 players "on waivers." I put Stafford on waivers last season, before I knew that contracts were guaranteed. Andrew, you seem to know a lot about this. I've read the rules on mlb.com and still don't understand it.

The use of it at its simplest is to give players a chance to play with another team if their team can't/won't.

[Delandis]

So I've gotten everyone off of my DFA and Waivers lists. Am i good?

[Andrew]

Waivers has got to be the most confusing concept in professional sports. What is the use of it? First of all, I have no idea how or why i had 6 players "on waivers." I put Stafford on waivers last season, before I knew that contracts were guaranteed. Andrew, you seem to know a lot about this. I've read the rules on mlb.com and still don't understand it.

There's 2 basic kinds of waivers in OOTP.

1) Outright waivers: Outright waivers are in effect when you manually move a player into the Waivers section of your transactions screen. This is usually done to:
- Remove a player from your active roster. He has to clear waivers before you can send a player who is out of options (explained below) to the minor leagues.
- Remove a player from the 40 man roster. To do this, you need to place the player on waivers AND DFA (Designated for Assignment). He then sits on DFA until he clears waivers, at which point you can send him down to the minors.
Important Notes:
- By moving a player to waivers and/or DFA, you are not releasing him. He will remain on his current roster (or DFA) until you manually move him to a new roster or release him.
- While on waivers, other teams can claim the player which will remove him from your roster so make sure it's a guy you don't mind losing before waiving him. The claiming team is responsible for the player's salary so it's sometimes a good strategy to waive an overpaid player and hope somebody claims him.
- Veteran players (5+ years of Major League Experience) have a right to refuse an assignment to the minor leagues. So even if he clears waivers, you still might not be able to send him down. This is what's happening with Stafford.

2) The second type of waivers is Trade waivers: These are in effect when I (as commish) submit a trade after the July 31st Trade deadline until the end of the Regular Season. Every player can be placed on Revocable Trade waivers once per season (regardless of their Outright waiver status). The 2nd time they are placed on Trade waivers, it is irrevocable.

Options
Once a player is added to the 40 man roster, you are starting the clock on his service time. He has 3 option years in which he can be sent between the majors and minors as many times as you want, without the player having to clear waivers. He still needs to clear waivers to be removed from the 40 man roster.

Like Jistic said, the point of all these rules (along with the Rule 5 draft) is to give players who have been in baseball for a few years a chance to play with a different team, if they aren't getting the chance to play with their own. Otherwise, teams would be able to bury Major League quality players in their minor leagues.

Let me know if that helps, or if anything is still unclear. This is by far the most confusing part of the game but is very important that you guys understand it.

[Delandis]

Ok. Does the AI add people on Waivers for me when i ask it to set my rosters?

[Andrew]

Ok. Does the AI add people on Waivers for me when i ask it to set my rosters?

Umm. If you ask it to set your lineups, no. If you ask it to set your rosters, yes. I strongly advise against letting the AI handle transactions for you. It can't do much damage with lineups, but you don't want it releasing players you might want, etc.

This is a good resource for transactions: http://espn.go.com/mlb/s/transanctionsprimer.html

Not all of it applies to OOTP but gives a good summary.

It's also important to understand that Waivers is just a status. When a player is waived, he stays on whatever roster he is currently on. DFA on the other hand is similar to a roster. When a player is DFA'd, he is removed from whatever roster he is on until you figure out what to do with him.

[Delandis]

It's also important to understand that Waivers is just a status. When a player is waived, he stays on whatever roster he is currently on. DFA on the other hand is similar to a roster. When a player is DFA'd, he is removed from whatever roster he is on until you figure out what to do with him.

Best explanation so far. Thanks, Andrew.