I guess I never saw this as a confusing issue, but I've received several questions this spring about trying to sign free agents and then being asked to assign them to a "round."
So...think of it this way. Every week when we do transactions, it's like a four-round mini-draft. With the round number, you are ranking your choices. When we process the transactions we run through the picks round by round in that week's transaction order (during the season, the order is set from worst to first in overall record). If you play in a league that processes free agent pickups via a waiver order, it's the same thing - though you may not see it presented the same way. For example, I know that in the CBS leagues in which I play - the commissioner approves picks team by team - in the defined waiver order. But I just have to list them in the order I want - not put "round numbers."
Doing it round by round allows to add some extra things - like an alternate pick if your primary choice is already gone - or a contingent release that only gets processed if you pick up that player.
Still confused? Check out a few weeks of the transaction report for your league(s) and you'll see how the 4 rounds play out. Just click "Transactions" in the navigation bar at the top of any page.
Showing posts with label Transaction Order. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Transaction Order. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Monday, March 30, 2009
New Players and Transaction Order - Start of Season
Checking in on a couple of questions that have come up already...and I'm sure others are wondering or about to ask:
1. Transaction order for the start of the season....
In the off-season, we use a somewhat modified approach to weekly transaction order - partly to let people not have to be involved every week. Once a team picks a player, that team goes to the end of the waiver order - and the order is maintained from week to week.
This changes when we hit Week 1 (deadline April 10).
For returning leagues - the order reverts back to the Redistribution Draft order (reverse order of the 2008 record).
For new leagues - After Week Zero we order the teams by total salary (lowest total salary goes to the top).
In either situation, we do not change the order at all between Weeks 1 & 2. Starting with Week 3, we reorder every week based on reverse W-L records.
So - you can pick players in Week Zero and it doesn't affect the transaction order in Week One (other than team salary changes for new leagues).
2. New Players - when do they arrive on the list?
In BWB, after the December winter meetings, players do not get put on the BWB player list until they play a major league game (then later we add the 1st-round draft picks).
So - for those of you wanting to pick up Tommy Hanson (for example) - since he went back to the minors, you'll need to wait.
What about Elvis Andrus and players like that who will make the majors? As soon as we find they play in a game, we'll add them to our list - BUT, we only post the list of new players once per week, when we run transactions. BWB is a game for baseball addicts, but you don't have to be tied to your computer to hit that 24-hour window when a player is first available.
Although there may be some stats available by the time we run the Week Zero transactions, we will NOT add any players in that first week. Assuming the new guys play at least once before April 10, the deadline for Week 1, they will first show up in the BWB player lists as eligible for the Week 2 transactions (Deadline April 17. That's the one you don't want to miss then).
1. Transaction order for the start of the season....
In the off-season, we use a somewhat modified approach to weekly transaction order - partly to let people not have to be involved every week. Once a team picks a player, that team goes to the end of the waiver order - and the order is maintained from week to week.
This changes when we hit Week 1 (deadline April 10).
For returning leagues - the order reverts back to the Redistribution Draft order (reverse order of the 2008 record).
For new leagues - After Week Zero we order the teams by total salary (lowest total salary goes to the top).
In either situation, we do not change the order at all between Weeks 1 & 2. Starting with Week 3, we reorder every week based on reverse W-L records.
So - you can pick players in Week Zero and it doesn't affect the transaction order in Week One (other than team salary changes for new leagues).
2. New Players - when do they arrive on the list?
In BWB, after the December winter meetings, players do not get put on the BWB player list until they play a major league game (then later we add the 1st-round draft picks).
So - for those of you wanting to pick up Tommy Hanson (for example) - since he went back to the minors, you'll need to wait.
What about Elvis Andrus and players like that who will make the majors? As soon as we find they play in a game, we'll add them to our list - BUT, we only post the list of new players once per week, when we run transactions. BWB is a game for baseball addicts, but you don't have to be tied to your computer to hit that 24-hour window when a player is first available.
Although there may be some stats available by the time we run the Week Zero transactions, we will NOT add any players in that first week. Assuming the new guys play at least once before April 10, the deadline for Week 1, they will first show up in the BWB player lists as eligible for the Week 2 transactions (Deadline April 17. That's the one you don't want to miss then).
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