waivers and DFA

[flyball]

I don't understand what these functions are for or how they can benefit me or how i can use them. All i know is when i trade for a player he ends up on DFA. can you please help me understand these things?

[Bobfather]

Traded players always end up on DFA until you put them on the 40 man roster. Because your 25/40 man rosters may be full. If you don't place them on the roster in the allotted time they become free agents. When you make a trade there will be a pop-up saying which players are in DFA. Players on a minor league contract go directly to a team.
Waivers expose a player to every team in reverse order of standings. Once a term claims a player you can pull him back or let the other team have him. You will get a message once the waiver period has expired. A player must be put on waivers to trade them after the deadline.
Also, A player has to clear waivers to DFA them. DFA ( designated for assignment) Lets you assign a player to the minors and takes them off the 40 man rosters, which players can refuse. Or you can release the player. But his salary still counts against payroll(if or until another team signs him) (I think).
All the above only applies to players on the 40 man roster.

Hope that helps.

[jeffw3000]

Originally Posted by Bobfather

Traded players always end up on DFA until you put them on the 40 man roster. Because your 25/40 man rosters may be full. If you don't place them on the roster in the allotted time they become free agents. When you make a trade there will be a pop-up saying which players are in DFA. Players on a minor league contract go directly to a team.
Waivers expose a player to every team in reverse order of standings. Once a term claims a player you can pull him back or let the other team have him. You will get a message once the waiver period has expired. A player must be put on waivers to trade them after the deadline.
Also, A player has to clear waivers to DFA them. DFA ( designated for assignment) Lets you assign a player to the minors and takes them off the 40 man rosters, which players can refuse. Or you can release the player. But his salary still counts against payroll(if or until another team signs him) (I think).
All the above only applies to players on the 40 man roster.

Hope that helps.

Under the current MLB rules no trades can be made after the deadline. Not even if a player is placed on waivers. Prior to 2019, you could place a player on revocable waivers, after the deadline and still make a trade. That was changed with the rule changes for 2019. Now you cannot make trades after the deadline. I am pretty certain OOTP does reflect the new rule change for no trades after the deadline. You can change the rule to the old rule allowing waiver trades.

[Bobfather]

Originally Posted by jeffw3000

Under the current MLB rules no trades can be made after the deadline. Not even if a player is placed on waivers. Prior to 2019, you could place a player on revocable waivers, after the deadline and still make a trade. That was changed with the rule changes for 2019. Now you cannot make trades after the deadline. I am pretty certain OOTP does reflect the new rule change for no trades after the deadline. You can change the rule to the old rule allowing waiver trades.

Correct but still allowed in OOTP if you checked allow waiver trades after the deadline.