687 - Designated for Assignment - No waivers required IRL

CobaltJays · 03-24-2007, 03:15 PM

Title says it all. When you designate someone for assignment in real life, you don't need to put him on waivers first. The game currently requires you to do so, which is a bit foolish. The purpose of designating a player for assignment is to clear up a roster spot while you figure out what you're going to do with him. Quite often you would put that player on waivers afterward, but you can also trade or release him.

Solonor · 03-27-2007, 01:29 AM

That totally depends. If you're removing a player from the 40-man roster, then you do have to put him through waivers. If you're just moving a guy onto the DFA without changing his status on the active or secondary roster, then you do not have to put him through waivers.

Try sliding a guy who's not on the 40-man roster off your AAA and into DFA. You won't see a message that he needs to go on waivers.

CobaltJays · 03-27-2007, 03:19 AM

While that's true in the game, my main point was that when you have a player who is on the 40-man roster (which I neglected to specify in my original post) and you designate him for assignment, in real life you don't need to place him on waivers first. This inaccurate requirement in the game limits the usefulness of designating someone for assignment.

Solonor · 03-27-2007, 07:43 AM

You are correct. You can put him on the DFA, and you have 10 days to return him to the active roster, trade him, release him or send him to the minors. If you outright him to the minors, then he has to clear waivers.

There are a lot of roster rules that aren't precisely followed, and there is a contingent of beta testers that is pushing to have them better implemented in the next version. This one is TT#687.

03-24-2007, 03:15 PM	#1
CobaltJays All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 706	687 - Designated for Assignment - No waivers required IRL Title says it all. When you designate someone for assignment in real life, you don't need to put him on waivers first. The game currently requires you to do so, which is a bit foolish. The purpose of designating a player for assignment is to clear up a roster spot while you figure out what you're going to do with him. Quite often you would put that player on waivers afterward, but you can also trade or release him.

03-27-2007, 01:29 AM	#2
Solonor Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Maine Posts: 4,459	That totally depends. If you're removing a player from the 40-man roster, then you do have to put him through waivers. If you're just moving a guy onto the DFA without changing his status on the active or secondary roster, then you do not have to put him through waivers. Try sliding a guy who's not on the 40-man roster off your AAA and into DFA. You won't see a message that he needs to go on waivers. __________________ Solonor's Groovy Computer Baseball League - Making baseball a hobbit since 2003! "Beings will come, Frodo. The one constant through all the years has been baseball. Middle Earth has rolled by like an army of Mumakil. It has been erased like a slate, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Frodo. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Oh... beings will come Frodo. Beings will most definitely come." - Gladden Field of Dreams

03-27-2007, 07:43 AM	#4
Solonor Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Maine Posts: 4,459	You are correct. You can put him on the DFA, and you have 10 days to return him to the active roster, trade him, release him or send him to the minors. If you outright him to the minors, then he has to clear waivers. There are a lot of roster rules that aren't precisely followed, and there is a contingent of beta testers that is pushing to have them better implemented in the next version. This one is TT#687. __________________ Solonor's Groovy Computer Baseball League - Making baseball a hobbit since 2003! "Beings will come, Frodo. The one constant through all the years has been baseball. Middle Earth has rolled by like an army of Mumakil. It has been erased like a slate, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Frodo. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Oh... beings will come Frodo. Beings will most definitely come." - Gladden Field of Dreams

03-27-2007, 03:19 AM	#3
CobaltJays All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 706	While that's true in the game, my main point was that when you have a player who is on the 40-man roster (which I neglected to specify in my original post) and you designate him for assignment, in real life you don't need to place him on waivers first. This inaccurate requirement in the game limits the usefulness of designating someone for assignment.