Waiver Wire
Any player who has three (3) separate seasons of experience in
the major leagues (experience defined as having participated in
1 game during any given season) or higher experience (can be
found on their player card in the editor or the HHRecord player
page) is subject to clearing waivers before he can be sent from
the 25-man roster to the minor leagues.
A player will remain on waivers for the duration specified by an
Official Forker after his demotion, at which time he can be
claimed by any team for the cost of $100,000 dollars. This cost
will be subtracted from your annual budget. Any player sent down
who has LESS than an experience of three (3) years will be clear
of any waivers and will go straight to the minors. When the
waiver claim is made the claiming team must state that they have
a ML opening or identify the player to be demoted to make room,
if this fails to occur the claim is void.
Priority for waiver claims is:
The worst team in the same league as the releasing team gets
first dibs on all claims.
The priority then goes up from the worst team to the best team
in that league.
If no team in the releasing team’s league claims the player,
then the opposing league’s teams get priority from worst to best
as well.
This may seem confusing at first, but I assure you it’ll become
easier once it takes place. Here is an example:
The Toronto Blue Jays desire to send John Frascatore down to
their AAA club. Looking at his career statistics, they notice
he debuted in the majors in 1994 (pitching 3 1/3 innings for St.
Louis in one appearance). Since they’re in the 2004 season, 10
years after his debut, John clearly has to clear waivers before
getting to AAA.
Since the Blue Jays are in the American League, the priority for
claiming Frascatore is:
The worst team in the AL.
The 2nd worst team in the AL.
The 3rd worst team in the AL.
(insert 4th worst through 12th worst in the AL).
The 13th worst team in the AL (the 2nd best).
The 14th worst team in the AL (the best).
If no team in the AL claim John Frascatore off waivers, the
rights then go to the NL in the same manner.
The worst team in the NL.
The 2nd worst team in the NL.
The 3rd worst team in the NL.
(insert 4th worst through 14th worst in the NL).
The 15th worst team in the NL (the 2nd best).
The 16th worst team in the NL (the best).
If after all this, no one has claimed Frascatore, he will be
placed on Toronto’s AAA roster and is eligible to play
In the case that a team claimed him, the $100,000 would be paid
to the league, and he would be placed on their 25-man ML roster.
If you do not place a waiver claim on your ML roster, he will
become a free agent as of the next sim.
Teams will not be asked individually if they are interested in
claiming a player, it is their responsibility to keep track of
who is on the waiver wire. If you’re interested in claiming a
player, you do not need to wait until a team ahead of you in
priority has responded. Although in Frascatore’s case, the best
team in the National League is the very last team that gets a
chance to claim him, they could put in a claim whenever they’d
like to, but other teams are still able to put in claims as well.
The team with the highest priority (who expressed interest in
claiming) at the claim deadline will be awarded the player.
