Amendments?

[mattynokes]

Here's some things that seem outdated or could use some refreshing.

Waivers
Has anyone looked at the waiver rules recently? We surely have not used #3 is quite some time. It's been that a trade must posted in order for a waiver to go through. Sitting and doing nothing has been like revoking the waiver claim. And I'm sure I could find a trade where a 75+ rated player or one who has been drafted more than three years ago has been traded in a waiver deal without passing waivers. Basically, we've been following the real MLB waiver rules. In a nutshell and for easy usage in the league it would be as follows.

NORMAL WAIVERS (OFF-SEASON to JULY 31)
1. Any player may be placed on Waivers by any team.
2. Teams must note whether a player is being waiver revocable (REV) or irrevocable (IRR). If nothing is noted, the player is waived irrevocable.
3. A player may only be waived revocable once per season.
4. The team with the lowest record wins the claim.
5. A trade must posted for the waiver to be official.

POST-DEADLINE WAIVERS (AUGUST 1 to END OF SEASON)
1. Any player with MLB Service Time must past through waivers in order to be traded.
--- A player who has accumulated MLB stats, but not Service Time does NOT have to pass through waivers.
2. Teams must note whether a player is being waiver revocable (REV) or irrevocable (IRR). If nothing is noted, the player is waived irrevocable.
3. A player may only be waived revocable once per season.
4. The team with the lowest record wins the claim. League has priority.
5. A trade must posted for the waiver to be official.

This is how it works in the majors. If you're on the 40-Man Roster, you have to pass through waivers. If you're still in the minors and not on the 40-Man Roster you can be traded freely. The reason I have it that player who have accumulated MLB stats, but no service time doesn't have to pass waivers is because Mogul makes you call up a full 40-man team and you have no control over who actually plays.

Minor League Contracts
Our FA policy is set up to NOT be a first come, first serve basis. Yet when it comes to draft day (or minor league) deals, it is first come, first serve. It shouldn't be that way.

First, let's get rid of the differences in offering a draft day or minor league contract. In the end they're the same. Once a player has 6 years of service time they will be eligible for free agency. So you could sign a guy with 10 years of service time to a draft day deal and he'll be FA eligible the next off-season. All we need is the draft day deal. If you sign a guy to the bottom base offer, you get him until he's FA eligible.

Every team should be able to offer these draft day deals. Like waivers the lowest record would prevail. So (using the 2026 standings) if COL, PIT, and HOU all put in draft day offers PIT would prevail and COL or HOU would have to then offer $500K or higher to be leading the bid.

This will help so whoever is lucky enough to post the player first doesn't get exclusive draft day offer rights. In theory the player should have the greatest chance to play for the team with the lowest record and would rather a contract with a team he could actually play for rather than being a career minor leaguer on a much better team.