Extra IR Slot & Waivers Exploit [ESPN Leagues] (1 Viewer)

[Dylude]

One question with an explanation below... Has anyone done the waivers exploit in their ESPN league this year where you put in your waivers requests while an injury designated OUT player is in your IR slot before they change to QUESTIONABLE and even if you leave the now IR in-eligible player in the IR slot your waivers still process? *Granted you can't make any other moves AFTER that player's injury status changes*

I've done this for years, but I'm curious if it has been updated/changed in ESPN this year before such a pivotal waiver week. I had a very lengthy exchange with ESPN chat help this morning where they denied that this was ever possible. 

In case owners didn't know, you can do this very early Tuesday morning, Crabtree's injury designation changed from OUT to QUESTIONABLE at 7:43am CST this morning after I already got in 34 waiver claims. My job today is to order them and cancel the ones I no longer want, but by putting them all in I can carry an extra player, try to make a 2 for 1 deal before Sunday morning, see how injuries shake out, etc. But none of this is worth it if it isn't working this year and I get zero waiver claims which is how I believe it works in Yahoo leagues.

 

[Dylude]

Apparently you can freely do this with Yahoo.... 

https://forums.yahoo.net/t5/Help-with-Fantasy-Football/IR-Spot-use-during-Waiver-Night/td-p/105397

 

[Steeler]

Not sure, but I'm guessing ESPN wont process your waiver requests in this case.  I moved Bradford to the IR slot after he was declared OUT last week and added someone else.  I just tried to enter a trade proposal and it wasn't allowed until I removed the "non-eligible" player from the IR slot.

 

[QuizGuy66]

34 waiver claims?!?  What does your team look like?

-QG

 

[BobbyLayne]

Apparently you can freely do this with Yahoo.... 

https://forums.yahoo.net/t5/Help-with-Fantasy-Football/IR-Spot-use-during-Waiver-Night/td-p/105397

Hmm last 2 weeks I’ve been forced to move Eifert from IR to the roster before I could make other moves because his eligibility for the IR is game injury list dependent. [ETA: - for clarity, he was declared OUT on Tue-Wed one week & Thu/Fri the following week.] I kind of wish I had left him there now to rest of it would still process my other claims tonight.

 

[Dylude]

34 waiver claims?!?  What does your team look like?

-QG

Since I knew Crabtree wouldn't stay at OUT, I just submitted claims for anyone I might want as well as dropping multiple different players for each player I'd want. So maybe only 6-8 different players and DSTs where each one drops one of 2 or 3 different players so that's why it's so high. 

FINALLY!!!

I got clarification from ESPN that if the claim is legit when it is submitted, it WILL process (even if your player goes from OUT to Active before waivers). So everyone feel free to employ this strategy. I did this with Crabtree in one league, and Bradford in another. If you know a player is only going to be out one week, scoop him Sunday morning, stash him on IR, then Tuesday morning before 7am, submit as many different combinations of waiver claims because you can cancel and re-order them all day even when your IR player is no longer IR eligible, but you cannot make any NEW waiver claims. That way that player is carried in your IR spot as an extra roster spot.

Then Sunday, drop who you have to depending on how the week shakes out. I make verbal trade deals and if another owner accepts, I might ask the commissioner to push a deal through, since a 2 for 1 would properly balance the previously unbalanced team.

 

[QuizGuy66]

I mean I will game out contingencies waivers too but I don't think I have the patience to do 34

-QG

 

[FreshiZ]

Thanks for posting, this is a good tip