Yahoo Free League Free Agent/Waiver Priority Question (1 Viewer)

[Binky The Doormat]

Not real familiar with Yahoo league rules ...if I pick up a guy who has become a Free Agent - that won't affect my waiver priority standing will it?  

I didn't think so - but not sure.  Wanted to better understand before I just pick up a one week guy.  

 

[Borden]

Not real familiar with Yahoo league rules ...if I pick up a guy who has become a Free Agent - that won't affect my waiver priority standing will it?  

I didn't think so - but not sure.  Wanted to better understand before I just pick up a one week guy.  

Anyone who doesn't have a date ( 9/14 for example) is a free pick up and will not hurt your waiver priority. 

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Anyone who doesn't have a date ( 9/14 for example) is a free pick up and will not hurt your waiver priority. 

thanks!

 

[Dismattle]

Hey, Binky  

heres another interesting quirk

If you add a player for a few minutes, but then drop?

Odds are he wont go to waivers

But if you hold and drop after (im not sure the length of time) a few hours?

Hes added to Waivers..

You dont get priority to re-add said player.  (He must clear every team)

In other words to add for bye week, and then reacquire isnt Fun..

Im sure some of this is settings related, so maybe disregard my post..

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Hey, Binky  

heres another interesting quirk

If you add a player for a few minutes, but then drop?

Odds are he wont go to waivers

But if you hold and drop after (im not sure the length of time) a few hours?

Hes added to Waivers..

You dont get priority to re-add said player.  (He must clear every team)

In other words to add for bye week, and then reacquire isnt Fun..

Im sure some of this is settings related, so maybe disregard my post..




 

Interesting.  I hope they added that to prevent guys from adding and dropping a bunch of players to prevent that week's opponent from picking anyone that is decent.  

I never played in a league where it happened - but would be pretty pissed if it did.  ####ty move.  

 

[Coach3K]

I'm pretty sure it's a same-day issue.  Meaning, a player needs to be on a team across multiple days to go onto waivers when dropped (or at least WAS that way in the past).  I've seen someone pick up a player in the morning then reconsider, drop them, and add someone else, and that player was immediately available to everyone as a FA.

But yes, it's in place to counter player blocking via roster churn.

I know at one time there was also a restriction on picking up your own dropped players from waivers. Meaning, you couldn't drop a guy to waivers and then put in a claim for the same player. That may have changed at some point, but I'm sure it's in Yahoo's help files somewhere.

 

[Don't Noonan]

I am the commissioner of a Yahoo league with friends spread out accross the U.S.  We have rolling waivers that run each Tuesday evening and free agents are allowed to be picked up as soon as waivers have been run.  

My question is, is there an option to have Yahoo run waivers at a certain time on Wednesday?   It doesn't seem fair that they run at 2 a.m. Wednesday morning and then the East coast guys are up early snagging any free agents they like ahead of the west coast guys.  Ideally,  I would like to set waivers to run at noon on Wednesdays.

 

[Fool-on-Stoopid]

If you add then drop a player same day they remain a FA

If you do this 2x you and only you are prevented from picking the player up until the next day the player remains a FA for everyone else

its to prevent churn like COACH said

Yahoo help https://help.yahoo.com/kb/fantasy-football/sln7153.html

"Are players subject to waivers if they're added and dropped on the same day?"

...

No you cant pick a specific time for waivers to run but even when waivers don't appear to run until later than their usual ~3:00 am EDT all players without claims on them can still be acquired as FAs

You think theres an East coast bias I'm in a league with players in the UK and Hawaii. You either make a waiver claim or you don't get your guy at least the brits have lousy weather and have to watch soccer yes I called it  SOCCER The guy in Hawaii just .... me off

 

[Dismattle]

Interesting.  I hope they added that to prevent guys from adding and dropping a bunch of players to prevent that week's opponent from picking anyone that is decent.  

I never played in a league where it happened - but would be pretty pissed if it did.  ####ty move.  

while,  We learn things every day..

I might see ya draft/add someone I needed to drop/whatever

Now unless your taking a shot based on how right I am usually, and just becoming a little impatient?

I might be thinking   Game on...

On yahoo for keeper/Dynasty  IF ya must start a few positions  ie. IDP  Ya may need to make in Season adjustments

ex.  That 2nd yr WR might have an expiration date  Or  maybe ya take a goose egg

I dont do goose eggs (normally)  I try to bring it vs. every team

 I had to add Sean Mannion (2 QB League)

Ya be upset if I drop a "Robert Kelley" on the wire, once ya have team straight?

I kinda like it, because I dont know who you might think to move  (grass is always greener on other side of fence)

I probably shoulda dropped Terrance West, but I know a few guys woulda wanted to claim (trade bait)

Im a Redskins fan, and figured Id move on   I do think West has some IT factor  But I dont think I see it all the time

Good Luck though, and ask any questions..

I enjoy chances to help (normally)

 

[icehouse]

Do waivers always process at the same time or does it vary by week?  I stayed up until 2 last night to add free agents, and was able to add players without the W by their name (as someone put  waiver in on those guys).  But when waivers ran I guess some of the guys were at the back of the waiver priority for someone and didn't get picked because their higher priority choices did, so those guys did become free agents.  Waivers ran around 3 and someone else picked them.

Just wondering if I was right place right time for the guy or if waivers always process around the same time.

 

[thehornet]

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Do waivers always process at the same time or does it vary by week?  I stayed up until 2 last night to add free agents, and was able to add players without the W by their name (as someone put  waiver in on those guys).  But when waivers ran I guess some of the guys were at the back of the waiver priority for someone and didn't get picked because their higher priority choices did, so those guys did become free agents.  Waivers ran around 3 and someone else picked them.

Just wondering if I was right place right time for the guy or if waivers always process around the same time.

It varies. It's usually happens between 2-5am. 

 

[ffjunk]

Do waivers always process at the same time or does it vary by week?  I stayed up until 2 last night to add free agents, and was able to add players without the W by their name (as someone put  waiver in on those guys).  But when waivers ran I guess some of the guys were at the back of the waiver priority for someone and didn't get picked because their higher priority choices did, so those guys did become free agents.  Waivers ran around 3 and someone else picked them.

Just wondering if I was right place right time for the guy or if waivers always process around the same time.

I think you are looking to pick up players as free agents after waivers are done but before the waivers actually post. This can be done.

However, if you put a claim in and then cancel it a little while later, that player you put the claim in for still looks like he is claimed, preventing anyone from picking him up until the waivers post.