In- Season -Waiver Claims

* A. PURPOSE OF IN-SEASON WAIVER POOL During the season, teams will be able to acquire additional players from the player pool through either an Emergency Waiver Claim or a Usage Waiver Claim to meet emergency roster voids caused by injury or to fulfill coverage requirements not adequately prepared for. Requests for waiver claims will not commence until after opening da. * B. COMPOSITION OF IN-SEASON WAIVER POOL 1. The waiver pool consists of every player not currently affiliated with an ICBL team, with these limitations: A nonpitcher's batting average will be below .300. 2. A pitcher's grade will be 10 or below. * C. EMERGENCY WAIVER CLAIMS (EWCs) 1. If a team's starter or only defensive backup at a position is injured AND it has no other rated defensive player to cover as a backup, it must obtain another player before the beginning of its next scheduled series to meet the requirement of having a backup for every position. The requirement may be fulfilled via either trade or EWC. 2. If making an EWC, the team will notify the Commissioner of its intentions and the Commissioner will make the necessary roster adjustments regarding the injured and claimed players. o a. The eligible player from the waiver pool will be added to the team's active roster, where he must stay for the duration of the claim. o b. The injured player will be put on the 15-day DL, with the injury adjusted to end at the conclusion of a series (not mid-series), which may add a few extra days to the duration of the injury. o c. At the end of the injury the injured player will be moved back to the active roster and the player acquired from the waiver pool will be returned the waiver pool. 3. Teams will be allowed three EWC claims during the year with no penalty. If a team requires a fourth EWC, it will have to use a regular Usage Waiver Claim. 4. In order to be eligible for "free" EWCs, a team must begin the season with 1100 PR at every position and 6500 MBF - and must be at that level for the position at which a claim in made during the season. Non-1000 SF will be prorated for purposes of coverage calculation (e.g., a player with 985 PR and 63 SF will count as 621 PR). 5. Players who were injured because their RUse fell to 0% cannot be used to justify an EWC. * D. USAGE WAIVER CLAIMS (UWCs) 1. If a team has not properly staffed itself to adequately cover player usage for the season (see section III, "Roster Rules"), it may claim an eligible player from the waiver pool to replace a player currently on the roster, in accordance with the following guidelines: 2. When claiming a player from the waiver pool, a team will also designate a player from its carded roster that it will release (permanently) to the waiver pool. 3. The claimed player is on the team's roster only for the current season; he reverts to the free agent pool immediately after the season. 4. The payment for a UWC is the removal of one draft pick to the end of the draft. o a. Waiver claims start affecting the 7th round pick. If the claiming team does not have a 7th round pick, the 6th round pick is moved and so on upward toward number 1. o b. If the team has no picks available it cannot make a waiver claim. It must make a trade instead. NOTE: This situation may be grounds for further punitive action against the manager in question, in the interest of the rest of the League. o c. As waiver claims are made, extra rounds are added to the end of the draft. Round 9 would be first waiver claims, round 10 second waiver claims, and so on. 5. NOTE: UWCs are likely to occur only for teams that have failed to provide adequate coverage at the beginning of the season.