Trade Deadline and IFAB Day

The CFCL mid-season trade deadline is about a week and a half away.

All trades and associated moves to make rosters legal must be reported by Noon Central time on Friday August 1.

August 1 is also Interleague Free Agent Bidding (IFAB) Day. The Major League trading deadline in July 31, and typically there is quite a bit of activity in the days prior to that, with a number of players being added to the CFCL Free Agent Pool after being traded from the AL to the NL. Rather than waiting until the following Sunday to bid on those players, we'll have a special free agent auction on Friday the 1st. Some notes on IFAB Day procedings:

• The process for bidding on players on IFAB Day will be the same as it is on Sundays.
• Bids must be submitted by 3:00 PM Central time (3 hours after the CFCL trade deadline)
• All players in the CFCL free agent pool are eligible for bidding on IFAB Day, not just those who recently came over from the AL.
• Things will be kind of tricky, since Friday is also a regular transaction day (for active/reserve moves). The lineups on August 1 lock at 12:50 PM Central, so any IFAB Day acquisitions will go into effect on Saturday the 2nd. As with usual free agent acquisitions, you will be able to adjust your roster for any acquisitions on Saturday.
• We will then have the usual Sunday free agent bidding on August 3.

So here are how things are shaping up for the weekend at the end of this month (all times Central):

July 31 - MLB Trading Deadline
August 1 (Noon) - CFCL Trading Deadline
August 1 (12:50 PM) - CFCL Lineups Lock for Friday Roster Changes
August 1 (3:00 PM) - IFAB Day Bids Due
August 2 (11:35 AM) - CFCL Lineups Lock for IFAB Day Roster Changes
August 3 (3:00 PM) - Sunday Free Agent Bids Due