Winter Waivers - 2012

We are a scant 19 days away from the Winter Waiver deadline.  Your cuts are due to the Commissioner by 3pm, Sunday January 6, 2013.  How did I know the time cuts were due?  I checked with the Constitution which has all you need to know about Winter Waivers.

However, I will give a brief reminder/synopsis to the process.

By Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 3pm CENTRAL TIME, you must submit your cuts and keepers to the Commissioner.  For your roster's safety I STRONGLY suggest submitting both a Keeper List AND and Cut List.  That way there shouldn't be any misunderstanding.  You are to cut down to 23 players.  For Winter Waivers there is no position requirement (you can keep 23 pitchers), there are no major or minor league restrictions (you can keep 23 minor leaguers - you know who you are).  You may NOT cut below 23 players.

You may want to use this as an opportunity to purge your roster of all unwanted "talent".  You cannot - beyond getting down to 23 players.

Keep in mind that anyone you had on your roster at the end of the season that played out their final year of their option or final year of a Long Term Contract or was acquired in September has already been purged from your roster and isn't eligible to be waived.  Uncertain who is still on your team?  Download the Roster Excel Spreadsheet located on the right.

Anyone on the roster sheet highlighted in yellow is currently on an American League roster.  I have tried to keep this roster accurate, but errors there may be.  Anyone in yellow is eligible to be kept or waived (and thus claimed).  If said player is still in the AL come Roster Freeze Day, then he must be cut.

You MAY NOT cut anyone currently on a Long Term Contract (Sean Marshall, Jay Bruce, Brandon Belt, Andrew McCutchen, Gaby Sanchez, ok, there's too many to list, but you get the idea).

Your cuts are due to the Commissioner no later than 3pm, January 6th.  I will be submitting my cuts to the remaining two members of the EC by that same deadline.  As luck seems to always have it, the Bentel Family Vacation runs into Winter Waivers, but not too much.  I will be out of town 12/30 - 1/6.  So I will be back the day cuts are due.  Hopefully this will not cause a delay in me releasing the list of available players.  However, if you have any questions about the waiver process, there may be a slight delay in me getting back to you.  I will have my computer with me, but I may not respond to you until later in the evening.

If possible, look things over and if you have questions, please contact me before the 30th.  Between the Constitution and your previous experience, there shouldn't be many problems, but it's always better to ask a question rather than assume an answer.  I would hate for anyone to lose a player from their roster because of a misunderstanding.