All players new to the NL must be bid on. A new player is defined as having no NL stats for this season. This includes players coming from the Minors, from the AL and players being activated from the DL. After they have been in the league for two calendar days ending at 8 PM, they may be claimed as a DL/ML replacement or as a "First Claim" pickup with one of your two weekly moves. == Each Owner will have 100 points for the season to bid on the new players to the league.
1) A player must be in the player pool on CBS before a bid can be started on him. He must also show active in the NL on one of our four Official Sites before the bid ends. If a player does not show on one of the Official Sites but plays in a game, he shall be considered actived for our purposes as of that day.
2) If you wish to bid on a player, post a message that asks the Commish to turn on the FAAB. No players name is necessary. The Commish will turn on the FAAB and post a message as to what day it will run. You may then bid on your player, not before. If you request that it be activated on Tuesday (for example) before noon, it will run Wednesday at midnight. If you request the activation after noon Tuesday, it will run Thursday at midnight. When bidding on a player, you must indicate who you are dropping, putting on the DL or ML should you win. The only exception to this is if a player on your team has recently been put on the DL or sent to the Minors and CBS has not updated their site. In this case you need only put who you are bidding on and should you win the player, then post a message asking the Commish to make your DL / ML move for you.
3) While the FAAB is turned on, you must post your DL/ML or first claim moves on the Message Board and the Commish will make them for you ASAP.
4) If you want to increase your bid on the same player, that is allowed. The system will use your highest bid.
5) If there is a tie for the high bid, the system uses the reverse order of the standings as of last Sunday. The order is shown on the Add/Drop page. When the FAAB is complete, I will turn it off and you may make your own moves again.
NOTE: If an Owner bids on a player that is not a "New Player" to the NL and there is also a Message Board claim for this player, the Message Board claim will stand because the player should not have been bid on. If a bid takes place and there is no Message Board post, the bid will stand.