Questions about MiLB Rosters/Claims

[bigg742002]

I'm sure it's located somewhere on this site, but I didn't see it in the rules section and wanted a clarification on 2 questions:

1.) When can a player be claimed and when do you need to bid on them? I understand it as player can be claimed if he does not fit the critertia of a Major Leaguer. (i.e. not enough at-bats) Like, hypothetically, Derek Jeter would have to be bid on but Bryce Harper could be claimed, is this correct?

2.) Is there any rule on overhauling your farm system? If I wanted to release 10 guys and claim another 10 that weren't on the Official Alphabetical Roster, is there a rule against this?

Thanks for you time guys!

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1) The rule on claiming versus bidding is determined by CAREER number of at bats or innings pitched. Any player with 125 or more career ABs in the major leagues must be bid on and any pitcher with 50 or more innings pitched (again in the major leagues) must be bid on. Otherwise they can be claimed. One exception to this are international free agents, these are guys that a)were not drafted and b) signed by a major league team within the last 365 days. Examples of these kind of guys are Cubans like Leonys Martin (just signed by the Rangers and subsequently bidded on here at triple play) or Tsiyoshi or whatever his name is that the Twins signed this offseason.

2) No rule against completely overhauling your minors, you can drop as many as you like. We do have a rule that you can only claim 2 minor leaguers per day however so keep that in mind. Also keep in mind that on the day of the All-Star game our milb rosters will increase by 10 slots. This is to put your rookie roster guys on your milb roster, although you can choose not to add them and instead pick up 10 minor leaguers that are not currently owned.

Hope this answers your questions, ask here or PM me if that was confusing.

[bigg742002]

As always Royals you are the man! Thanks for the quick response and yes it does answer my questions.