Trade Deadline Info
Jul 31, 2012 11:29:45 GMT -5
Post by Ben (Rays GM) on Jul 31, 2012 11:29:45 GMT -5
The trade deadline is today (7/31) at 4:00 pm ET. We will allow trading to continue after the deadline, but trades won't be processed until the season ends - so you'd be making these moves for 2013. As such, you may not trade players on expiring contracts after the deadline (even if the acquiring team is intentionally doing it for the compensation pick or the hometown discount). You may trade 6th year players but only if they haven't yet reached the year of service requirements for 2012 at the time of the trade.
You also may not trade 2012 draft picks as a commodity after the deadline. You may, however, trade players that you select in the draft once you have taken them.
Like last year, we will keep secondary free agency open until the week before the start of the playoffs.
DON'T FORGET TO CHECK YOUR DRAFT PICKS! We will not change the draft order once it has been finalized. As soon as the first pick is on the clock, that order will not change. So if there are any errors, you need to let us know before that time (picks made in the last few days might not be processed yet, but we will get those in before the draft starts).
You also may not trade 2012 draft picks as a commodity after the deadline. You may, however, trade players that you select in the draft once you have taken them.
Like last year, we will keep secondary free agency open until the week before the start of the playoffs.
DON'T FORGET TO CHECK YOUR DRAFT PICKS! We will not change the draft order once it has been finalized. As soon as the first pick is on the clock, that order will not change. So if there are any errors, you need to let us know before that time (picks made in the last few days might not be processed yet, but we will get those in before the draft starts).
