Waiver Draft

* A. PRESEASON ROSTER CUTDOWN 1. At the conclusion of the preseason draft and following a brief trading period, active rosters will be cut to their regular season levels of 34 carded players and up to six prospects. 2. Veterans who did not receive a card in the previous year must be cut or signed to a three-year minor league contract (provided the team has an open slot). 3. Managers who don't make their cuts by the deadline will be excluded from the waiver process. * B. WAIVER POOL AND RULES 1. The released or cut players will be available in a waiver draft. This process will allow each team to draft up to two players from the waiver list. 2. Any team making selections will be required to drop as many players as necessary to stay within the 34-man roster limit. These dropped players will then be available to teams picking later in the process. * C. UNCARDED VETERANS Uncarded veterans in the waiver pool will be available only to those teams with the roster space to sign them to three-year contracts. * D. ORDER OF SELECTION The order of selection will be the same as for the free agent draft. * E. WAIVER DRAFT PROCESS 1. The waiver draft will follow this procedure: The Commissioner will release the list of cut players. 2. All teams interested in making a selection during the initial phase will submit a ranked list of desired players, along with instructions on which player(s) to cut if the claim(s) is (are) successful. 3. Observing the official order of selection, the Commissioner will follow each team's instructions about adding and dropping players and then release the results. 4. A second round will be conducted in the same manner, including the remaining players on the original waiver list and any players cut during the first round. 5. Additional rounds may take place until all teams that wish to have made two picks, unless all teams pass in a round. No team will be able to make more than two successful claims in total.