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Greg and Tom,

This year are our lineups going to have an actual game time deadline, not five minutes before?

The teams that have off days on Mondays, will those deadlines be midnight Monday night or the actual game times on Tuesday?

Also, how long will the buffer time be before we see our new free agents this year?

Thanks.

Bump.

How does today work...if we have some bum on Cardinals or Cubs. ..can we play them today and remove them before tomorrow starts?

DOUGHBOYS wrote:Greg and Tom,

This year are our lineups going to have an actual game time deadline, not five minutes before?

The teams that have off days on Mondays, will those deadlines be midnight Monday night or the actual game times on Tuesday?

Also, how long will the buffer time be before we see our new free agents this year?

Thanks.

No, they aren't game time deadlines. I believe if a game starts at 7:05 pm ET we've made the deadline 7:00, but let me check for sure. Last year we had it locked at 6:55 pm ET for a 7 pm game, but I think we changed that. Anyway, it's definitely not exactly at 7:05 pm ET.

No, those deadlines are 5 minutes before their Tuesday game. That was the case last year, too.

10 minutes every Sunday night. Free agents lock at 10 pm ET and IT has a 10 minute buffer put in place to make sure everything is good and ready. Then all winning free agent bids will process between 10:10 and likely no later than 10:25 pm ET. We feel confident that all should process accordingly.

Hope this helps. Happy Easter everyone and thanks for a great season of drafting.

poopytooth wrote:How does today work...if we have some bum on Cardinals or Cubs. ..can we play them today and remove them before tomorrow starts?

First Lineup Deadlines for Week 1: The MLB season starts on Sunday, April 5 with one game. That will be considered Week 1 in the NFBC. Owners can then reset their starting lineups for Week 2 on Monday, April 6

poopytooth wrote:How does today work...if we have some bum on Cardinals or Cubs. ..can we play them today and remove them before tomorrow starts?

Today is its own separate week in the NFBC, Week 1. Yes, tomorrow starts Week 2. Good luck all.

Perfect. Thanks Greg.