Tillman

[CASS]

Am i losing it? - why is tillman not in any free agent listing in any of my leagues- anyone else see this?

[NorCalAtlFan]

he was optioned back to minors after the game.

[CASS]

thanks

[Greg Ambrosius]

Am i losing it? - why is tillman not in any free agent listing in any of my leagues- anyone else see this?

Yeah, we had a lot of questions about him. If he's not on an MLB roster when FAAB locks on Sunday morning then he can't be bid on, even though he may have been in the majors during the week. This isn't a unique case; it happens each year as teams bring up a player for a start and then send him back down to the minors. When that happens, those players sometimes show up in the player pool and then get removed. Again, they have to be on active MLB rosters at the time of our FAAB deadline to be picked up and Tillman was back down in the minors.

Depending on when the Orioles activate him again before Sunday's scheduled start, he may not be eligible for pickup this week either. We'll have to see when they officially put him on the roster, but it could happen again. Good luck all.