Do Lineups Lock Tonight For Teams That Are Off Today?

[Bronx Yankees]

Unlike other Fridays, a number of teams are off today. So, do hitting lineups lock for all teams tonight, or do we have until Saturday's games before teams that are off tonight get locked? I'm just not sure if Friday is an automatic lock or if we treat the games like a Monday/Tuesday where the lock is right before the team plays.

For instance, I have Starling Marte on two teams. He was scratched yesterday with a migraine. I pulled him out of my starting lineups on both teams for yesterday's game and inserted Alex Gordon in his place. The Pirates are off tonight, as are the Royals. So, will that lineup slot lock tonight because it is a Friday, or do I get until Saturday's start time to figure out if Marte is back or not? Thanks!

Mike

[Deadheadz]

Greg will tell us for sure but it seems to me they had a couple rainouts on Friday last season and he told us lineups would lock at 11pm Friday despite teams not playing at all that day.

Maybe I’m misremembering.

[Greg Ambrosius]

Unlike other Fridays, a number of teams are off today. So, do hitting lineups lock for all teams tonight, or do we have until Saturday's games before teams that are off tonight get locked? I'm just not sure if Friday is an automatic lock or if we treat the games like a Monday/Tuesday where the lock is right before the team plays.

For instance, I have Starling Marte on two teams. He was scratched yesterday with a migraine. I pulled him out of my starting lineups on both teams for yesterday's game and inserted Alex Gordon in his place. The Pirates are off tonight, as are the Royals. So, will that lineup slot lock tonight because it is a Friday, or do I get until Saturday's start time to figure out if Marte is back or not? Thanks!

Mike

Hitters who don't play a game on Friday -- which are a bunch of them today -- won't lock into your starting lineup until their first game on Saturday. For hitters, it's the first game of that scoring period, no matter if that scoring period is Monday-Thursday or Friday-Sunday. It's a tweak we made for this year and going forward.

[Bronx Yankees]

Greg - Thanks for the quick response. That's an excellent tweak!

Mike

[Greg Ambrosius]

Greg - Thanks for the quick response. That's an excellent tweak!

Mike

I see a few excellent tweaks we've added this season. Now it's up to us to point them all out as we know that not everyone has the time to surf the site and spend a bunch of time looking for these new features. We'll try to do that going forward for all to see and use.