Post by geoflin on Mar 16, 2021 10:55:47 GMT
A question came up in the Bell draft last night about the length of the post-auction period. Rule 4.5 says:
Upon completion of the major league auction, the Auctioneer will post a message in the appropriate league forum officially noting the time of completion of the auction. The Post-Auction Period, in which owners may reserve players on their major league rosters who are not on an appropriate MLB 25-man roster and claim eligible unowned players, begins at that time and continues until 11:59:59 PM on the second day following the START of the auction.
(Example: The Bench NL auction began at 8:00 PM Thursday, March 25 and ended at 12:11 AM Friday, March 26. The Post-Auction Period for Bench will continue until 11:59:59 PM Saturday, March 27.)
So in the case of Bell the post-auction period should end at 11:59:59 PM on Wednesday March 17. Auctioneers generally have not been posting the time of the completion of the auction but have been posting either the Post-auction rosters, a thread for Post-auction transactions, or both. It seems to me that either should signify that the auction has ended.
Upon completion of the major league auction, the Auctioneer will post a message in the appropriate league forum officially noting the time of completion of the auction. The Post-Auction Period, in which owners may reserve players on their major league rosters who are not on an appropriate MLB 25-man roster and claim eligible unowned players, begins at that time and continues until 11:59:59 PM on the second day following the START of the auction.
(Example: The Bench NL auction began at 8:00 PM Thursday, March 25 and ended at 12:11 AM Friday, March 26. The Post-Auction Period for Bench will continue until 11:59:59 PM Saturday, March 27.)
So in the case of Bell the post-auction period should end at 11:59:59 PM on Wednesday March 17. Auctioneers generally have not been posting the time of the completion of the auction but have been posting either the Post-auction rosters, a thread for Post-auction transactions, or both. It seems to me that either should signify that the auction has ended.
