Sources for determining the timing of MLB transactions

[Admin]

Should we add the following list of sources to be included in rule 7.1 to help determine the moment of an MLB transaction, and therefore whether a player is eligible to be protected? (This would close the window for protecting a hometown player at the moment a trade or release is reported, rather than the “official” time of the transaction.)


"The agreed reference point for determining the timing of a real life move will be the first report of said move by any of the following media:
"Sending" team's official Twitter feed
"Receiving" team's official Twitter feed
@mlb
@mlbrostermoves
The MLB.com transactions page (found via the 'Players' drop-down on the MLB.com homepage)"

Discussion: mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/thread/2117/change-discussion-official-transaction-sources#ixzz4vA6iybms

[Admin]

Option 2 wins 13-7.

Unprotected players are a bit more at risk.

[Admin]

The list of sources above appear that they may be too slow to effectively accomplish the objective of this rule change.

We just had a player protected this morning after becoming a free agent, and these sources don’t seem to be updated fast enough to prevent it.

[Admin]

I hadn’t really looked at these sources very closely until today, but the team twitter feeds aren’t going to ever mention small transactions. MLB Roster moves and Transactions are both days behind. They’re probably slower than the official time of many transactions.

I don’t think it’s acceptable to widen our loophole that we were trying to close.

For starters, could we add the mainstream aggregators onto this list?
Rotoworld
Rotowire
CBS

[Admin]

We are removing the specific reference sources from rule 7.1. Some of the transactions involving players rostered in our league are considered too minor to be reported by the sites originally mentioned. Perhaps the only way we can ensure that there will be media sources reporting on the smallest of transactions is to leave the acceptable source list open-ended. As a reminder, we all share the responsibility of checking that our opponents are only adding players by legitimate means.

In summary, let’s just keep making sure we only protect players whose rights are held by our hometown organization.