Waiver Overview

• Waivers process daily around 3 am EST

• Players who are added and dropped within less than 24 hours will be placed as a Free Agent. If a player was previously a part of a team for more than 24 hours then dropped, this player will be placed in Waivers.

• Once that time has passed, they either clear waivers, meaning no one has claimed them, or they enter the free-agent pool

• The unclaimed players can now be picked up on a first-come, first-serve basis, without affecting your team's waiver position

• Free Agent Budget (FAB) waiver order is determined in the same fashion as non-FAB. If you make a waiver claim and win it, you get moved to the bottom of the waiver order list.

NOTE: While the screenshots below are from ESPN Fantasy Baseball, the processes are identical to those in ESPN Fantasy Basketball.

Claim a Player on the ESPN Fantasy App

Tap the "Players" tab.

The default view will display the top three Batters and top three Pitchers that are currently available as Free Agents in your league.

You can search for a particular player by name in the "Search" field.

You can also view the entire list of available Batters and Pitchers by tapping on the appropriate link.

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Tap on the NAME of the player you wish to acquire.

The player card will open and you will see either a yellow "Claim Player" button or a green "+ Add" button.

The yellow "Claim Player" button indicates that this player is not available until your league's Waivers processes. Tapping on the yellow Claim Player button will put in your claim for that player. If no other team manager with an earlier waiver claim has selected him, you will receive this player as your pick. See the "Claim a Player Off Waivers" FAQ for more details.

The green "+ Add" button indicates that this player is a Free Agent and is immediately available. When you tap on the green +Add button this player will either be added to your team immediately (if you have roster space) or a pop up will appear informing you to drop at least one player before your claim will process.

This is an example of the drop player step in claiming a player using Waivers.  Note the banner alert informing you to drop at least one player. 

Tap on the "Drop Button" and it will turn red. You may select more than one player to drop.

NOTE: Some players will have a "Can't Drop" status indicating they are currently on the Undroppables list.

You will need to confirm the transaction before the claim will process.

Tap the "Confirm" button to submit your claim.

Claim a Player on Web

Click on the "My Team" tab in the clubhouse

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Click on "Players" to the right of the "My Team" tab

Select "Add Players" from the dropdown menu.

You will now a few options for adding a player to your roster. To find a particular player, use the Free Agents search criteria.

Note: If the player you are seeking is already on another team manager's team, they will NOT show up as available. To find that player, you will need to change the filter to "All". To try to acquire that player, you will need to offer a Trade to that team manager.

1. The yellow "+" button indicates that this player is not available until your league's Waivers processes. Clicking on the yellow + will put in your claim for that player. If no other team manager with an earlier waiver claim has selected him, you will receive this player as your pick. See the "Claim a Player Off Waivers" FAQ for more details.
2. The green "+" indicates that this player is a Free Agent and is immediately available. When you click on the green + this player will either be added to your team immediately (if you have roster space) or a pop up will appear informing you to drop at least one player before your claim will process.

Once you click on the yellow + button, the screen will update for you to select a player to drop.  

Click on the "Drop" button next to the player you wish to replace with the new one. The button will turn red.

You may select multiple players to drop. 

Note: If the "Drop" button is greyed out, that means that particular player is currently on the Undroppables list.

Now click on the "Continue" button. You will be asked to confirm the transaction before it processes.

Tap the "Confirm" button to submit your claim.

A green pop up banner will confirm the claim has been submitted.

You can see your Waiver Claim Position and view your outstanding claims by looking beneath your team information on the My Team page.

Clicking on the "Waiver Order List" will open the detailed list of team managers and their claim order.

Clicking on "Pending Moves" will allow you to view your outstanding claims. You can then re-order their priority and/or cancel them in this view.

To move a claim, drag and drop the claim to its desired position.

To cancel a claim, click "Cancel Claim". Note: Clicking Cancel Claim will automatically delete the claim.