A manager brought this to my attention recently, and it is a big issue.Joe somehow found a way to manipulate his roster.
Last Friday, he dropped Juan Pierre in order to activate Daisuke Matsuzaka from his disabled list. Matsuzaka started on Saturday (Joe kept him benched but not in a DL spot, however.)
But, then, inexplicably, Joe was allowed to put Matsuzaka back on the DL on Saturday, and he proceeded to pick up Wade Davis with his extra available move.
How does this happen? I honestly have no idea. Obviously, Matsuzaka would have had to still have the red DL next to his name, right? Somehow, Joe found a glitch in Yahoo! on that particular day.
I contacted Joe, who finally got back to me six hours after acknowledging me.
"I apologize for the delay. Recent market turmoil has caused a lot extra work. If the system allows me to exploit any arbitrage opportunity - in this case allowing me to place a player back on the DL - I will take that opportunity and use it to my advantage.
"Anyone else in the league has these same opportunities and it is up to them to find them and use them. If other managers have a problem then I will ask them exactly how this move benefited me? I did not start Dice K. I have yet to play Wade Davis.
"How is this move different then if I kept a player on the DL for a period of time even if he wasn't hurt any longer and waited till he came back to form ect... I don't support cheating but I don't find this act to be condemning. I rolled the dice and you just got K'd!"
The question is, what do we do about it, if anything? Should Joe be forced to send Davis back to the waiver wire because it's the ethical and right thing to do? Should Joe be able to keep his roster as is because of human/Yahoo! error? Please take a moment to consider and vote in the poll to the right.
I will make a ruling in the days to come.
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ReplyDeleteFor some reason half the time i vote, it doesnt process. So i'll vote here. To me it seems it was a Yahoo error, in which I believe Joe should be allowed to keep Davis. We shouldn't hold anythign against him if he did nothing wrong. And if he has to send Davis back to waiver pool, you know someone would pick him up just because, so it wouldnt be fair. Love Mike
ReplyDeleteno protest would happen, i just think it was a shady move on joe's part and he knows it. that's really all, i also had davis on my radar and was watching his progress so that's how i knew joe had picked him up. but to say "he did nothing wrong" is plain wrong itself. the DL spot is clearly supposed to be for DL eligible players, he knew what he was doing and he put dicek back on the DL purposely and full knowing that he was no longer DL eligible. as for someone else picking him up, yes it would be fair if someone did that and wouldn't just be a spite pick up. he has been good lately and stats would justify the add.
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