[IBL] emergency activation questions

[Sean Sweda]

Sorry about the late response on this, I'm just now catching up on email after completing my basement cleanup.  I realize this is most likely too late to be useful for the specific situation, but hopefully it will be helpful to others in the future.

On Aug 15, 2014, at 10:44 PM, Brent Cunningham wrote:

> All, perhaps someone can answer an emergency transaction question for me:
> 
> Week 18, SEA Montero misses his DTD roll.  In game 1, MIN Mauer gets injured, leaving me with no catcher when Montero missed his game 2 DTD roll.  Per the Constitution, I was allowed to activate ARI Nieves as an emergency transaction, deactivating MIA Marisnick.

The emergency transaction rule requires that you de-activate an injured player.  In order to take advantage of this rule one of the injured catchers (Mauer, Montero) has to be de-activated, not Marisnick.

>   That leaves me with the following questions:
> 
> 1.  Montero was only DTD for the home series, so he can play in the week 18 away series, correct?

Correct.

> 2.  Is Nieves active and usable for the week 18 away series, or is Marisnick?


The away series is played in parallel and unaffected by what occurs in the home series.  In any case, Marisnick would not be allowed to be the player de-activated.

Relevant rule:

4.1.1   Emergency Roster Moves

A team may (but is not required to) replace an injured player during a 
series by activating another player from their inactive roster, so long as 
that transaction allows the team to fulfill legal roster requirements. 
Teams may not sign free agents in this situation, only players on the 
inactive roster at the start of the series are eligible replacements. 
Emergency transactions should be reported with the GRS for the series. 
Players deactivated in this manner must remain inactive for the next two 
weeks, just as if they were deactivated after the conclusion of the series.