When does Yahoo clear waivers?

[Mercer Boy]

When everything is working smoothly, waivers normally switch over to free agents at 5 AM Eastern time. But, the actual time of people being claimed off of waivers isn't set in stone apparently.

All I know is that during football season it's almost always 5 AM. That's when the scores update and when waivers guys turn into free agents. Working midnights on those weeks is a nice advantage.

[bdrotoronto]

I've noticed that waivers usually tend to clear sometime between 6 am and 8 am eastern time.

[theclefe]

Does anyone know if another fantasy host is more reliable with these things? I remember Scott Olsen and Zach Duke not even being in the system until their second stars, much less clear waivers.

For me, I would say just before 5:30 - 6a EST is when things change over.

[TheGinner]

I'm bringing this back up because its all i could find and I'm tired of searching for a lost topic.

When does Yahoo clear waivers????????

This was 3 years ago, so who can tell me how early in the morning I need to stay up.

Thanks Cafe

[CBMGreatOne]

My best recollection is between 5AM and 6AM central time.

[AllDay]

I'm bringing this back up because its all i could find and I'm tired of searching for a lost topic.

When does Yahoo clear waivers????????

This was 3 years ago, so who can tell me how early in the morning I need to stay up.

Thanks Cafe

I think it's actually a 2 step process - but I could be wrong.

When I see players clear waivers after the draft, they clear at midnight PST and become FA's. Those players who have a waiver claim in then sit there for a while (still with the 'w' and date next to their name) while the waiver process sorts things out.

In that particular case, you can actually see which players are being claimed before the waivers process. I believe I have put in a waiver claim on one of those players at that point and ended up getting that player. That would have been a season or two ago - so maybe it was a fluke or maybe the glitch is fixed

So, I would look for other players who are on waivers for the same time frame, and mentally note which players they are (or put 'em on your watch list). Then, at midnight PST look to see if some of those players are now FA's and others are still 'on waivers' until the waiver process completes. If they are still on waivers after the others have cleared - then someone put in a claim for them.

[BalataGrande]

Is there any rhyme or reason to when a "minor" comes up? For example, when a hot prospect like Cueto comes up (I missed on him btw) when does he hit the waiver process?? I have several leagues where there are no waivers so you have to be looking on the right day and right time. Is it the day after they have stats or is it random??

[The Loveable Losers]

Is there any rhyme or reason to when a "minor" comes up? For example, when a hot prospect like Cueto comes up (I missed on him btw) when does he hit the waiver process?? I have several leagues where there are no waivers so you have to be looking on the right day and right time. Is it the day after they have stats or is it random??

It's neither random nor predictable - it's a human process done by the people at Yahoo!.

There's a filter option to see only players on waivers when you search for players...I use that in my leagues that watching the WW is important.

[j24jags]

Last season I stayed up waiting for some guys to clear or take grab a spot starter for the next day and I remember it was always somewhere between 330 and 4 AM EST.

[Fantasy Sports Genie]

Is there any rhyme or reason to when a "minor" comes up? For example, when a hot prospect like Cueto comes up (I missed on him btw) when does he hit the waiver process?? I have several leagues where there are no waivers so you have to be looking on the right day and right time. Is it the day after they have stats or is it random??

It's neither random nor predictable - it's a human process done by the people at Yahoo!.

There's a filter option to see only players on waivers when you search for players...I use that in my leagues that watching the WW is important.

This is incorrect. I've explained the process elsewhere on this forum multiple times this season, but manual intervention in the player approval process is very much the exception rather than the rule.