VI. PLAYING THE GAME
D Emergency Waiver Claims (EWC)
1. EWC players are players that appear in Advanced Draft and are NOT owned by another MWBL franchise.
2. During the weekly update cycle, if a team finds itself unable to field an Active Roster that is compliant with IV>B, the team will be required to obtain a new player for the team either by trade or the EWC.
a. Player fatigue is not a valid reason for an EWC.
3. A team can choose a player of the same positional coverage needed when there is no more coverage left for a position on their team, due to a player being assigned to the DL or a player’s usage has run out, by using this form. The position does not need to be the player’s primary position, but they must be carded for the position.
4. There is a limit of (3) “free” Emergency Waiver Claim (EWC) players per team, per season. Requests beyond that will penalize teams in the following manner:
a. For each request over (3), a team will have their lowest owned draft pick moved to the end of the Annual draft after pick 336.
1. Picks will be moved to the end at the time the request is made.
2. If multiple teams have picks moved to the end of the draft, they will be placed in their draft order position.
b. Example: A team makes a 4th selection. Their 10th-round pick is the lowest pick they own at that time. It will be moved to after the last scheduled pick in the draft. If they then make a 5th selection and their next lowest is the 8th pick, that would be moved to the end of the draft.
5. Teams may choose an EWC replacement player if they meet the following conditions:
a. 930 positional players first.
1. If no 930 players are available, then the player with the highest PR/SF is to be used.
b. Grade 3 pitcher.
6. No Emergency Waiver Player or Pitcher can ever be sent to a farm roster and is a Free Agent once they are no longer needed or at the end of the season.
7. A team may keep an EWC player on the Active Roster as long as needed but must return the player when the team is compliant with IV>B at the start of the next series.
a. If the Commissioner’s Office feels a team is abusing the process the Commissioner’s Office can inflict penalties that could result in the loss of a pick(s) in the upcoming Annual Draft.
8. Itchy-status pitchers are only allowed to enter a game as a pitcher. There are no warnings. The penalty for this will result in one of the following:
a. The entire series is being replayed (or simmed) by the opposing owner or simmed by the Commissioner’s Office.
b. The draft pick loss will start with the “3rd offense” in the penalty chart.

REMINDER – There is a limit of (3) “free” Emergency Waiver Claim (EWC) players per team, per season. Requests beyond that will penalize teams in the following manner: