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Waivers for the Offseason

Learn the best way to set up your league's FA and waivers over the offseason

Written by Sleeper HQ

Sleeper allows year-round player movement, making it easy for keeper and dynasty leagues to stay active during the offseason.

Once your league championship ends, your league has officially entered the offseason.

If your league plans to continue making roster moves, it's very important to transition your league to the next season first.

Any moves made after the championship but before transitioning your league will NOT carry over once the league advances to the new season.

In short: transition first, then make offseason moves.

It's also important to note that your Regular Season Waiver settings do not control offseason waivers.


Offseason Waivers

During the offseason, only Custom Daily Waivers apply.

If you'd like waivers to be active during the offseason, you'll need to enable Custom Daily Waivers in your league settings.

If your rookie/supplemental draft has already been scheduled for the upcoming season, you'll also need to enable Allow Moves Pre-Draft in order for teams to continue making transactions.


Daily Custom Waiver Options

FA

All eligible players will be available on a first-come, first-served basis for the full day.

The only exception would be players who were recently dropped, if your Time Players Are on Waivers After Drop setting is enabled.

Waivers

All players will remain on waivers for the full day.

They will process at your selected waiver time, then immediately return to waivers for at least the remainder of that day.

Locked

No players can be added through waivers or free agency for the entire day.

Waivers → FA

Players will remain on waivers until your selected processing time.

Once waivers process, eligible players will become free agents for the rest of the day.


If you do not want any waivers or free agency in the offseason, you'll need to enable this setting.

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