A swap automatically replaces one of your drafted players with an eligible alternate when that player becomes unavailable (marked as OUT, cut, or withdrawn). Swaps are your safety net—once the unavailable player's game starts, the system automatically finds and substitutes the best eligible replacement.

If you select a player who is then marked as inactive after they are drafted but before the contest begins, we will automatically swap in the next highest projected player at that position that was not previously drafted.

If you have rankings set, we will select from the top of your custom rankings as opposed to projections.

If there are multiple swaps to be made in a single contest the swaps will be made in reverse draft order.

Swap is automatic and will occur when the next game begins, after your player has been marked inactive.

There are no swaps in Best Ball season-long contests.

Timing: Tied to Individual Game Start. Swaps execute when a player's individual game starts, not when the contest locks. A player can become unavailable after the contest locks and still be swapped.

5-Minute Buffer: The swap processes 5 minutes after the player's game starts, giving the system time to finalize game data.

Wave-Based Scheduling: In contests with multiple game start times, the system schedules swaps separately for each game wave—not all at once.

Replacement Constraint: Your replacement player must be from a game that hasn't started yet. You cannot swap in a player whose game is already live.

Swap eligible, aka “Inactive” statuses include: Out, Traded, Retired, Suspended. If a player already had this designation prior to being selected, they will not be swap eligible.

Your drafted player is automatically swapped if they have one of these unavailability statuses:

Any MLB players not in the starting lineup will be considered "inactive" and will be swap eligible for any players that are yet to play in the same slate. If an MLB game is postponed, those players will also be swap eligible for any players that are yet to play in the same slate.

If an MLB game is suspended and resumed on a later date, players from the suspended game will not be swap eligible.

A withdrawn golfer is only eligible for swap if they withdrew before teeing off. After they start playing, they cannot be swapped, even by support staff. A cut golfer is only eligible for swap in weekend-only contests. Golfers who are cut during a Four Round Draft will NOT swap.

Bench players will not be swapped out of lineups unless they are confirmed OUT(O) before their game starts OR if they do not play in their game. In the case in which a player is drafted and doesn't play, they will swap if there are any remaining games on the slate that haven't started yet. Goalkeepers (G) will not be swapped out of lineups if they are subbed out. Non-starting Goalkeepers will be marked OUT(O) before their game starts.

Goalies are always eligible for swap if unavailable. Outfield players are only eligible if marked as OUT, not if merely out of the lineup.

Your drafted player is eligible for a swap if:

The replacement player must meet these criteria:

When a swap is triggered, the system automatically selects the best available replacement based on your personal rankings. The replacement priority is determined as follows:

User Rankings (Primary): If you have created custom rankings for the contest, the system uses your ranking order to find the best available replacement from your ranked players.

ADP/Projections (Fallback): If you haven't created rankings, the system selects the best eligible replacement based on Average Draft Position (ADP) or projected performance.

You cannot manually choose the replacement—it's selected automatically by the system based on your rankings or default metrics. The replacement is chosen from eligible players whose games haven't started yet.

A player on your roster is marked OUT an hour before their game starts. The contest has already locked. When their game start time arrives (plus 5 minutes), an eligible replacement is automatically swapped in.

If no eligible replacements exist (all remaining players already played or are already in your lineup), the swap cannot occur and your unavailable player remains in your lineup.

Each unavailable player is evaluated independently during their own game's start time. You can have multiple swaps occur across a single contest as different game times arrive.

When multiple players in your lineup become unavailable during the same game wave (or need swapping at the same time), the system processes swaps in a specific order based on draft position. This matters because if multiple swaps compete for the same available player, the priority order determines who gets that replacement first.

Priority order: Swaps are processed by draft round (earliest rounds first), and within each round, by draft pick order following the snake pattern. Your highest drafted pick (earliest round) gets its replacement first, then the next pick, and so on.

Example: In a 6-person snake draft, if picks from Round 1 and Round 2 both need swapping in the same wave, all Round 1 picks get their replacements before any Round 2 picks. Within Round 1, the pick from the latest drafting seat (last to pick that round) is processed first, working backwards through the snake order.

Why this matters: Each pick still gets its replacement from YOUR personal rankings (or ADP/projections if no rankings). The priority order only decides who gets to claim a replacement first when multiple swaps might compete for the same available player.

If a game is postponed, those players will also be swap eligible for any players that are yet to play in the same slate. Players from a suspended game, however, will not be swap eligible.

Unfortunately, swaps may not be made retroactively if all other games on the slate have started. In the case of there being no eligible games + players left for a contest, the player will accrue a score of 0 in your lineup, as roster construction requirements must still be met.

You cannot manually trigger a swap. Swaps are automatic, based on unavailability status.

You cannot choose the replacement player. The system automatically selects based on your personal rankings (or ADP/projections if you don't have rankings). You can't override the system's selection.

You cannot swap in a player whose game has started. Replacements must be from upcoming games.

Cascading swaps are possible. If a player is swapped in and later becomes unavailable (OUT, cut, withdrawn), that pick can be swapped again to another eligible player. Picks can be swapped multiple times as long as eligible replacements exist and their games haven't started.

You can view the history of any swaps that occurred in your contest by clicking the swap icon next to a player in your lineup. This shows you: