Free agents cost cap space — there's no separate FAAB wallet in Capr. Your bid on a player becomes his contract salary, which means every claim is a roster decision and a budget decision at once.
In-season waivers
In season, waivers run as continuous FAAB-style bidding by default: any unrostered player can be claimed at any time by submitting a blind bid from your cap space. Claims sit for a 24-hour window by default (leagues can use 48) and process on the league's schedule — noon ET is the default, and commissioners can set one or several processing days per week.
In-season bids are always blind. You see that a player has pending claims, never what anyone offered. Winning bids resolve Vickrey-style — the winner pays just above the second-highest bid (minimum increment: 1 by default) rather than their own maximum, so bidding your true value never means overpaying by accident.
Offseason free agency
The offseason free agency phase is a bigger event. It runs as a slow auction that works like eBay: players are nominated, teams bid openly with proxy bids over days, and anti-snipe timers extend the clock on late bids.
Bid visibility is configurable in the offseason — by default all offseason auction bids are visible, which makes the market a spectator sport. In season, bids stay blind no matter what.
| Setting | Default | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-season waiver type | Continuous FAAB (cap bids) | — | Blind bids from cap space; bid amount becomes the contract salary. |
| Claim window | 24 hours | 24 or 48 hours | How long a claimed player sits before bids process. |
| Processing time | Noon ET | — | Commissioners can set the hour and one or more processing days per week. |
| Offseason FA format | Slow auction | — | The offseason free agency phase runs as an open, proxy-bid slow auction. |
| Offseason bid visibility | Visible | — | Offseason auction bids are public by default; in-season bids are always blind. |
| Minimum bid increment | 1 | — | The step used in Vickrey second-price resolution. |