Will there be an article speculating on potential post deadline trade candidates?
Tim Dierkes
Definitely.
Vandals Took The Handles
Excellent article.
MLBTR covered the trade deadline far better then any other publication. Got a kick out of it when the website crashed – the highest compliment a readership base can pay. Better then any silly award. MLBTR educates it readers as opposed to entertaining them. Refreshing in this day and age.
Tim Dierkes
Much appreciated! But, I need to make sure we don’t crash next year!
kman5000
Very informative article. Thank you for sharing this information. I have a much better understanding of how post deadline deals work now.
rlp12273
Can a team trade a player who clears wavers for a player who has not? For instance, if Team A claims a player from Team B and now tries to work out a trade, can Team A include a player from their team in the deal that did not pass through wavers (either never was put on waivers or was pulled back)?
Steve Adams
No. Any player that is on a 40-man roster has to clear waivers in order to be traded. The Cubs, for example, couldn’t send Javier Baez to the Padres in a James Shields deal once Shields clears waivers, unless Baez first cleared waivers himself, which he of course would not.
drewm
I was just searching for something that would quickly explain exactly this. Your timing is impeccable
jkunkle
Frasor, Pierzynski, Gomes, Chris Johnson, McGehee, Ichiro, Harang, Francouer, Utley, Ruiz, Byrd, Cotts, Garza, Lohse, Addison Reed, Betancourt, Jose Reyes, Uehara, Napoli, Bourn, Neftali Feliz, Fuld, Billy Butler, Wilhelmsen, Fernando Rodney, Morrison, Seth Smith, Trumbo, Gallardo, Andrus, Choo.
All players from sellers I could see getting traded this month
chisoxjay
Great article guys.
I’ve always wondered about this mythical waiver thing and perhaps you can clear it up for me: Where/how does the waiver wire exist? When a team puts a player on waivers, is it emailed to MLB offices? Does the MLB office then post a list, and how are the other teams informed? Or is there an actually ticking wire like in the old days of the stock exchange?
Thanks!
Jason
ryeandi
Two questions: Why wouldn’t every team always put every player on waivers on August 1st? Is there a place for us fans to see which players have been placed on waivers, when they were placed, and what their status is?
mct1
It’s my impression that it is common for teams to run most or all of the players on their roster through trade assignment waivers in early August. The more players you run through waivers, the harder it is to figure out which players you’re actually trying to trade. Teams can only place seven players on waivers each day (I believe that’s for waivers of all types, combined), however, so it takes several days for a team to cycle through its entire roster.
MLB does not publicly announce when a player has been placed on any type of waivers. These moves are not reported as transactions. The only way you know that a player is on waivers is if team officials talk to the media about it. If a player is involved in certain types of transactions (claimed off waivers, released, outrighted to the minors, traded after the deadline) you obviously know he must have gone through the waiver process first, but it’s possible for a player to be on waivers without any transaction happening in the end (e.g., trade assignment waivers where the player is pulled back, or clears but is never actually traded). Even when a player is claimed off waivers and awarded to a new team, they don’t specify what type of waivers the player was on.
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Out of place Met fan
Will there be an article speculating on potential post deadline trade candidates?
Tim Dierkes
Definitely.
Vandals Took The Handles
Excellent article.
MLBTR covered the trade deadline far better then any other publication. Got a kick out of it when the website crashed – the highest compliment a readership base can pay. Better then any silly award. MLBTR educates it readers as opposed to entertaining them. Refreshing in this day and age.
Tim Dierkes
Much appreciated! But, I need to make sure we don’t crash next year!
kman5000
Very informative article. Thank you for sharing this information. I have a much better understanding of how post deadline deals work now.
rlp12273
Can a team trade a player who clears wavers for a player who has not? For instance, if Team A claims a player from Team B and now tries to work out a trade, can Team A include a player from their team in the deal that did not pass through wavers (either never was put on waivers or was pulled back)?
Steve Adams
No. Any player that is on a 40-man roster has to clear waivers in order to be traded. The Cubs, for example, couldn’t send Javier Baez to the Padres in a James Shields deal once Shields clears waivers, unless Baez first cleared waivers himself, which he of course would not.
drewm
I was just searching for something that would quickly explain exactly this. Your timing is impeccable
jkunkle
Frasor, Pierzynski, Gomes, Chris Johnson, McGehee, Ichiro, Harang, Francouer, Utley, Ruiz, Byrd, Cotts, Garza, Lohse, Addison Reed, Betancourt, Jose Reyes, Uehara, Napoli, Bourn, Neftali Feliz, Fuld, Billy Butler, Wilhelmsen, Fernando Rodney, Morrison, Seth Smith, Trumbo, Gallardo, Andrus, Choo.
All players from sellers I could see getting traded this month
chisoxjay
Great article guys.
I’ve always wondered about this mythical waiver thing and perhaps you can clear it up for me: Where/how does the waiver wire exist? When a team puts a player on waivers, is it emailed to MLB offices? Does the MLB office then post a list, and how are the other teams informed? Or is there an actually ticking wire like in the old days of the stock exchange?
Thanks!
Jason
ryeandi
Two questions: Why wouldn’t every team always put every player on waivers on August 1st? Is there a place for us fans to see which players have been placed on waivers, when they were placed, and what their status is?
mct1
It’s my impression that it is common for teams to run most or all of the players on their roster through trade assignment waivers in early August. The more players you run through waivers, the harder it is to figure out which players you’re actually trying to trade. Teams can only place seven players on waivers each day (I believe that’s for waivers of all types, combined), however, so it takes several days for a team to cycle through its entire roster.
MLB does not publicly announce when a player has been placed on any type of waivers. These moves are not reported as transactions. The only way you know that a player is on waivers is if team officials talk to the media about it. If a player is involved in certain types of transactions (claimed off waivers, released, outrighted to the minors, traded after the deadline) you obviously know he must have gone through the waiver process first, but it’s possible for a player to be on waivers without any transaction happening in the end (e.g., trade assignment waivers where the player is pulled back, or clears but is never actually traded). Even when a player is claimed off waivers and awarded to a new team, they don’t specify what type of waivers the player was on.