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tim815
Twice Rule 5 guys have been designated for assignment. Martin and Cave. Not used to that being a thing.
mstrchef13
All Rule 5 guys are passed through waivers before being returned to their original teams, just in case another team wants to claim him and keep him on their roster.
tim815
Totally correct.
However, it’s new to DFA them first. Normally, they simply get waived. The DFA-then-waive thing is a new-ish trend. It will continue, I’m sure.
koldjerky
Is that really how it works? I thought the surrendering team got first dibs as soon as the acquiring team decided they didn’t want the player.
If he went through waivers, guaranteed we’d see more rule 5 guys being claimed. I can’t really recall that happening. Now if the original team dfa’d him afterwards, then I’d understand the waivers but not in the case where the acquiring team didn’t want him anymore.
aff10
They’re right, the player is waived first before being returned to the original team, but with the same stipulation that they must remain on a team’s 25 man roster fire the year. Most of the time, if the team that drafted them was unimpressed enough to waive the player, it’s rare that a different team saw enough to claim the player to keep them on their 25 man