Baseball Waiver Trades Rumors

Stark On Waiver Happenings

Jayson Stark's column today was a goldmine of waiver-related material. I updated my Players Who Have Cleared Waivers post with his new info. Two thoughts from that group: I was surprised to see that no one wanted a piece of Troy Glaus's contract, which really isn't scary at $24MM over 2008-09 (assuming he exercises his player option). I'm sure his no-trade clause would've been a pricey obstacle, but what's the harm in making a claim? Why would the Angels, Phillies, and Dodgers pass on him? Maybe clubs talked to J.P. Ricciardi and decided it just wasn't worth it. And to..   Continue Reading

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Players Who Have Cleared Waivers

Once a player clears waivers, he can be traded to any team. Here's a list of the players who have cleared waivers this month plus their contract situation. I'll keep the list up-to-date and put it on the sidebar under MLBTR Features. (Thanks to Jayson Stark for many new additions). Last updated 8-20-07 Pat Burrell - $13MM in '07, $14MM in '08, full no-trade clause Jose Contreras - $9MM in '07, $10MM in '08, $10MM in '09 Kyle Farnsworth - $5.25MM in '07, $5.5MM in '08 Troy Glaus - $10.75MM in '07, $12.75MM in '08, $11.25MM player option in '09,..   Continue Reading

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Waiver Trade Candidate: Mike Piazza

Athletics DH Mike Piazza has about $2.83MM left on his contract this year. Some teams poked around before the deadline - the Twins, maybe the Angels - but there wasn't much action on him and he didn't go anywhere. The question now is whether the A's will put him on waivers to try to trade him this month. There's no harm in just putting him on waivers, for starters. The Braves placed Andruw Jones on waivers last year. Now if the A's do place Piazza on waivers, teams with the worst records in the AL get priority. So basically the..   Continue Reading

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Waiver Trade Rules

The non-waiver trade deadline has passed, but that doesn't mean trading is done. I found a helpful old Steve Phillips article explaining the whole August waiver trade thing. If you don't feel like checking that out, here's a summary: Any player can be put on waivers by his team, and the player does not need to be informed. Other teams have the chance to make a claim on the player during a 47 hour window. If the player is claimed, the team that placed him on waivers has the option of pulling him back. If the team pulls him back..   Continue Reading

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Olney: Waiver Trade Candidates

In case you missed it, Buster Olney posted a list of players who have passed through waivers and can be traded to any team before Thursday's deadline. Here's the list: David Wells Shawn Chacon Jae Seo Sidney Ponson Bruce Chen Jeromy Burnitz Jeff Conine Jay Payton Bobby Kielty Reggie Sanders Luis Matos Jay Gibbons Geoff Jenkins Gabe Kapler There are some truly awful players on that list. But there are also some solid guys who are there simply because they make too much money for what they've done this year. Wells and Gibbons are the two names that jump out..   Continue Reading

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Braves Scouts Attended Rangers Game Thursday

According to the Dallas Morning News Seamheads blog, two Braves scouts attended Thursday's Rangers-Angels game. Evan Grant theorizes that the Rangers may have claimed Andruw Jones to block the Angels. He also described the scouts' attendance as "unusual." Said Buster Olney today on Jones: "If they don't trade him today without getting his approval then they never will be able to. If Jones is in the lineup against the Reds this afternoon, we'll know he's staying, at least until the offseason." Andruw deemed it "rude" that the Braves are keeping him in the dark about this waiver business. But John..   Continue Reading

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Which Team Was Awarded The Andruw Jones Claim?

The Braves have until Saturday afternoon to either strike a deal with the team that was awarded a claim for Andruw Jones or pull him back. Most likely, the Braves will hang on to Jones. As I learned from Steve Phillips, "all 40-man roster players must go through waivers in order to change teams even if they are in the minor leagues." The old player-to-be-named-later is an option, though that player cannot be an active Major Leaguer. We know more than one team put in a claim on Jones. Because he's in the NL, NL teams get first rights to..   Continue Reading

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Andruw Jones Placed On Waivers

Rob Bradford of Massachusett's Eagle-Tribune writes that Andruw Jones has been placed on waivers by the Braves. I discovered this via Buster Olney's blog. Said Olney: "In any event, I seriously doubt Jones will be playing for anybody but the Braves, despite the fact that in the next week, he'll earn the 10-and-5 right to veto any trade. But we'll soon know if anybody has placed a claim, and whether the Braves are willing to discuss a trade." Jones makes $13.5MM next season in the last year of his contract. He'll turn 30 in the beginning of the '07 season...   Continue Reading

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Red Sox Pursuing Javy Lopez

Newspapers from both Boston and Baltimore are confirming that the Red Sox have contacted the Orioles about catcher Javy Lopez. The 35 year-old Lopez has only caught twenty games this season, but he could certainly provide acceptable offense for the rest of the month until Jason Varitek comes back. The Boston Herald indicates that Lopez could clear waivers today. A source tells me that the Red Sox may part with 23 year-old southpaw starter Abe Alvarez. Alvarez is the guy who wears his hat crooked to compensate for being legally blind in one eye. He's proven quite hittable in Triple..   Continue Reading

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Waiver Trade Candidate: Ryan Klesko

Let's assess Ryan Klesko's situation and background. He could be a candidate for a waiver trade this month. When he has been on the field, the 35 year-old Klesko has recently been seen in left field. Last year, he dealt with back soreness/spasms, a fever, a pinched nerve in his neck, and a strained shoulder. He got into 137 games despite all of that, but slugged just .418. The Padres planned to move him to first base and the #2 slot this year, but a cortisone shot didn't solve his shoulder problem. By April he'd decided to have surgery. Currently..   Continue Reading

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