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Players Claimed Off Waivers Twice This Offseason

By Mike Axisa | February 20, 2011 at 8:43pm CDT

Swarms of players are selected off waivers every offseason, but every so often we'll see a player get claimed more than once in a single winter. As our Transaction Tracker shows, four players were claimed off waivers on two different occasions since the end of the 2010 regular season. Let's review…

  • Philip Humber, RHP: The former third overall pick in the draft (2004), the 28-year-old Humber is perhaps best known for being included in the package the Twins received from the Mets for Johan Santana in early-2008. The Athletics grabbed him off waivers from the Royals in mid-December after he'd been designated for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster for Jeff Francoeur. The White Sox then plucked him off waivers from the A's about a month later, after he'd been cut to make room for Guillermo Moscoso.
  • Jordan Parraz, OF: The Red Sox started the chain reaction by claiming Parraz off waivers from the Royals in late-November, then the Yankees stepped in and grabbed him a few weeks later.
  • Max Ramirez, C/1B: The Red Sox almost acquired Ramirez from the Rangers last offseason before Mike Lowell's finger injury nixed the deal, but Theo Epstein eventually got his man by selecting him off waivers from Texas in early-January. Ramirez had been DFA'd to make room on the Rangers' roster for Brandon Webb. A few days later, the Cubs grabbed Ramirez off waivers from Boston.
  • Brian Schlitter, RHP: When the Cubs placed Carlos Zambrano on the restricted list last season, Schlitter was the pitcher called up from the minors to fill the vacated spot on the pitching staff. The Yankees claimed him off waivers from the north siders in early January, but lost him this week when the Phillies scooped him up. New York designated him for assignment to make room for Andruw Jones.
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  1. John Ginder

    14 years ago

    Didn’t Jordan Parraz get claimed twice too? Red Sox claimed him then the Yankees did.

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    • Mike Axisa 3

      14 years ago

      You’re right, I missed the first claim. Thanks, I added it to the post.

      Reply
  2. jeffbrown

    14 years ago

    Waste of story. Who gives an eff?

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    • Jeff

      14 years ago

      Who cares what you think? Are you a paying customer?

      Reply
    • TDKnies

      14 years ago

      Because we could better spend our time reading ANOTHER story about Pujols or Michael Young? At least this is something different and mildly interesting (albeit unimportant).

      Reply
    • Verlander_Will_Save_Us_All

      14 years ago

      Is he gonna get blocked on his very first comment?

      Reply
      • jeffbrown

        14 years ago

        It just seems he is really reaching for a story. If comments aren’t wanted, disable the feature.

        Reply
        • Verlander_Will_Save_Us_All

          14 years ago

          They’re wanted, but ones that diss the website aren’t. Good luck, but it does say write in the commenting policy that comments that are bad for buisness will be deleted and the poster will be blocked. Take a look at it and be careful.

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        • elclashcombo

          14 years ago

          Who effin cares if it’s reaching? You obviously cared enough to comment twice. It takes half a millisecond to skip the post if you don’t like it. Personally, I wish the author would expand the topic to provide some insight as to why these particular players were waived multiple times.

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          • jeffbrown

            14 years ago

            Here is the reason they were waived multiple times: They aren’t any good.

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            • damnitsderek

              14 years ago

              Ever heard of a roster crunch? Dumb comment.

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            • jb226 2

              14 years ago

              That’s a really shallow comment. If they weren’t any good, they would only be waived once and then given up on. Particularly when it happens twice in one offseason, as they couldn’t possibly have done anything baseball-related to go from “guy we want to give a shot to” “nevermind.”

              If the team didn’t want them, they would be released and/or never claimed in the first place. These players were DFA’d; what the team wanted wasn’t to lose the player, but to free up the 40 man roster spot. A claim means another team finds them valuable enough to give the roster spot to. There are plenty of players in the minor leagues who “aren’t any good;” who are just organizational filler or longshots — but these players aren’t protected within the organization with a 40 man roster spot. That is pretty much the opposite of not being any good. They may never be superstars (or maybe they will be–David Ortiz anybody?) but they can still be valuable pieces of a team.

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    • inleylandwetrust

      14 years ago

      Hey, I’m desperate for any news about baseball season. It’s almost time for the games to start dude, it’s like this every year.

      Reply
    • J228

      14 years ago

      Wow….just wow.

      Reply
    • MetsFanXXIII

      14 years ago

      Who’s that trip-trapping over my bridge?

      Reply
  3. bigpat

    14 years ago

    If any of these guys post a .01 WAR in the majors, I will eat my hat. It’s funny seeing some guys tossed around from team to team, only to be minor league fodder.

    Reply
  4. Krizzeg

    14 years ago

    I seem to remember Max Ramirez being pretty highly touted… I guess his stock has dropped a bit…

    Reply
  5. jeffbrown

    14 years ago

    How about an in depth analysis as to why Gregorio Petit was released before ST began. Inquiring minds want to know!

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