With the non-waiver trade deadline in the past, teams now must pass players through revocable trade waivers in order to freely shop them around the league. The specifics of the August trading process are expanded upon in our August trade primer, for those who are unfamiliar with how it works.
We’ll run down today’s list of players that are reported to be on revocable trade waivers here…
- The Brewers will place right-hander Kyle Lohse on revocable waivers in the hope that someone will claim the remaining ~$3.55MM on his 2015 salary, reports Bob Nightengale of USA Today (via Twitter). That’s an unlikely outcome, especially when considering Lohse’s struggles this season. The veteran Lohse was shifted from the rotation to the bullpen yesterday, with MLB.com’s Adam McCalvy noting that it “sounds like” the Brewers are attempting to trade him. If Lohse clears waivers, the Brewers will be free to trade him to any team, though I’d imagine they’d have to assume a sizable portion of the remaining salary to find any serious takers. Lohse was very good in his first two seasons with the Brewers but has a 6.21 ERA in 124 innings this season. His velocity remains unchanged, but he’s been exceptionally homer-prone. For what it’s worth, xFIP and SIERA both peg him for a more serviceable 4.37 mark.
Yankees will pick him up, he can sub for C.C. Sabathia !
Sabathia did great last night against the Red Flops, he was given 8 days rest but he might be our last chance to see a 300 game winner. He’s still got it.
It’s going to take CC about 17 years at this rate to get the 88 wins he needs to get to 300. Good luck with that.
I firmly believe Lohse still has plenty of good baseball left in him. And I’m a Brewers fan. I hope to see a new team pick him up and see what he’s got
I agree. I assume the Bucs are at least taking a look. I’ve got to assume Searage could improve him since he still appears to have maintained velocity. Got to be better than Happ (whom the Pirates are skipping the next time through the rotation).