Let’s wrap up some news items as we head into the new week…
- The Orioles have made a few notable August acquisitions during Dan Duquette’s tenure with the club, and Duquette tells Jon Meoli of the Baltimore Sun that he has again been looking at the waiver market. “So we’ve been working on it….You want to make your bench as strong as you can make it, and also get as much pitching depth as you can,” Duquette said.
- Since joining the Brewers organization, Lewis Brinson has been on fire, entering today’s action with a 1.099 OPS over 68 plate appearances for Triple-A Colorado Springs. Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel notes that Brinson could be a September callup for the Brew Crew, though the club’s outfield is already pretty crowded. Brinson was the centerpiece of the trade package (fellow top prospect Luis Ortiz and a player to be named later) Milwaukee acquired in the deadline blockbuster that sent Jonathan Lucroy and Jeremy Jeffress to the Rangers.
- Cuban outfielder Dairon Blanco and right-hander Carlos Juan Viera will hold a showcase in the Dominican Republic on September 5, MLB.com’s Jesse Sanchez reports (via Twitter). Blanco, a 23-year-old described by Baseball America’s Ben Badler as owning blazing speed but somewhat raw hitting and fielding skills, still has to receive clearance from MLB to officially become a free agent. Blanco is subject to international signing guidelines and the 27-year-old Viera appears to be as well, since he has only four seasons under his belt in Cuba’s top league, the Serie Nacional.
Isn’t the practice of making claims of players on revocable waivers considered in bad taste if the claiming team has zero interest in the player, but just trying out some gamemanship? Or is that in the past now and GMs will make claims just to block their rivals?
They can put in claims like this but might get screwed by claiming a bad contract another team is just trying to dump.
In 2000, that’s how the Yankees got Jose Canseco. They didn’t want him, but didn’t want another team to have him and got stuck with him when the Rays dumped the contract.
When do players to be named later typically get announced? Isn’t the one going to Milwaukee from Texas a top prospect?
If it’s one of their draft picks, then he will be named one year after he was signed.
If the player was drafted this year then he can be traded after the World Series. So should see a few players move at that time.
Actually just read up on it and this is what was sent out to teams.
Please be advised that the Commissioner’s Office and the Players Association have agreed to amend the Major League Rules in advance of this year’s Rule 4 Draft with respect to players-to-be-named-later (“PTBNLs”) under Rule 12(e)(2), and the trading of draft picks under Rule 3(b)(6). …commencing with players eligible for the 2015 Rule 4 Draft, (a) players selected in the Draft may be traded beginning on the day following the conclusion of the World Series, and (b) drafted players cannot be PTBNLs unless they otherwise could be traded pursuant to Rule 3(b)(6), as amended, at the time of the trade.
Stearns said it will be after the minor league season ends
Stearns’ reasoning was there were several players that Texas gave them the choice of and they wanted more time to scout before making a decision. Stearns said at the time of the deal that the Texas package was for closer to major league ready pieces than the deal they had in place with Cleveland that Lucroy nixed. It should be noted that Texas made some promotions from AA to AAA right after the deal that could have been at behest of Brewers.
I don’t think it was set in stone who it was going to be. If I remember correctly, the story was that the Rangers and Brewers ran out of time to figure out a third prospect and decided to just do a PTBNL. The Rangers probably submitted a list of prospects they were comfortable parting with and the Brewers are taking their time (and doing due diligence) to make sure they are getting the best player available to them.
Most of the time when there is a PTBNL mentioned in trades, lists are composed and players are assigned values related to where the acquiring team finishes in the standings. If they win their division but lose in the first round, a player from a predetermined list would be chosen. If the acquiring team were to win the World Series, then the list would get much larger and the trading team would receive a prospect of their choice from the larger list.