Ramon Hernandez placed on waivers

Didn't see this up yet. I'm not sure on the rules of waivers, so I'll let someone smarter than me explain it.

9 months ago DTFH91 10 comments 0 recs |

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When a player is placed on waivers, there is a 72 hour window for any other club to place a claim on him. If multiple teams claim him, the one with the worse record gets priority. When the player is claimed, the team that placed him waivers can either pull the player back off waivers, or surrender him to the team that has claimed him. The new team is then responsible for the player’s remaining contract. If nobody claims the player, the team that placed him on waivers is free to negotiate a trade with any other team. I also think that if the player is pulled off waivers, he cannot be put back on waivers.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2011 8:07 PM EDT reply actions

they can trade him to the claiming team though

or if he passes through waivers they can trade him to anyone. that’s why the August deadline is called the “non-waiver” trade-deadline. this actually is how Dunn was traded, and the dbacks claimed him to keep him from another contending NL west team. But, like you said, the player can be given away to the claiming team and that team will have to pay the players salary, so you see a number of guys go through without being claimed. They then can be traded freely. Ramon being put on waivers is not all that surprising, a lot of players are placed on waivers around now. That way teams can see what someone will trade for them, or they can dump the salary on someone.

by pack_fan on Aug 25, 2011 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions