Baseball Waivers

TheMailman · Aug 27, 2012

Looking at the recent Boston and LA blockbuster I have asked myself how is it possilbe that all players involved were picked up by either The Sox or LA. You mean that not a single played involved brought any interest by any other club that was higher in the order of selecting players placed on waivers?

Sounds a bit like collusion (sp) to me

As I understand waivers is that once a player is placed on waivers the teams in reverse order of standings get to go first and so on.. Am I wrong...??

If I am mistaken please clear up my errors Thanks

MIKEY.1TIME · Aug 27, 2012

some low market team should of gone after agon for the simple reason to block something like this..no trade would of been worked out and boston would not of let him just walk...i for one think its great for the sox..love agaon, but beckett was a mess and who knows about crawford....

Doug · Aug 27, 2012

I thought it was odd that such a trade could be made, as well.

bigtendominator · Aug 27, 2012

Because if a team claims a player, they will be stuck with him for a small waiver fee:

If Houston claimed AGonz and Crawford, to prevent someone else from getting him and Boston and Houston can't work a deal out. Boston just pays the waiver fee (not sure how much that is) and Houston is now on the hook for their contracts.

bigtendominator · Aug 27, 2012

Essientally, if you are claiming a guy, you guaranteed to take on his salary (unless he is a 10/5 guy), then the claim can be dissolved.

MIKEY.1TIME · Aug 27, 2012

bigtendominator said:
Because if a team claims a player, they will be stuck with him for a small waiver fee:

If Houston claimed AGonz and Crawford, to prevent someone else from getting him and Boston and Houston can't work a deal out. Boston just pays the waiver fee (not sure how much that is) and Houston is now on the hook for their contracts.

all houston had to do was claim agon...not beckett, crawford was out so wasnt part of waivers. if houston claimed agon, the sox wouldnt work out a deal and wouldnt let him go

MIKEY.1TIME · Aug 27, 2012

bigtendominator said:
Essientally, if you are claiming a guy, you guaranteed to take on his salary (unless he is a 10/5 guy), then the claim can be dissolved.

only guaranteed if the team who puts them on waivers works out a deal. or lets him go( which wouldnt of happened with just agaon)..they(sox) can pull him back...

bigtendominator · Aug 27, 2012

MIKEY.1TIME said:
all houston had to do was claim agon...not beckett, crawford was out so wasnt part of waivers. if houston claimed agon, the sox wouldnt work out a deal and wouldnt let him go

they would have let him go because of salary and now houston owes $120M