Waiver Question

[ECUoak]

Anyone have a quick breakdown on how waivers work? I tried to claim a few on the trade deadline and didn’t sign any. Also didn’t look like they were signed by anyone but I could be missing it. Just looking for a quick breakdown on how the wire works. Thanks!

[moTIGS]

I'm far from an expert, but I think the waivers right after the trade deadline are revocable, meaning if anyone claims the player, the team can take him off waivers and keep him. If no team claims him off waivers, though, then he can be traded after the trade deadline.

So if it's after the trade deadline and you want someone on waivers, it might be better to not claim him and hope he clears them offer a trade.

[reyes the roof]

Quote: Originally Posted by moTIGS

I'm far from an expert, but I think the waivers right after the trade deadline are revocable, meaning if anyone claims the player, the team can take him off waivers and keep him. If no team claims him off waivers, though, then he can be traded after the trade deadline. So if it's after the trade deadline and you want someone on waivers, it might be better to not claim him and hope he clears them offer a trade.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think if you claim him you should still be able to negotiate a trade as long as nobody with a worse record than you also claimed

[AUTiger1]

Quote: Originally Posted by reyes the roof

I'm not 100% sure, but I think if you claim him you should still be able to negotiate a trade as long as nobody with a worse record than you also claimed

Yes. That is correct.


Any player under contract may be placed on waivers ("waived") at any time. After MLB's July 31st at 4 pm trade deadline and through to the end of the season, a team must place a player on waivers if that player is to be traded.



If a player is waived, any team may claim him. If more than one team claims the player from waivers, the team with the weakest record in the player's league gets preference. If no team in the player's league claims him, the claiming team with the weakest record in the other league gets preference. In the first month of the season, preference is determined using the previous year's standings.
If a team claims a player off waivers and has a viable claim as described above, his current team (the "waiving team") may choose one of the following options:

• arrange a trade with the claiming team for that player within two business days of the claim; or
• rescind the request and keep the player on its major league roster, effectively canceling the waiver; or
• do nothing and allow the claiming team to assume the player's existing contract, pay the waiving team a waiver fee, and place the player on its active major league roster.

If a player is claimed and the waiving team exercises its rescission option, the waiving team may not use the option again for that player in that season—a subsequent waiver would be irrevocable with a claiming team getting the player essentially for nothing.^[6] If no team claims a player off waivers after three business days, the player has cleared waivers and may be assigned to a minor league team, traded (to any team), or released outright.



The waiver "wire" is a secret within the personnel of the Major League Baseball clubs; no official announcement of a waiver is made until a transaction actually occurs, although information sometimes leaks out.^[6][7] Players are often waived during the post-July "waiver-required" trading period for teams to gauge trade interest in a particular player.^[6] Usually, when the player is claimed, the waiving team will rescind the waiver to avoid losing the player unless a trade can be worked out with the claiming team.

[ECUoak]

Thanks for the answers. Make more sense now.