Comments on: About post-trade deadline trades

By: FC

FC — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:30:22 +0000

Dude, we discussed this in therapy last week. Let it go…

By: atlsp

atlsp — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:20:39 +0000

While it’s true that this is a loophole, the “replacing” player has to already be on the 40-man roster as of Aug. 31st and must be replacing a player at his same position. Even then, the move requires approval from the commissioner’s office.

By: Loren

Loren — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:11:12 +0000

Does anyone know the rules for trading prospects in August? If an aging veteran with a big salary clears wavers and his team is willing to eat his salary to get a prospect back in a deal, does the prospect have to be someone not on the 40-man roster or can he be anyone not on the 25-man?

By: Chipmaker

Chipmaker — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:52:09 +0000

The active roster players vote on player shares and shares or straight cash payouts for other personnel in late August.

The Red Sox claimed Mike Stanton to keep the Yankees from getting him. It didn’t backfire, as it happened in very late September and was mostly harmless, but it was more political maneuvering than it was sound baseball roster management tactics.

By: browngoat25

browngoat25 — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:40:53 +0000

Last year, Bengie Molina got a partial share from the post season from both the Giants and Rangers, as he played for both teams during the regular season

By: Panda Claus

Panda Claus — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:33:39 +0000

I believe that player would be eligible for a pro-rated share just as you suspect. However, ultimately I believe the shares are voted on by the players of that playoff team, though the votes usually tend to be fair in cases like you’ve mentioned.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:26:06 +0000

If a guy gets traded late in the season and the team from which he was traded makes it into the playoffs or world series, does that guy get some sort of pro-rata cut of postseason money or his he just shit out of luck?

By: rmalmstrom

rmalmstrom — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:13:31 +0000

Pads were doing it to block the Braves.

By: phillyphever

phillyphever — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:38:00 +0000

If Wandy’s gonna get traded this season, this would be the time to do it. And Houston, if someone’s dumb enough to claim him, do yourselves the favor and dump him to that team. Forget prospects, getting rid of his contract is a win enough.

By: phillyphever

phillyphever — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:35:55 +0000

Other times it does, especially with SF and one Cody %@#$ Ross last year.

By: browngoat25

browngoat25 — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:35:27 +0000

Thanks – I was wondering about this (see below)

By: browngoat25

browngoat25 — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:34:40 +0000

Have any teams recently been “surpised” by a waiver claim? Alex Rios was claimed in 2009 for nothing but his contract, but are there other examples of teams trying to prevent other teams from getting a player by making a claim, only to have it backfire?
For example, I remember hearing about a releiver that got claimed in waivers, and then his team let him go for nothing to get the salary relief. The claiming team was attempting to block a team up the line from making a claim, but ended up getting stuck with the player and contract. I thought that the Reds and Padres and Randy Myers were involved, but I may be misremembering.

By: crpls

crpls — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:32:52 +0000

“(b) if you trade a guy after August 31st, he can’t be on the playoff roster of his new team.”

Unless you conveniently have a player that can go on the 60-day DL, then you can work around. Like those dirty cheaters the Angels did in 2002 with K-Rod!

By: proudlycanadian

proudlycanadian — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:25:35 +0000

When the Jays put Rios on waivers, they were glad that the White Sox took his salary off their hands. Several years ago the Jays had a washed up closer on their team (I think it was Myers) and placed him on waivers. An other team ( possibly San Diego) thought that the Jays were trying to waive him so that he could be trade to their divisional rival, consequently they put in a claim in order to block the suspected trade. The Jays said thank you very much and were quite pleased to get that salary off their books. Sometimes it does not pay to make a waiver claim in August as you might be left holding a bag of poo.