I don't totally understand waivers. I know the basic part, that your team has 15 days to trade you before becoming a free agent. But you can get pulled off? And then I was reading about Adam Stern not getting traded to Baltimore because the Devil Rays claimed him because they are the worse team? Then the Red Sox pulled Stern off waivers. If the Rays claimed him, how can he be pulled off?
2006-08-08 07:09:27 · 3 answers · asked by EJ 3 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Any player can be put on waivers by his team, and the player does not need to be informed.
Other teams have the chance to make a claim on the player during a 47 hour window.
If the player is claimed, the team that placed him on waivers has the option of pulling him back. If the team pulls him back they can't trade him for 30 days.
-If his team decides not to pull him back:
Option 1: His team can work out a trade with the team that claimed him. Any player involved in the trade who is on a 40 man roster must go through waivers first.
Option 2: His team can just dump him and his salary on the team that claimed him, getting no player in return.
Option 3: No one claims him, and his team is free to trade him to any team.
If more than one team places a claim on a player, the winning claim is awarded based on worst record or the league the claiming team is in.
+that's basically it but i don't know all the details, waivers are still the most confusing thing in baseball for me.
2006-08-08 07:16:19 · answer #1 · answered by public_spirited 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
When a player is put through waivers (the only way they can be traded after July 31st), any team can claim them. The claim starts with the league (AL or NL) that the player is from, starting with the team with the worst record and moving up to the team with the best record.
If a player is claimed, that team is the only team that can negotiate a trade. The team who put the player on waivers, has the right to pull him back before having to make a deal. If the player is pulled back, he cannot be put back on waivers.
In the case of the Devil Rays, they claimed Stern, to keep Baltimore from getting him this year. Boston pulled him back, and will deal him to Baltimore at the end of the season instead. It's a funny rule, but that is pretty much how it works.
2006-08-08 14:39:41 · answer #2 · answered by brianwerner1313 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want all the details, this will help: http://mlb4u.com/wiki/index.php/Waivers .
2006-08-08 17:03:24 · answer #3 · answered by Friar33 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋