Right, I was thinking about this and here's where I landed. How many actual impact prospects got traded during the August period? I can think of two, one I dare not bring up here.
It's interesting that they have to pick & choose. Like for example they can't really put claims on everyone hoping that 1 guy sneaks through because it would be pretty disastrous if they submitted claims & got enough guys that it put them over the tax.
Yeah it’s kinda wild. If this is accurate they can probably put in claims on Giolito, Moore and Lopez and see what happens.
Right, but nobody the Red Sox got out of that deal ever amounted to much of anything.
True. I don’t recall, but we’re Rubby and Webster announced right away or were they PTBNL? That was the way to get around it, IIRC.
This would be the #1 reason for the Sox to sign him I'd say. This season is a best but it gives them first dibs on Giolito for 2024 then it's worthwhile.
Given his recent performance, it‘s reasonable to wonder whether the Sox have a better chance without Giolito than with him.
The player gets his full remaining salary. The team saves money only if the players are subsequently signed by another team. And the salary savings would only be a pro-rated portion of the league minimum (what the new team pays), which for a month would be a little less than $150K per player.
I thought the league minimum thing was what teams have to pay a player who has cleared waivers, but the players get the rest of the money from the original team.
Well, they might get picked up as free agents. It would just be for the remainder of the regular season, like the Sox signing Iglesias in September 2021.
True, if there is a real positional need. And a team hasn’t decided to just tank it
And put Sale in bubble wrap with a Do Not Open Until Spring Training sign.
Yes, basically they can be claimed by anyone in reverse order of the standings, but if no one claims them, they are still on their current team. That team can still DFA them if the point is clearing a roster spot and playing time for younger players, but then the team is still on the hook for their remaining contract (a waiver claim comes with the existing contract).
Awarded, claims ended at 1 PM.
Plenty of guys on the 60-day IL. When you've DFA'd Daniel F. Norris twice in the past month, your roster obviously isn't overcrowded.
CLE waived catcher Eric Haase and right-hander Peyton Battenfield. Info on both is here: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/08/guardians-designate-eric-haase-peyton-battenfield-for-assignment.html. Battenfield has options and seems like it would be a good pickup by some team that likes to dumpster dive.
That makes a bit more sense. I just looked at the WC standings. I try to put out of mind how dreadful the AL Central is this year
Go Guards go! They still play the 3 ALE teams ahead of us and also the Rangers
