I dunno about "rage," the dude was AWFUL this year. He had to go. That he acted out yesterday didn't help but it wasn't what got him optioned. Shitty pitching did.
Not sure his statement is accurate. I haven't seen anything anywhere that says a player can be outrighted before, or without, being dfa'd. But then he may not be part of that .7% percentage. It is elite company. Not everyone can breathe that rare air.
I wonder how they do it officially within the league offices. Is there a group chat that the GMs post to? Is there some kind of app that the GMs upload transactions to? Obviously they TRY to slip players through waivers, but how do they officially place someone on waivers?
Great questions. I'd love to know the answers as well.
I read about this years ago. Theres a person whose job it is to track all this stuff. The GM files the DFA with MLB, the secretary in charge of waivers sends out a message to all the other teams and starts the clock. Inverse order of record gets the priority claim. If unclaimed, the league office lets the GM know. If claimed, the secretary lets all teams know and the player's contract is assigned.
So the perception that teams sneak players through waivers is an illusion. It just appears to us this way because teams are lax to report it to the press and/or the press is lax on sharing the information in a timely manner.
Yes and no. A player can be DFA’d when a targeted team is in the middle of a roster crunch.
That is a lot of different pieces to keep in mind. I'm sure that can happen but there has to be a lot of guess work involved. Are the Mariners really interested? Will their player coming off the 60 day make a difference in whether they will claim? Do I have the correct intel that the Pirates aren't as likely to do anything, even with an open spot on the 40 man roster? What if there is a player that suddenly shows up on the waiver wire that I want (let's be honest, FZ probably has to be restrained any time a player is available on the waiver wire) before I'm ready to dfa Joe Player?
yes. That's my understanding. The league really ought to publish a daily waiver request report.
But only the 3 of us (and maybe stokes and 3 rando’s in St Louis) would pay any attention to it. We are the fringe. We have to remember that.
I don’t think that opens a 40 slot. That slot had already been filled by Waites.
I think that the September roster expansion should be closer to 32 to 34 players instead of 28. It just makes for a lot more dfa's and outright releases for guys with just a month left to play. Its pretty dumb.
I like the idea of having a regular 26, but it can be adjusted on a game-by-game basis from a larger roster of 32 (or whatever). This would allow larger rosters to give rest and to reward guys for good years or good careers and would allow for removing SPs who aren’t available anyway. Appease the PA by saying anyone on the 32 gets paid, regardless if they are on the 26. Basically use the roster management process that the NBA uses (15-man roster, but only 12 are active each game)
I like that idea. Why have 4 guys who are "eligible" to pitch that game when they won't be able to pitch that game? That means that the teams really would have to sit 2 players per game (assuming 32 players is the limit), maybe one or two of the bullpen guys who pitched the day before or a position player who needs rest or is at the end of the bench.
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