Bryce Harper and 4 More on Waivers

[Dead Simmons]

Per the Washington Post: On Friday, the Washington Nationals placed Bryce Harper, Daniel Murphy, Matt Adams, Gio Gonzalez and Mark Reynolds on revocable waivers, according to people familiar with their plans. Teams had two days to put a claim on the players. Of the group, at least Harper, Murphy and Adams were claimed. The winning teams were notified Sunday, and have until Tuesday afternoon to work a trade with the Nationals.

 

I'm not sure what all this means. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/nationals-journal/wp/2018/08/21/bryce-harper-and-daniel-murphy-have-been-claimed-on-waivers-dont-bet-on-deals-just-yet/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.df1c067bfbfe

[torts]

what that means is we need more 1B/OF options on our team

[MrTPlush]

Harper/Murphy have both been claimed. Neither makes any sense for us though.

[Dead Simmons]

Harper/Murphy have both been claimed. Neither makes any sense for us though.

But if I read it right, the Nats could (and will) pull back on the claimant. Right?

[dlk9s]

Yeah, unless they can work out a trade.

[istanbultaye]

If they don't work out a trade that they would be happy with, I would imagine they'd retract the waiver rather than just dumping their salary. But, who knows?

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

If they don't work out a trade that they would be happy with, I would imagine they'd retract the waiver rather than just dumping their salary. But, who knows?

 

They'd lose out on draft pick compensation on the guys set to be free agents, so unless they really want to shed salary, they aren't going to just let them go for nothing.

[bjkrautk]

Harper/Murphy have both been claimed. Neither makes any sense for us though.

But if I read it right, the Nats could (and will) pull back on the claimant. Right?

 

They're "revocable" waivers. This routinely happens during the post-trade deadline period. If a player clears waivers, the team is free to trade them. If another team puts in a claim on the player, the waiving team must work out a trade with the claiming team, rescind the waiver (pulling the player back onto the team), or let the player go without compensation (which almost never happens). Claiming a player before they could go to a competing team with a better record - and thus a lower waiver priority - is a common method to "block" a waiver trade during this time period.

 

A high number of players get put on waivers during the month of August, yet very few of them are actually traded. Since it's bad PR to admit that a franchise is placing most of its players on waivers - and outside the understanding of most fans - you rarely hear about it. It's only a story when one of the players is actually traded.

[Boomer5]

This is procedural. Most every player is put on waivers for many reasons.

[FVBrewerFan]

So everyone's afraid to say it? Ok, I'll put in writing what everyone is thinking.

 

Cards claim Harper, Harper proceeds to hit 197 bombs in September, propelling the Cards to another WS title. Meanwhile, BF.net explodes on Stearns for dropping the ball, not realizing the Cards were ahead of the Brewers in the waiver claim order.

[KeithStone53151]

I wonder what the chances are that Harper actually moves. Probably very low. Adams is very likely to be either traded or let walk. Murphy is probably more likely than not...maybe 50-60%. Harper is probably closer to 10%.

[benji]

Does anyone know the history of revocable waivers and why they exist? Just wondering why do it this way instead of just extending the trade deadline to August 31?

 

 

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[tmwiese55]

So everyone's afraid to say it? Ok, I'll put in writing what everyone is thinking.

 

Cards claim Harper, Harper proceeds to hit 197 bombs in September, propelling the Cards to another WS title. Meanwhile, BF.net explodes on Stearns for dropping the ball, not realizing the Cards were ahead of the Brewers in the waiver claim order.

 

Also, partially CC's fault for winning that game on Sunday vs STL

[Bob Skube Snacks]

Could use Gio Gonzalez.

[coolhandluke121]

So everyone's afraid to say it? Ok, I'll put in writing what everyone is thinking.

 

Cards claim Harper, Harper proceeds to hit 197 bombs in September, propelling the Cards to another WS title. Meanwhile, BF.net explodes on Stearns for dropping the ball, not realizing the Cards were ahead of the Brewers in the waiver claim order.

 

Nailed it.

[FVBrewerFan]

So everyone's afraid to say it? Ok, I'll put in writing what everyone is thinking.

 

Cards claim Harper, Harper proceeds to hit 197 bombs in September, propelling the Cards to another WS title. Meanwhile, BF.net explodes on Stearns for dropping the ball, not realizing the Cards were ahead of the Brewers in the waiver claim order.

 

Also, partially CC's fault for winning that game on Sunday vs STL

 

Good catch!

[RollieTime]

Matt Adams and Daniel Murphy were traded to 2 of the 3 NL Central playoff contenders in the Cardinals and Cubs respectively. The only other logical trade would be Bryce Harper to the Brewers!

[pacopete4]

Ohhhh maybe we can trade for Harper and lock him up long term...

[FVBrewerFan]

Ohhhh maybe we can trade for Harper and lock him up long term...

 

Yes, he will love Milwaukee and be willing to give us the hometown discount of 7 years/ $70MM

[Dead Simmons]

Harper/Murphy have both been claimed. Neither makes any sense for us though.

But if I read it right, the Nats could (and will) pull back on the claimant. Right?

 

They're "revocable" waivers. This routinely happens during the post-trade deadline period. If a player clears waivers, the team is free to trade them. If another team puts in a claim on the player, the waiving team must work out a trade with the claiming team, rescind the waiver (pulling the player back onto the team), or let the player go without compensation (which almost never happens). Claiming a player before they could go to a competing team with a better record - and thus a lower waiver priority - is a common method to "block" a waiver trade during this time period.

 

A high number of players get put on waivers during the month of August, yet very few of them are actually traded. Since it's bad PR to admit that a franchise is placing most of its players on waivers - and outside the understanding of most fans - you rarely hear about it. It's only a story when one of the players is actually traded.

Thanks, BJK...but this all seems so unnecessarily complicated. It's generally assumed that Harper will not be a Nat next year. Why don't the Astros or the filthy rich Yanks/Saux/Cubs just BUY the guy?