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<blockquote data-quote="bobbob" data-source="post: 1406973" data-attributes="member: 531828"><p>Revocable waivers are pretty simple. After the trade deadline, if you want to move a guy you have to put him on the waiver wire. Pretty much everyone gets put on the wire at some point - either because the team wants to move them, because the team may want to move them, or because the team wants to cover who they really want to move. </p><p></p><p>When the player is placed on the wire, everyone else is given a chance to make a claim. If nobody makes a claim, the player has cleared waivers and can be traded freely. If multiple teams make a claim, whoever has priority gets the claim. Priority is given to teams in the waiving team's league first, and worst record to best. So the Cubs have last priority of any AL waiver and are behind all the NL teams but ahead of all AL teams for any NL waiver because they have the best NL record.</p><p></p><p>If a claim is made, there are three outcomes. A) they are pulled back (revocable) to the waiving team and nothing happens, B) the waiving team and the team with the claim come to terms for a trade, or C) the waiving team just gives the player, and his contract, to the claiming team (Alex Rios to the White Sox a while back was this).</p><p></p><p>When Murhpy was put on waivers, SFG and PIT were closer to the WC spot than they are now (Cards have been on tear). PFI offense has been bad all year. All those teams would greatly increase their playoff chances with him, well worth the cash. Or even just to block the Cubs from grabbing him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobbob, post: 1406973, member: 531828"] Revocable waivers are pretty simple. After the trade deadline, if you want to move a guy you have to put him on the waiver wire. Pretty much everyone gets put on the wire at some point - either because the team wants to move them, because the team may want to move them, or because the team wants to cover who they really want to move. When the player is placed on the wire, everyone else is given a chance to make a claim. If nobody makes a claim, the player has cleared waivers and can be traded freely. If multiple teams make a claim, whoever has priority gets the claim. Priority is given to teams in the waiving team's league first, and worst record to best. So the Cubs have last priority of any AL waiver and are behind all the NL teams but ahead of all AL teams for any NL waiver because they have the best NL record. If a claim is made, there are three outcomes. A) they are pulled back (revocable) to the waiving team and nothing happens, B) the waiving team and the team with the claim come to terms for a trade, or C) the waiving team just gives the player, and his contract, to the claiming team (Alex Rios to the White Sox a while back was this). When Murhpy was put on waivers, SFG and PIT were closer to the WC spot than they are now (Cards have been on tear). PFI offense has been bad all year. All those teams would greatly increase their playoff chances with him, well worth the cash. Or even just to block the Cubs from grabbing him. [/QUOTE]
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