Post by Rangers GM (Mike) on Jan 6, 2012 12:58:24 GMT -5
A. Teams have to pass players through revocable waivers to trade them after the trade deadline.
B. There will be a 48 hour period in where teams can place claims on players. If a claim isn't placed, the player becomes unclaimed and can be traded to anyone.
C. Claimed players can be kept, traded or handed over to the claiming team (who would then pay the player's salary). Teams will have a 72 hour window to work out a deal. If nothing is posted then the player automatically goes back to his original team. If a player is pulled back from waivers he can't be included in a trade for the rest of the waiver period.
D. If only one team claims a player, he can only be dealt to that team. If more than one team claims a player, he can only be traded to the team in his league with the worse record.
E. Prospects are automatically passed through waivers and can be traded freely after the deadline. However the prospects that are traded can't be called up till after the season concludes.
F. In any trade involving MLB players, at least half of the total amount of MLB players involved has to be either unclaimed or claimed by one of the trading teams. For example in a deal involving Votto+Bruce for Wright+Reyes, at least 2 of them have to have been unclaimed or claimed by the trading teams. So the Reds would have to have claimed Wright and Reyes, or the Mets would have had to claim Bruce and Votto, or the Mets claimed one of Votto and Bruce while the Reds claimed one of Wright or Reyes.
B. There will be a 48 hour period in where teams can place claims on players. If a claim isn't placed, the player becomes unclaimed and can be traded to anyone.
C. Claimed players can be kept, traded or handed over to the claiming team (who would then pay the player's salary). Teams will have a 72 hour window to work out a deal. If nothing is posted then the player automatically goes back to his original team. If a player is pulled back from waivers he can't be included in a trade for the rest of the waiver period.
D. If only one team claims a player, he can only be dealt to that team. If more than one team claims a player, he can only be traded to the team in his league with the worse record.
E. Prospects are automatically passed through waivers and can be traded freely after the deadline. However the prospects that are traded can't be called up till after the season concludes.
F. In any trade involving MLB players, at least half of the total amount of MLB players involved has to be either unclaimed or claimed by one of the trading teams. For example in a deal involving Votto+Bruce for Wright+Reyes, at least 2 of them have to have been unclaimed or claimed by the trading teams. So the Reds would have to have claimed Wright and Reyes, or the Mets would have had to claim Bruce and Votto, or the Mets claimed one of Votto and Bruce while the Reds claimed one of Wright or Reyes.