Nick Markakis trade?

FreemanFan said:
Wouldn't everyone who can be moved be waived? Waivers are revocable, so what do we have to lose?
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Almost everyone goes through waivers. For the Braves probably everyone but Freeman is going to go through waivers. It's revocable waivers so there's no downside other than some dip**** media trying to create a story like they did with Andruw years ago. Sometimes they wait and try and sneak a player through waivers later in August.
 
Lenny has been around since the beginning of this board. He added a link to his website in his signature. No different than some people promoting their blog on here.

He's not trying to steal traffic from ChopCountry ffs.
 
Carp said:
Surprised Wieters made it through with him being a FA. Surely the Indians could have used him.
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Probably had issues with his money. IIRC, adding Miller and Lucroy were going to seriously stretch their budget. Pretty sure Baltimore wouldn't have been willing to eat money to make a deal happen with a fellow playoff hopeful even if they'd have gotten a much better prospect or two for doing so.
 
clvclv said:
Probably had issues with his money. IIRC, adding Miller and Lucroy were going to seriously stretch their budget. Pretty sure Baltimore wouldn't have been willing to eat money to make a deal happen with a fellow playoff hopeful even if they'd have gotten a much better prospect or two for doing so.
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I don't know the answer to this so am asking but:

Could a team like the Braves claim Weiters, bring him on board the team, then turn around and put him on waivers again? I ask because it might be possible, for instance, for the Braves to claim Weiters then put him through waivers, have him claimed by the Indians, for instance, and deal him to them by agreeing to pay his salary in exchange for better prospect return.
 
Horsehide Harry said:
I don't know the answer to this so am asking but:

Could a team like the Braves claim Weiters, bring him on board the team, then turn around and put him on waivers again? I ask because it might be possible, for instance, for the Braves to claim Weiters then put him through waivers, have him claimed by the Indians, for instance, and deal him to them by agreeing to pay his salary in exchange for better prospect return.
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Interesting question - and I have no idea. Will look into it later when I have time (if no one's found an answer already). My first instinct would be "no", since no one else claimed him and tried that either.
 
Horsehide Harry said:
I don't know the answer to this so am asking but:

Could a team like the Braves claim Weiters, bring him on board the team, then turn around and put him on waivers again? I ask because it might be possible, for instance, for the Braves to claim Weiters then put him through waivers, have him claimed by the Indians, for instance, and deal him to them by agreeing to pay his salary in exchange for better prospect return.
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Not in this example. Wieters would have to clear the AL first bottom-to-top before the Braves could claim him so Cleveland would have a shot before the Braves.

But there would be nothing that would stop a team from claiming a guy before he cleared waivers and then turning around and waiving him (or trying to strike a deal with a team further down the claiming chain). But then teams between the Braves and the target team could also claim the guy and prevent the trade (or try to work out a deal with the Braves).

My main point in responding here is that Angel Pagan left the game today with a sore groin. Time to market Nick to the Bay Area.
 
The teams that missed out of Gomez that wanted him might go for Nick too. Maybe the Giants will be desperate enough.
 
Hawk said:
Lenny has been around since the beginning of this board. He added a link to his website in his signature. No different than some people promoting their blog on here.

He's not trying to steal traffic from ChopCountry ffs.
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Pretty low class though. I would never promote my blog on here.

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He's cleared waivers and been hitting pretty well. I really hope we take advantage of this situation and unload him. Pay the rest of this years salary and however much else it requires to turn him into something decent.
 
Maybe we can go buy some Lenny rims.

Serious... His posts have been nonsensical and blatant advertising. Should we really keep him around?
 
zbhargrove said:
Maybe we can go buy some Lenny rims.

Serious... His posts have been nonsensical and blatant advertising. Should we really keep him around?
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What's wrong with his posts? The only one that was weird was the Trout thread and that indirectly lead to a interesting discussion.
 
50PoundHead said:
Not in this example. Wieters would have to clear the AL first bottom-to-top before the Braves could claim him so Cleveland would have a shot before the Braves.

But there would be nothing that would stop a team from claiming a guy before he cleared waivers and then turning around and waiving him (or trying to strike a deal with a team further down the claiming chain). But then teams between the Braves and the target team could also claim the guy and prevent the trade (or try to work out a deal with the Braves).

My main point in responding here is that Angel Pagan left the game today with a sore groin. Time to market Nick to the Bay Area.
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But suppose Cleveland and all other clubs would pass because of his salary and he passes through waivers. Then the Braves trade for him and then run him through waivers on their own. Again he passes through because of salary.
Then the Braves strike a deal with Cleveland where the Braves pay his salary (or most of it) and in exchange the Braves get a better prospect in return.

I just wonder if there is something explicit that prohibits that chain of events.
 
Horsehide Harry said:
But suppose Cleveland and all other clubs would pass because of his salary and he passes through waivers. Then the Braves trade for him and then run him through waivers on their own. Again he passes through because of salary.
Then the Braves strike a deal with Cleveland where the Braves pay his salary (or most of it) and in exchange the Braves get a better prospect in return.

I just wonder if there is something explicit that prohibits that chain of events.
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I don't know the rules all that well, but I don't see why it wouldn't be allowed.
 
Pretty interesting trade scenario for everyone itching to unload Markakis assuming all three have cleared waivers -

Markakis and Recker for Wieters.

Solves our potential OF logjam next spring and clears Nick's money - gives the Os the OF they so desperately need (and would probably even help them defensively since they could then move Trumbo to LF) and a good defensive backstop to pair with Chance Sisco next season.

We could then trade Mallex in a deal for Longoria and sign Reddick or Jay Bruce with Nick and A. J.'s money...

CF- Inciarte, SS- Swanson, 1B- Freeman, 3B- Longoria, RF- Reddick or Bruce, LF- Kemp, C- Flowers/Castro, SP, 2B- Jace (early)/Albies (late)
 
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