Did I just hear Buster Olney say something about the White Sox claiming Miguel Tejada off of waivers from the O's?

I heard the same thing, The White Sox claimed him off waivers but no trade could be worked out so Tejada goes back to O's.

Edited August 5, 200718 yr by AWhiteSoxinNJ

DAMN!

Any trade with the O's would have to be someone on the 40 man roster the clears waivers or someone not on the 40 man roster.

 

Any player can be put on waivers by his team, and the player does not need to be informed.

 

Other teams have the chance to make a claim on the player during a 47 hour window.

 

If the player is claimed, the team that placed him on waivers has the option of pulling him back. If the team pulls him back they can't trade him for 30 days.

 

If his team decides not to pull him back:

 

Option 1: His team can work out a trade with the team that claimed him. Any player involved in the trade who is on a 40 man roster must go through waivers first.

 

Option 2: His team can just dump him and his salary on the team that claimed him, getting no player in return.

 

Option 3: No one claims him, and his team is free to trade him to any team.

 

If more than one team places a claim on a player, the winning claim is awarded based on worst record or the league the claiming team is in.

I heard the same thing, The White Sox claimed him off waivers but no trade could be worked out so Tejada goes back to O's.

Thank you lord.

That surprises me. I'm glad the O's pulled him back.

Tejada at Shortstop for the Sox

 

 

I wonder what the O's wanted in return?

Why in the world would anyone want him here?

Tejada at Shortstop for the Sox

I wonder what the O's wanted in return?

 

 

I would think it would have been Danks. Or centered around Danks. I would love Tejada on this team, but it's not that important.

I would think it would have been Danks. Or centered around Danks. I would love Tejada on this team, but it's not that important.

As stated earlier in the thread, anyone else involved (who was on the 40-man roster) in the trade would have had to clear waivers.

 

Danks would have been claimed by every team in baseball.

 

The Sox have about 4 valuable non-protected players. Gio, Egbert, DLS, Carter

Tejada will never play for the White Sox... this was probably just to block other teams from getting him.

The thing is with the O's so bad, you really don't have to pass guys too far down waivers so a deal could have probably been consumated that potentially even involved major league pieces on the Sox end.

 

I'd like Tejada because he's an upgrade and a legit bat at a tough position. Of course I think there are better option but for the right price I'd definitely approve of a deal (one that involved the Sox giving up some major leaguers as opposed to any top notch prospects).

Why in the world would anyone want him here?

 

He'd be a big Up-Grade from what we now have at Shortstop, at least on offense. .287 career hitter who averages about 28 homers a season. The biggest draw back is the over $13m he makes a year.

 

I bet they revisit this in the offseason.

Why in the world would anyone want him here?

 

Why not? I don't understand why some people here don't like him.

The main thing this tells us is Williams and Guillen were telling the truth when they said they plan on competing/contending in 2008. No rebuilding. Otherwise, why claim Tejada. Even though it didn't work out, to me this is a good sign, the White Sox are trying to land top players.

Tejada will never play for the White Sox... this was probably just to block other teams from getting him.

Namely Detroit

He'd be a big Up-Grade from what we now have at Shortstop, at least on offense. .287 career hitter who averages about 28 homers a season. The biggest draw back is the over $13m he makes a year.

The huge salary and the young talent it would take to acquire him I doubt the Orioles would want any Sox player that cleared waivers, they'd be setting their sights on the only young talent that remains in the Sox's minor league system. Trading youth for 31+ year old, slow, expensive poor defensive players is not going to get this organization back to where it needs to be.

 

Besides, I doubt the Sox tried very hard to acquire him.

i wouldn't mind it so much depending on what we had to give up.

Namely Detroit

 

Why would Detroit want him, over Carlos Guillen?

Namely Detroit

 

I heard Detroit was interested in Jack Wilson. I bet they'd rather have Tejada.

 

Why would Detroit want him, over Carlos Guillen?

 

They would move Guillen to 1B

Why would Detroit want him, over Carlos Guillen?

Carlos Guillen is, in all likelihood, headed to 1B after this season. He is a terrible shortstop.

I get all the waivers rules and everything except for one thing, what prevents a team(we'll say in this case a weaker team) from just claiming every single player on waivers to prevent any trades working out?

Nothing at all...