Update, 1:25 pm:
In a report for SI.com, Jon Heyman lists 15 players likely to clear waivers, such as Adam Dunn and Bronson Arroyo; nine players who could clear, like Alex Rios and Gil Meche; and 13 players who are unlikely to clear, like Adrian Gonzalez.
Heyman also recaps the Winners and Losers from this past week’s Trade Deadline, while discussing other items from around MLB.
Original Post:
Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle believes infielder Nomar Garciaparra, among other A’s, could draw interest through waivers.
…the way i understand it, teams can still make trades, but it must be done through waivers… basically, teams will put most all of their players on waivers at some point, even if they have no interest in trading him… once on waivers, another team has 48 hours to put in a claim… if nobody puts in a claim on a player, that player can be traded at will, just like before July 31… if, however, a player is claimed, his team can either pull him back off of waivers, work out a trade with the team who claimed him, or do nothing and let the claiming team receive the player for free… the free option could happen in the case of a huge contract… the thing is, once a player is pulled back from waivers, he is unable to be traded for 30 days… and so, this is how teams often step in and block a player from getting moved, but they also risk getting stuck with the player in the question…
…lastly, the team with the worst record in the same league gets first dibs… if there is no claim, the same rule applies to team’s in the other league…
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Well at least we are in good position for waivers…no one below us has any reason to claim anyone, and anyone we’re competing with is above us!
I would like to see Rios make it through and the Mets able to try to acquire him. I think he could be a good fit for this team, and Citi field.
I know he will be expensive but I much rather have Matt Holiday. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts I believe this team needs a “cultural” change from the top down. We need to establish a more diverse team with “grindier (not a word)” players and that starts at the top. Get rid of Omar and bring in a GM that could be innovative and surround our core with guys that know how to win. Holiday being one of those guys – the guy led the Colorado Rockies to the World Series – a team that didn’t belong there – Oh and by the way did most of his damage in September which seems to be our problem – A big plus!
yea, holliday fits perfectly…can hit for avg, power, plays above average defense, can steal bases…is pretty young(29)…i read today on mlbtraderumors they think he could be looking for a 5 yr 75 mil offer….i hope omar/wilpons are willing to do that…he almost makes too much sense….and not to mention hes an aggressive type player…which i think we can all agree is waht this team has lacked over the last couple of seasons….and hes also proving the naysayers wrong about him not hitting out of coors field….hes hitting .314 for the year with 14 HR 62 RBI and i believe around 15 SBs…and that includes playing half the year in the garbage oakland A’s lineup
$15 million a year for a very good everyday player in his prime would be great, however I could see a lot of teams being involved …ie. Yankees..which would suck
also one other thing….hes right-handed…and this park is clearly favoring right handed hitters at least power wise then left….francoeur for instance…..so adding holliday to francoeur and wright for right-handed power could really benefit the mets….and then if u have murphy/davis at 1B, both are left-handed…but the amount of right-handed pop…specially against lefties(with beltran from right side) makes it ok to keep a couple left-handed hitters in the lineup against good lefties
I have a feeling Holliday will be staying put in St. Louis. I’m wondering if guys like Holliday, going forward, will shy away from the Mets due to the dimensions and what it’s done to Wright’s power numbers. I’m thinking power hitters we’ll have to overpay to get and free agent pitchers may become a bit easier to sign. Time will tell.
Tony LaRussa is a free agent this offseason and has expressed interest in looking outside of St. Louis this time around.
If the Mets took some smart pills and decided to sign LaRussa to a 2 year deal, it might influence someone like Holliday to come to the Mets (for the right price of course).
2 yr deal? I would give LaRussa whatever he wants… The 2006 Cardinals had NO business being in the World Series yet alone win the World Series. If it isn’t LaRussa, I would love to see Bobby V back. The of the best managers in baseball are available with NATIONAL LEAGUE EXPERIENCE… The front office can’t be this stupid to let an opportunity like this go by.
P.s. If we want to switch managers its gotta be without Omar.
Im with you Lorenzo, Id give La Russa whatever he wanted including a majority stake in the teams ownership. The guy gets 110% out of every single guy on his roster every year regardless of talent and in most importantly he WINS.
Wrights numbers are a reflection of not having any protection in the lineup. He isn’t hitting homeruns away from CitiField which is proof it has nothing to do with the stadium… Wright may have lost 2 homeruns at home so far this season but no more than that…
Players will continue to play where the money is. If we offer Holiday more money than the Cardinals he will come here…Afterall Scott Boras is his agent…When was the last time a Boras client left money on the table????
Actually I think Wright has lost probably close to 10 HRs at Citifield, some of the hits and outs to right center would have been out of Shea and most parts but because of the angles of the outfield, he has gotten robbed.
I heard Gary, Keith and Ron talking about Wright and how many home runs he probably lost a couple of games ago…They said probably no more than 2 or 3…thats where I got it from and I think that’s pretty accurate… He has no protection – If he was hitting like 20 homers on the road and 5 home than we could talk but hes not
If Holliday is available for 5 years/$75M the Mets should snap him up as soon as they possibly can. But with Bora$ as his agent, I just don’t see that happening.
Which is why I think Rios (who is also right handed) would be a reasonable alternative at 5 years/$60M – and who knows, they could even get the Jays to take $5-10M of his salary.
Not to rain on anyone’s parade, but they love Holliday here in St Louis. I doubt he will leave.
The same is true of Pujols. He will give the Cards a huge home field discount. He is from KC, but the Royals are, well, the Royals.
When has any Bora$ client ever given a home team discount?
The Astros loved Beltran too, but that didn’t stop him from declaring free agency.
Matters, the Cardinals payroll coming into 2009 was $88MM down from $99MM in 2008, they have roughly $45MM coming off payroll this offseason, $18MM from the likes of Troy Glaus and Khalil Green alone.
After spending what must have seemed like an eternity in the baseball Siberia that is Oakland, even for just those short few months, Holliday is well within the Cardinals budgets for 2010.
I’m sure the Cardinals will bid for him – what I’m saying is that he won’t offer them a home team discount with Bora$ as his agent and New York teams interested in him.
The Mets will be perfectly capable of pursuing him should they choose to do so. They will be having Delgado and Wagner coming off the books as well
Who said anything about a hometown discount for Holliday? Sylow wrote that about Pujols.
St. Louis will hold the upper hand, not every Scott Boras client is Alex Rodriquez.
Everyone should keep in mind with Holliday, he is 30 opening day next year. A 5 year deal for him is likely to be a long term kick in the rear.
Puljos isn’t going anywhere. His wife is from here and he has a ton of local businesses.
I also feel that Holliday will stay. If the player likes it here they tend not to go for a few dollars more.
when has scott boras ever let his client not sign for the most money. Teixera is from baltimore and went to school in Georgia, yet he signed with the yanks and if he hadnt he wouldve gone to boston.
The Cards traded some decent talent for Holliday. They don’t make a lot of mistakes. If they thought they couldn’t sign him they would never have made the trade. They just don’t operate like that.
Plus Holliday is from Oklahoma, which is old school Cardinals territory.
McGwire resigned prior to FA to a team with a pitcher’s park. Holliday appears to like playing here. When the feeling is mutual they tend to stay.
Not that it matters cause it doesnt seem the Wilpons have any money to spend but here is a good article by John Heyman listing who could become available through the waiver wire:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/jon_heyman/08/03/post.deadline.trades/index.html?eref=T1
Hey Cerrone – I beat you to it where is the shot out??? ha
Most teams put their entire roster on waivers to see if any interest is generated. Years ago the Yankees put a claim in on Jose Canseco to block him from going to Boston. I forget what team he was on but they just let him go and the Yankees had to eat 1 million to put him on the bench. That is interesting part of waivers. Teams can try to block other teams at the risk of obtaining a player they do not want.
I am a little surprised Mets players didn’t make your summary. I would think players like Billy Wagner, Carlos Delgado and JJ Putz might be selected. Yes they are injured but at a late stage of the season would not cost a ton to obtain a big bat or relief pitcher.
could somebody explain this to me, i am a little out of it – why would a team put a guy on waivers – would it be to clear him to make a trade? but then why would you put a guy on waivers that you didn’t want to trade? What happens if somebody claims him but you don’t want to trade him? What is the difference between this and the deadline of july 31st, what is the point of waivers?
I really do beleive we have a chance to win the WC. It is not only 7 games, but, we are mostly playing the teams ahead of us, in our division and in the WC. IF we can win every series, or, sweep one here and there, we can do it. I do think we need help to get it done. We cant sit around and wait for players to return, that will be to late. We need help NOW! If the Phillies could catch us and win with 17 games left to play and 7GB, then, why cant we? LETS GO METS !!!!!
keep reaching for those stars
Claim Rios or Dunn!
Wagner pitched this afternoon for the GCL Mets. He had 1-2-3 inning with no K’s.
Claim Dunn, the Nats need money to sign their 2 1st round draft picks maybe theyll just give him over to us that solves 1B/power guy then you can just focus on LF in the offseason crawford and holliday are both perfect fits. Oh and sign John Lackey the guy is a horse #2 and has proven to be a good big game pitcher.
That would make too much sense…therefore it isnt happening. Our offense would be incredible if we were to bring in both of those guys but as you know Mets ownership never goes above and beyond to put us over the top… Dont be shocked if the Wilpons cheap out on us as usual and we see F-Mart in left field and Daniel Murphy at first… The Wilpons are losers I’m expecting the worst
If the Mets were to put Delgado on waivers and he was picked up, wouldn’t we lose the compensatory draft pick(s) due us should we wait till the end of the year and someone signs him in January? Then again, that would entail our offering him arbitration, which he just might accept.
Minaya said he declined a lot of offers.
i think he would have been laughed at if he offered anyone other than Santana, Rodriguez or Wright.
Sorry, dude, I dont drink. Lets look at the METS for a second. In 1969 we won it all, we went the worst to the best, need I say more? In 1973 we went the basebment to game 7 of the WS. In 1986 we where, well, we all know about 1986. The fact is this team has a history for pulling off the impsossible. Most of the time they will break our hearts and crush our dreams into dust, but, there is an off chance that this may be the year. HAVE FAITH.
Jim, I applaud your optimism. However, in ‘69, ‘73, and ‘86, the Mets had talent. For example, the ‘69 Mets did not win 100 games playing JC Martin, Al Weis, Bobby Pfeil, Duffy Dyer, and Rod Gaspar on a daily basis. This team is a collection of backups, rookies, and singles hitters. Santana, Pelfrey, and Livan Hernandez does not equal Seaver, Koosman, and Matlack.
However, if the Mets do make the playoffs, I will certainly buy you a steak for keeping the faith.
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