Trevor Hoffman claimed on waivers by White Sox?

[brewmann04]

Doug hopefully no where close to where he being paid this season.

[CheezWizHed]

If both the White Sox and Red Sox made a waiver claim on Hoffman, how would we trade him? If we trade him to one, the other will just claim him...

 

Or is it one of those "we will let you claim him if you give us X?"

 

actually, Hoffman's been very good for most of the year now. At this

point I'd consider bringing him back next year, even if it's just as

insurance should Axford struggle.

 

No thank you. Everyone has been waiting for Hoffman to decline and I think its obvious that he has. We have enough young options right now that we don't need more high priced vets.

[trwi7]

If both the White Sox and Red Sox made a waiver claim on Hoffman, how would we trade him? If we trade him to one, the other will just claim him...

 

Or is it one of those "we will let you claim him if you give us X?"

Team with the worse record gets the claim.

[CheezWizHed]

Yeah, that I understand... If we just want to dump him, let whomever claim him.

 

But the main discussion is about trading him. Generally, (after the July trading deadline) teams put players on waivers and if no one claims them they can be traded. But if two teams claim him, he can't clear waivers for a trade...

[Roderick]

(Ironically, I think the Brewers would rather get the ticket boost out of Hoffman going for save #600 in a Brewers uniform over a middling prospect. If he gets a quick 2 saves by the weekend, he may be gone sooner than expected.)

My estimation is that it would be very minimal extra ticket sales revenue and that it would not come close to the payroll savings for Hoffman for the rest of the year. Trade him for nothing, if he wants to go.

[TooLiveBrew]

Yeah, that I understand... If we just want to dump him, let whomever claim him.

 

But the main discussion is about trading him. Generally, (after the July trading deadline) teams put players on waivers and if no one claims them they can be traded. But if two teams claim him, he can't clear waivers for a trade...

I think it's that the claiming team that has priority can: 1) Work out a trade for the claimed player, 2) Take on the player without sending another player in return, 3) Pass

 

I might not be right about all three of those, but I'm pretty sure the first two are correct.

[JumpinMacFlash]

The claiming team only has the first two options that you list; the original team can pull the player back. If a claim is put in there's no passing and the only way claiming team doesn't get said player is if the original team revokes waivers. If that's the case, I believe the waived player can't be placed on waivers again for 30 days, which at this point is irrelevant.

 

I think that's right. Is that right?

[RightFieldCoder]

600 would not generate ticket sales. It would generate merchandise revenue for years. That might be worth enough to pay his salary.

[monty57]

From Adam McCalvy article:

 

"Melvin said an Internet rumor that Hoffman was claimed earlier this week by the White Sox was untrue."

[brewmann04]

I figure since no else ran with it it be curious if any final moves will be made via waiver trades by tues.

[CheezWizHed]

I think it's that the claiming team that has priority can: 1) Work out a trade for the claimed player...

 

That was the part I was unsure on. I thought the trade could only happen if no one else claimed him...

 

Would be interesting if someone traded for Hoffman now just so he could get #600 with that team. That would be a black eye to the Brewers, IMO.