If they put him on waivers, nobody would claim him. Nobody's taking on the contract of a .550 OPS CFer, let alone trading for him. Well no one would claim him, absolutely right. But that doesn't make a trade impossible. You'd have to eat substantial salary and hope an OF needy team thinks they're buying low. Picking up the rest of his salary for 2021 might be worth it if the trading team assumes responsibility for the 2022 option, for example. Dumping the option alone would make it worth getting rid of him. Just a spectacularly bad contract from Stearns.