Steve Pearce rejects a claim by the Blue Jays. Re-signs with O's

[JaysFan4Ever]

If you're on release waivers you can reject a claim if a team claims you. You can also accept it if you wish. The Jays claimed someone on release waivers a couple seasons ago who wound up being released by the Jays. The catch is it has to be release waivers since most of the time if you're on release waivers (which is a formality to release someone) it's by request of the player ie wants out of the organization, won't accept an outright assignment and can reject a claim because you want to be released and chose where you want to go, if you want to play rather than wind up somewhere you don't want to be.

[Angrioter]

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[o2cui2i]

I'm going to tweet a few people and see if I can get an answer.

 

I suppose it's possible that we've never heard about people rejecting a claim cause people that have just been DFA'd don't usually have that many options though.

 

I have heard of it happening before, but it's not often. most guys on waivers are just happy to get a call. I think if the team claiming them cant/wont guarantee MLB ball they can pass.

[Deadpool]

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Did I miss something that makes this thread relevant?