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jaysblue

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This is the only way he'd likely have value. Bench bat and mop up arm at the same time.

 

Whatever happened to Micah Owings? The guy was able to hit, and he'd be a decent mop up guy in long relief. He'd be a nice platoon bat with Lind haha.

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jaysfan2014

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Well, surprising Sierra got claimed. It may have more to do with Eaton's injury than anything. And the AAA options in Charlotte were:

 

Blake Tekotte, Gorkys Hernandez, Denis Phipps, Jared Mitchell

 

None of them are hitting, BTW. Hey, at least it forces the Jays to use Gose now, like they SHOULD have out of spring training.

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G-Snarls

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Are we getting anything for him?

 

Well, sort of. We get an improved bench from carrying Gose instead.

Daniel Labude Toronto Blue Jays

Daniel Labude

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Blue Jays now choose between trying to make a trade, taking him off of waiver, or letting him go for nothing. Its not an outright loss unless thats what the Jays choose.
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Daniel Labude

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That's waivers. DFA is different.

 

No it is not.....Sierra was claimed off of waivers....if he was not he either goes to the minors or he can choose to be a free agent....again he was claimed off of waivers. Please let your facts correct

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Daniel Labude

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Both JFaS and LetTheBallFly were incorrect.

 

LetTheBallFly described the current situation as a DFA situation, before the team has made their waiver/trade/release decision. And that is wrong. They DFA'd him a couple days ago, and then decided to take the waivers option, at which time the ChiSox claimed him. They had 10 days to make the decision, but they just got it over with earlier. He also erred in messing up the 3 choices ... you can't just "take him off waivers." You have 10 days to trade him, put him on waivers (no take backs ... if he clears, you can put him in your minor league system; if he's claimed, he's gone to the claiming team), or just release him outright.

 

But what LetTheBallFly described was, obviously, a DFA situation ... and JFaS characterized the entirety of that as waivers, which was also incorrect. Maybe he was only speaking to the "taking him off of waiver" portion of his statement, but, regardless, he expressed himself incorrectly, as he is wont to do.

 

And the other two were being their usual drunken obstinate selves.

 

And I'm being awesome once again.

 

And, so, we've summed it all up nicely.

 

But putting someone on waivers within 7 days of a DFA is what occurred and specified under the designation of the initial DFA.....so its all the same until a final act is taken. In this case Sierra was claimed. Once he was claimed they then have the options related to claiming. They could trade with CWS, give him to them, or pull him back off....once back off he then goes back to the other two options.

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John_Havok

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But putting someone on waivers within 7 days of a DFA is what occurred and specified under the designation of the initial DFA.....so its all the same until a final act is taken. In this case Sierra was claimed. Once he was claimed they then have the options related to claiming. They could trade with CWS, give him to them, or pull him back off....once back off he then goes back to the other two options.

 

If they pull him off waivers I'm pretty sure they have to put him back on the roster. They can't just keep running down the list just to keep the player. Once they've made the choice to place him on waivers and he's claimed, only one of three things can happen. He gets traded for something, he gets taken off waivers and placed back on the roster, or they don't work out a trade and just let him go to the claiming team go nothing.

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Daniel Labude

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If they pull him off waivers I'm pretty sure they have to put him back on the roster. They can't just keep running down the list just to keep the player. Once they've made the choice to place him on waivers and he's claimed, only one of three things can happen. He gets traded for something, he gets taken off waivers and placed back on the roster, or they don't work out a trade and just let him go to the claiming team go nothing.

 

Correct....thats what I was saying. People dont believe me that there are a few options at certain points. All this was coming from when I asked were we getting anything for Sierra, or did we just let the cws have him

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John_Havok

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Pretty sure we just let him have him, something would have been announced by now if there was anything coming back
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John_Havok

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I'm actually surprised he was claimed.

 

No risk for a team claiming him, he either continues to suck and they do the same thing the jays did, or they might get a few weeks of use out of him while a guy is in the DL.

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John_Havok

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They've got nothing in the minors for Of prospects, they may as well take a flyer on a guy who had even minor success over a tiny time frame in mlb already.
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He wasn't getting any AB's and the few he did get were pinch hit, obviously you can't get a sense of anything doing that. Playing time plus less pressure usually leads to better results for young players.

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