How do waivers work in baseball?

Answer 1

Any player under contract may be placed on waivers at any time. If a player is waived, any team may claim him. If more than one team claims the player from waivers, the team with the weakest record in the player's league gets preference. If no team in the player's league claims him, the claiming team with the weakest record in the other league gets preference. In the first month of the season, preference is determined using the previous year's standings. If a team claims a player off waivers and has the viable claim as described above, his current team (the "waiving team") may choose one of the following options: * arrange a trade with the claiming team for that player within two business days of the claim; or * rescind the request and keep the player on its major league roster, effectively canceling the waiver; or * do nothing and allow the claiming team to (1) assume the player's existing contract, (2) pay the waiving team a waiver fee, and (3) place the player on its active major league roster. If a player is claimed and the waiving team exercises its rescission option, the waiving team may not use the option again for that player in that season. If no team claims a player from waivers in three business days, the player has cleared waivers and may be assigned to a minor league team, traded, or released outright. The waiver "wire" is a secret within the personnel of the Major League Baseball clubs; no announcement of a waiver is made until a transaction actually occurs. Many players are often quietly waived during the August "waiver-required" trading period to gauge trade interest in a particular player. Usually, when the player is claimed, the waiving team will rescind the waiver to avoid losing the player unless a trade can be worked out with the claiming team

Answer 2

Any player under contract may be placed on waivers at any time. If a player is waived, any team may claim him. If more than one team claims the player from waivers, the team with the weakest record in the player's league gets preference. If no team in the player's league claims him, the claiming team with the weakest record in the other league gets preference. In the first month of the season, preference is determined using the previous year's standings. If a team claims a player off waivers and has the viable claim as described above, his current team (the "waiving team") may choose one of the following options: * arrange a trade with the claiming team for that player within two business days of the claim; or * rescind the request and keep the player on its major league roster, effectively canceling the waiver; or * do nothing and allow the claiming team to (1) assume the player's existing contract, (2) pay the waiving team a waiver fee, and (3) place the player on its active major league roster. If a player is claimed and the waiving team exercises its rescission option, the waiving team may not use the option again for that player in that season. If no team claims a player from waivers in three business days, the player has cleared waivers and may be assigned to a minor league team, traded, or released outright. The waiver "wire" is a secret within the personnel of the Major League Baseball clubs; no announcement of a waiver is made until a transaction actually occurs. Many players are often quietly waived during the August "waiver-required" trading period to gauge trade interest in a particular player. Usually, when the player is claimed, the waiving team will rescind the waiver to avoid losing the player unless a trade can be worked out with the claiming team.

Answer 3

Put some guy on waivers, they go through the 30 MLB teams worst to best, until someone claims him. If nobody does, they stay in their orginization.

I'm not completely sure about this but I'm pretty sure. Also, I think the team that put the player on waivers can take the player off waivers if he wasn't on the 40- man roster but you can't take him off if he was. Hope this helps! Remember, I'm not 100% sure.

Answer 4

The Waiver Wire works like this:

• Team A signs Player X to a contract
• Player X makes the roster and is on the team during the regular season
• Team A decides it no longer wants Plaer X on its roster
• Team A terminates the players contract, releasing him from his duties
• Before Player X becomes a free agent, he hits the Waiver Wire
• When his name goes on the waiver wire, every team in the NFL has the option to pick up the players original contract (the one Player X originally signed with Team A)
• The Waiver Wire is like the NFL Draft in that teams with the worst records get first crack at the players who have been released
• Once a team passes on the player then they cannot go back and claim him
• If no team signs the player, then he becomes an unrestrictd free agent.

Answer 5

The Waiver Wire works like this:

• Team A signs Player X to a contract
• Player X makes the roster and is on the team during the regular season
• Team A decides it no longer wants Plaer X on its roster
• Team A terminates the players contract, releasing him from his duties
• Before Player X becomes a free agent, he hits the Waiver Wire
• When his name goes on the waiver wire, every team in the NFL has the option to pick up the players original contract (the one Player X originally signed with Team A)
• The Waiver Wire is like the NFL Draft in that teams with the worst records get first crack at the players who have been released
• Once a team passes on the player then they cannot go back and claim him
• If no team signs the player, then he becomes an unrestrictd free agent.