Derrek Lee to the Braves... ??

[missouridawg]

Apparently this has legs.

He vetoed a deal to the Angels last month.</p>

 

[boomboommsu]

Makes a ton of sense. RH, FA-to-be 1B with a high enough salary to clear waivers. And several have confirmed it.

I like it.

 

[MSUArrowCS]

is that the Braves plan on keeping Glaus as a RH bat off the bench. That lets them keep him healthy and probably avoid the big performance-based incentives he'd be owed if he continued to play every day for the rest of the season. If Frank Wren manages to pull this deal off, I owe him an apology for not wowing at the trade deadline.

I'm not very familiar with the waiver process, but does Philly still have the chance to block this deal? If they do, I'm guessing they probably will.

 

[thunderclap]

if I have to watch Troy Glaus hit another weak ground ball to shortstop I'm gonna freakin explode.</p>

 

[boomboommsu]

if it happened, Glaus would probably be DLd for at least a couple weeks, to get his legs healthy(er).

Lee would have to pass through waivers. He may have already. No one seems to know (MLB doesn't release that info, all we know is from leaks). Philly could block it by claiming Lee if he hasn't gone through already, but they'd risk being stuck with him with nowhere to play him (Howard is about to be back).

Maybe the Braves were trying to keep this quiet, and all this attention will now blow it up as they won't be able to sneak Lee thru waivers. Or maybe it's all misdirection, while they sneak someone else thru. </p>

 

[MSUArrowCS]

You're right that it would be risky for Philly to make the claim on Lee in particular, who's owed 3 and a half million or so the rest of the year, and like you pointed out, plays a position they have no room for. They'd have to hope the Cubs would pull back the claim due to getting nothing in return, but because the move is mainly a salary dump, that's not a guarantee either.

From wikipedia, re: waiver process:

</p>

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:</p>

• 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.