Why did the Yankees not put a claim in on Javy Lopez?

[Sukhoi]

Obviously after losing Varitek the Red Sox needed a catcher badly, and the Yankees knew this. When the Orioles put Lopez on trade waivers why didn't the Yankees put in a claim to stop Lopez from being traded to the Red Sox?

 

[Brainonska511]

I think it is because the claim goes to the team with the worst record for the day that they released the player, so the Yankees had a slightly better record that day....

 

[chuckywang]

Red Sox can claim players off waivers before the Yankees.

Why Lopez was put on waivers, they had the same record, so the order depends on their records from last year. They had the same records last year, so the order now relies on records from two years ago, and the Yankees had the better record. Therefore, the Red Sox has first dibs.

 

[Baked]

Being the 1st to put a claim on a player doesn't mean you'll get first dibs. When Braves put Andruw Jones on waiver a lot of teams put claim on him, but only 1 team was awarded the claim.

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: Baked
Being the 1st to put a claim on a player doesn't mean you'll get first dibs. When Braves put Andruw Jones on waiver a lot of teams put claim on him, but only 1 team was awarded the claim.

Or no team if the Braves put Jones on revocable waivers and then they decide they wanted him back.

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: chuckywang

Originally posted by: Baked
Being the 1st to put a claim on a player doesn't mean you'll get first dibs. When Braves put Andruw Jones on waiver a lot of teams put claim on him, but only 1 team was awarded the claim.

Or no team if the Braves put Jones on revocable waivers and then they decide they wanted him back.

Oh yes, I read about that. Apparently Jones has the special 10-5 deal (10 year vet, 5 year w/ same team), so if the Braves don't trade him, they can't put him back on the waiver for the rest of the year.

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: Baked

Originally posted by: chuckywang

Originally posted by: Baked
Being the 1st to put a claim on a player doesn't mean you'll get first dibs. When Braves put Andruw Jones on waiver a lot of teams put claim on him, but only 1 team was awarded the claim.

Or no team if the Braves put Jones on revocable waivers and then they decide they wanted him back.

Oh yes, I read about that. Apparently Jones has the special 10-5 deal (10 year vet, 5 year w/ same team), so if the Braves don't trade him, they can't put him back on the waiver for the rest of the year.

I thought he didn't have the 10-5 rule since he was still a few days away from being with the Braves for 5 years. Once Jones has 10-5 rights, he can block trades to any proposed team.

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: Sukhoi
Obviously after losing Varitek the Red Sox needed a catcher badly, and the Yankees knew this. When the Orioles put Lopez on trade waivers why didn't the Yankees put in a claim to stop Lopez from being traded to the Red Sox?

Nobody claimed Lopez off waivers. He cleared them, and hence is eligible to be traded to any team.

The Yankees might not have known the Red Sox were interested in Lopez, so that could be the reason they didn't claim him. They might also not have claimed him because they didn't want to be stuck with the salary of a player they didn't need.

Remember Jose Canseco a few years ago?

 

[Baked]

Couldn't find the old article where it said he's a 10-5 man. Must've interpreted it wrong. Well, this new article (ESPN/MLB section) says he's 10 days short of being a 10 year vet so he couldn't block a trade if Brave really wanted to trade him. This is gonna be interesting at the end of the year.

 

[Sukhoi]

Interesting, thanks all.

 

[Gunslinger08]

What really pisses me off is how the Devil Rays fvcked the trade up. They have to realize that they only pissed off the Orioles by doing it.. fvcking retarded.

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
What really pisses me off is how the Devil Rays fvcked the trade up. They have to realize that they only pissed off the Orioles by doing it.. fvcking retarded.

How did they screw the trade up? The trade still went through.

Maybe the Devil Rays were angry at the Red Sox for talking to Lugo's agent without their permission?