Although the non-waiver trade deadline has passed, don’t think for a second that teams aren’t still looking at ways to make themselves better before the month of August comes to a close.
What’s next for a lot of general managers is the waiver wire. For those of you who don’t know what a waiver wire deal is, most teams will put their players through waivers and other teams have the ability to put claims in on the players they’re looking at.
From there, players that have claims put up on them will either be taken off waivers and a trade will be worked out, or the player remains on waivers and goes to whatever team puts the claim in on him.
Often times, there are as many deals struck after the trade deadline than before. Players that weren’t moved before the deadline aren’t out of the woods yet. Deals that weren’t struck before the deadline passed this past Saturday could very well get done before the end of August.
Here is a list of players that are the most likely to be moved in a waiver wire deal.