Didn't the trade deadline already pass?? How did Adam Dunn get traded to the D-Backs??

Question

Did I miss something? I know baseball has funny rules, but they make a HUGE deal about the trade deadline all on SportsCenter, then a couple of weeks later, they're talking about this Dunn trade for prospects. Is it because you can still trade for prospects? I'm lost......

Please be detailed with your answers to get your 10 points and for God's sakes, no smarta**es. If you don't like baseball, I don't care to hear it. Just don't answer and keep it moving.

Answer 1

Trades after the trade deadline can happen at anytime between any team. Once the trade is approved, the player must first pass through waivers. This means that any team in the league may claim the player, but are responsible for the players salary. Thus players with larger salaries such as Dunn are often not claimed off waivers. If a team does make a waivers claim they receive the player as opposed to the team making the trade. If two teams make the claim, the team with the weaker record in the same league get the player, if no team in the same league claims the player the team with the weakest record in the other league gets the player.

For example, if the Mets, Nationals and Orioles wanted Adam Dunn, and the DBacks had agreed to a trade, the Nationals would get Dunn as they have a worse record than the Mets and are in the same league as the Reds who have Dunn. If only the Mets and the Yankees wanted Dunn, the Mets would get Dunn as he is in the same league as them regardless of either teams record. If only the Orioles claim Dunn, the Orioles would get him. If no team wants Dunn, then he passes through Waivers and the trade b/w the Reds and whomever would go through.

There are more details concerning timing, and as a previous poster stated the options of the team, but I don't want to repeat or make this longer.

That is how trades work after the deadline.

Answer 2

The July 31st Deadline is the Non-waiver trade deadline. These are the 'regular' trades where teams just exchange players. The August 31st deadline is the waiver trade deadline. Teams first have to waive a player, and then when a team claims the player, other teams with lower records in their division can block the waiver. If no other team blocks the waiver, the two teams can work out a trade.

Answer 3

The Reds could had released Dunn and the Dimondbacks could have signed him.

Answer 4

Through a process known as the "waivers". It is how the Card got Larry Walker in '04. Not sure how it works though.

Answer 5

You're referring to the non-waiver deadline. You can still trade now, but the player has to go through waivers first.

Any player can be put on waivers by his team, and the player does not need to be informed.

Other teams have the chance to make a claim on the player during a 47 hour window.

If the player is claimed, the team that placed him on waivers has the option of pulling him back.  If the team pulls him back they can't trade him for 30 days.

If his team decides not to pull him back:

Option 1:  His team can work out a trade with the team that claimed him.  Any player involved in the trade who is on a 40 man roster must go through waivers first.

Option 2:  His team can just dump him and his salary on the team that claimed him, getting no player in return.

Option 3:  No one claims him, and his team is free to trade him to any team.

If more than one team places a claim on a player, the winning claim is awarded based on worst record or the league the claiming team is in.

And that's basically the gist of it.