How can a team make a trade after the trade deadline?

Question

i.e. adam dunn to the diamondbacks...

I know they claimed him off waivers, but isn't this just a glitch in the system?

Answer 1

Players can only be traded after the deadline if the player clears waivers first.  Had any of the other teams in the NL west wanted Dunn they could have blocked the trade to Arizona by claiming him themselves.  This is why you will generally only see older and high salary players traded after the deadline, younger, cheaper players won't clear waivers.

Answer 2

Of course there's a glitch in the system, because without spending limits, there is No System. The July 31st deadline is a farse, and onlya wealthy team would pay this higher salary, hense, teams like the Yankees and Sox benefit again. I have asked fans to complain to sites, local media as well as  MLB.com demanding spending and free agent limits in baseball, to keep the games integrity strong.

Answer 3

Well it takes a long while and the player cannot be amazing money must be involved and it should be fair.

Answer 4

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.  

That is how trades work after the deadline.

Answer 5

i answered a question earlier about waivers

he was placed on waivers, and any and every team had a chance to trade for him..the "glitch" isnt really a glitch, because if no team wanted him, the team would either have to send him to the minors or release him, so its the failsafe in the waiver trade story

that what "designated for assignment" basically translates to. its either a player being traded from waivers, sent to the minors, or released. the reds just knew that if they put dunn on waivers, a team would definitly pick him up  

Answer 6

August 1

Teams are allowed to put up to 7 players a day on waivers. Once on waivers, player remains there for 48 hours. Claims are processed in inverse standing order at the time of the waiver.

If player is NOT claimed, he can be traded to any team without restriction.

If player IS claimed, team that claimed him and original team have 48 hours to make a trade. If a deal can not be struck, original team has two options - recall player from waivers and keep him or let him go to team that claimed him. if more than one team makes a claim, claim goes to team lower in standings at time of waiver. So a player does not necessarily need to clear waivers in order  to be dealt after August 1. He can simply be dealt to the team that claimed him.