How to Add Postseason-Eligible Players After the Trade Deadline

[Brandon Glick]

Over at one of our sister sites (Talk Sox), one of our contributing writers did a primer on how teams can still add playoff-eligible players to their major league rosters for the stretch run. Wouldn't be shocked to see the Cubs try one of these methods this year.

The Trade Deadline Has Come and Gone, but the Red Sox Can Still Add to This Team - Red Sox - Talk Sox

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Many fans think that after July 31, there's no way to bring in players outside the organization. It may be trickier to work something out, but there are plenty of ways to bring in players...

 

[Bertz]

The waiver route is the only reliable way to get talent at this point.  Anything else is a lottery ticket.  The teams to keep an eye on for putting legitimate talent through waivers are teams that bought on July 31st and fell out of it in August.  Bonus points if they're near one of the LT thresholds or if they have a player in his walk year making good salary but not worth a QO.

So IMO the team to keep an eye on is Texas.  They're right at the LT line, have 9 pitchers who are impending FAs, and currently have 35% playoff odds.

The Angels and Reds were surprise buyers at the deadline, and another month of not making much traction could push them over the edge too.  I think for the Reds especially Nick Martinez and Emilio Pagan each have pretty healthy salaries, they'd save $4-5M if they dumped both of them in a few weeks.

[Rcal10]

43 minutes ago, Bertz said:

The waiver route is the only reliable way to get talent at this point.  Anything else is a lottery ticket.  The teams to keep an eye on for putting legitimate talent through waivers are teams that bought on July 31st and fell out of it in August.  Bonus points if they're near one of the LT thresholds or if they have a player in his walk year making good salary but not worth a QO.

So IMO the team to keep an eye on is Texas.  They're right at the LT line, have 9 pitchers who are impending FAs, and currently have 35% playoff odds.

The Angels and Reds were surprise buyers at the deadline, and another month of not making much traction could push them over the edge too.  I think for the Reds especially Nick Martinez and Emilio Pagan each have pretty healthy salaries, they'd save $4-5M if they dumped both of them in a few weeks.

Does the waiver order start with the league they are in getting the first chance or is it strictly worse record to best record? I seem to remember the Reds getting a few guys ahead of the Cubs a few years ago.