Comments on: Jarrod Washburn: Appearing at a stadium near you?

By: One Year Ago on PH8: Waivers (and Links too!) | Pitchers Hit Eighth :: A St Louis Cardinals blog

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:01:07 +0000

[...] One year ago to the day, Jarrod Washburn had been claimed off of waivers, and everyone was scrambling to find out which team had placed the claim. Could it have been the Cardinals? [...]

By: PHE

PHE — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:05:15 +0000

Here for ya StLCards – see post above from DePo at his blog.

By: PHE

PHE — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:00:15 +0000

I’m not entirely sure, but I think the Mariners either had to make a deal, let him go for nothing to the claiming team, or pull him back.

If he was in fact pulled back, he cannot be placed on waivers again for 30 days.

If they put him on waivers again after 30 days, he can’t be pulled back.

By: StLCards

StLCards — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:51:39 +0000

Thanks for the update. This leaves me wondering about what happens now? Sounds like there were multiple claims put in. Since the teams negotiated and couldn’t come to a deal it would seem like they should move on to the next highest claim? Or does not making the deal similar to withdrawing the player and now they have to wait until the offseason to try to trade him again?

By: PHE

PHE — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:42:14 +0000

I just updated the post again – Jon Heyman posted 15 minutes ago that the deadline for a deal was expired, the Twins were on Washburn, and he will remain with the Mariners.

By: StLCards

StLCards — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:36:29 +0000

I just got this off of cbs sportsline

News: According to the Seattle Times, Mariners SP Jarrod Washburn has been claimed on waivers by the St. Louis Cardinals. Seattle now has 48 hours to try and work out a deal with St. Louis, otherwise Washburn remains a Mariner.
Analysis: A lot of these waiver deals seem to fizzle out, but this could be one that actually has a chance of happening. If you own Washburn in an AL-only league, you might want to start making alternative plans just in case the SP ends up switching to the other side.

By: PHE

PHE — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:31:28 +0000

Early word was that Ibanez *was* claimed, but wasn’t going anywhere.

And Ken Rosenthal indicated the deadline was 1:30p ET today, but again, with these waiver deals – things always seem closely guarded.

By: StLCards

StLCards — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:21:49 +0000

Whatever the case, I think the deadline was this afternoon, so I’m surprised there isn’t word one way or another considering Ibanez was claimed too.

By: StLCards

StLCards — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:20:47 +0000

Seems pretty unlikely that the Cardinals would claim Washburn, but he is a lefty and Mulder is obviosuly done, but that wouldn’t say much about Garcia’s chances for becoming a starter next year as I believe Washburn still has a year left on his contract.

With the White Sox and Yankees needing pitchers it doesn’t seem likely that he would make it out of the AL. I’m not sure, but I think they first have to clear the league they are in before going through through the order of the other league.