ishmael said:
If he was claimed and they pulled him back, then he can't be traded. Right?
Except to the team that claimed him, I believe, but that's only within 24 hours after the waiver period ends.
Since Rosenthal reported yesterday that the Sox and Dodgers were supposedly talking trade for De Aza, either they won the claim on him or he cleared waivers altogether.
In my lifetime said:
One of 3 things needs to be done with De Aza.
Either sign him for next yr if he is willing and he becomes part of the #3/4 OF rotation (as well as insurance for Bradley/Castillo) or trade him to a contending team to get either a prospect or package him to get the RS under the LT threshold (there isn't much left on the roster in available money savings except if it is possible to wipe out their 3.9 annual payment as part of the Punto deal), so next yr they would be 1st time offenders. It just makes no sense to keep him for the remainder of the year, when he is likely to be elsewhere next yr.
De Aza alone isn't going to give the Red Sox much in the way of payroll relief. They're only on the hook for $1M of his total salary, and at this point, they'd probably be saving less than half of that were they to trade him. The only reasons to move him, really, are to get something with future value back and/or to free up playing time for Castillo/JBJ. It appears he's already been demoted in favor of those two, so unless they can get something worthwhile back, there's no real need to trade him at all.
