MLB Waiver Trades: Explaining the Process in Simple Terms

Your favorite team did not make the deals you wanted them to at the July 31 trade deadline.  Are they sunk?

The answer is most likely but not for certain.  There is a process that teams can use to trade players after the deadline, and it's called waivers.  Here's how it works in simple terms.

If a team wants to trade a player after July 31, they will place him on waivers.  All 29 other teams have the option of making a waiver claim and trying to obtain this player.  This is how the Giants got Cody Ross, who turned out to be the NLCS MVP, in 2010.

The pecking order to determine the team that is awarded the claim starts with the worst team in your own league.  After all teams in...

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