Truth to the following article?

[KJ1000]

Hey all,

I just saw this blurb in a newsletter I get daily, can there be any truth to this rumor?...ie, anyone in Atlanta hear anything...more curious than anything else...I believe the Braves amazing 14 year run is over and if it was me personally, i would use the vets to build a new team to make another run...anyways, thought it was a real interesting bit to share...

As the Macon Telegraph reports, "A report Thursday in the suburban Boston Eagle-Tribune said Braves center fielder Andruw Jones had been placed on waivers. When asked Thursday afternoon to confirm, Braves General Manager John Schuerholz declined to comment based on the league's confidentiality rule regarding waivers. If the report is true, other teams would have 47 hours to claim Jones, who has 25 home runs and 93 RBIs this season. If Jones is claimed, teams would have another 48 hours to exclusively negotiate a trade with the Braves. Boston and the Los Angeles Angels are known to be interested, the report said. The Braves and the Red Sox had a brief conversation Sunday night about a potential trade that would have sent Jones to Boston before Monday's non-waiver trade deadline. In exchange for Jones, the Braves asked for center fielder Coco Crisp, right-handed reliever Craig Hansen and left-handed starter Jon Lester. The Red Sox reportedly balked at the deal because of their fondness for the 22-year-old Lester."

[rented mule]

My understanding is that every team runs most of their players through waivers right after the trading deadline to see if any of them get claimed. Since they have the right to pull them back, there is really no risk involved.

[CheechB03]

Since they have the right to pull them back, there is really no risk involved.

In a way the trade deadline is meaningless. Teams still have the ability to make trades. In most cases the player on waivers does not get picked up as a courtesy to the teams trying to make a trade. The only time it becomes an issue is when the team is fighting for a playoff birth.

[Tomorrows Paper]

Here's what I saw. The MLB trade deadline is laughable.

With Andruw Jones only days away from gaining trade veto power, the All-Star center fielder was claimed on waivers by an unnamed team, leaving the Braves until 1 p.m. ET Saturday to decide whether to take their last opportunity to deal Jones unfettered.

That Jones was placed on waivers is unremarkable; he was one of hundreds of players, including many stars, who were placed on waivers earlier this week. What makes Jones' situation interesting is that on Aug. 15, he will gain 10-and-5 rights -- 10 years in the big leagues, five with the same team -- to block any proposed trade.

Multiple teams placed claims on Jones, according to major-league sources. But on Thursday afternoon, one team was awarded a claim on Jones. Now the Braves have two choices -- either work out a trade with the team who placed the claim by Saturday or pull Jones back from waivers. If they pull him back, they cannot trade him again for the rest of this season.

Jones' value in the trade market is relatively high right now, because he is a highly productive player locked up for only one more year -- at $13.5 million -- at a time when players like Alfonso Soriano and Carlos Lee might command $70 million packages on the free-agent market.

The Boston Red Sox tried to deal for Jones leading up to the trade deadline, with some intent to try to flip him to the Houston Astros for Roy Oswalt. Some scouts also think that the Los Angeles Angels, who've been looking for a bat, might have high interest in Jones.

Atlanta GM John Schuerholz, reached on his cell phone, said Friday afternoon that he would not comment on the team's internal business.

[KJ1000]

Fellas,

Thanks for the dish, much appreciated. I guess I never fully understand the waiver wire trading. The trade deadline does seem kind of comical; however, if I remember right, in the past, teams in the hunt would screw the other team by making a waiver claim just so the other team won't get the player (believe this particular case was Boston and NY). You hear stuff but the depth is never known as the names are kept silence only made public when a claim is made.

Either way, this should be interesting. If I was Atlanta, I try to pick up someone for Jones or make a serious push to lock him in after this year. I still believe the Nationals were idiots for not trading Soriano as I truly don't believe he wants to be there. Imagine his numbers at Minute Maid Park or another hitters park, this guy has been nothing short of amazing this year...

[rented mule]

I'm not sure the trading deadline is laughable. The Twins are behind the Red Sox in the standings and if they wanted to, they could claim Andruw Jones on waivers to prevent Boston from getting him. Before the trading deadline, they couldn't block any such trade between Boston and Atlanta, if they had decided they wanted to deal.

[***THA FIX***]

What I can gather from the radio talk down here is that Andruw is wanting somewhere from 14 to 16 million a year next year for his contract and with the new owners down here no ones really sure if we will be able to give it to him. So they were trying to see what they could get for him!!!