[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by DeepSouth

I can't find any announcement that he was placed on waivers. A couple of sites have articles about him clearing waivers. kansascity.royals.mlb.com doesn't have anything about him clearing waivers or being put on waivers. Seems pretty hush-hush? At this point, can the Royals keep him? Or, do they have to trade him or out-right release him?

Royals reliever Joakim Soria has cleared waivers, according to a report Thursday from Jon Heyman of Today’s Knuckleball. The procedural move would allow Soria to be traded to any team this month, despite the non-waiver trade deadline passing on Aug. 1. Still, a trade would appear extremely remote.

As a matter of procedure, teams can place any player on revocable waivers after the trade deadline. If a player clears waivers, he is able to be traded to any team. But if he is claimed during the waiver process, the original team can revoke the waiver request and retain the player. Soria, 32, was not claimed by any of the other 29 major-league teams.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb...#storylink=cpy

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