Doug Davis claimed off waivers by Brewers

by Jim McLennan on Aug 13, 2009 1:07 AM EDT in Diamondbacks News

Jon Heyman of SI is reporting that the Milwaukee Brewers have claimed Arizona pitcher Doug Davis off waivers, where he was placed by the team. However, it's important to note that this does not necessarily mean that he will be leaving the team: it's a fairly common method used by teams, after the trading deadline, to put their players on the market. If a player is not claimed by any team he can then be dealt freely, even though the deadline passed at the end of July. [There's a good article on the process here]

The claim means that the two sides have 48 hours to work out a deal, and if nothing comes to fruition, his current team can simply pull the player off waivers, and he stays with them. Or they can let the player go, and the gaining outfit then becomes responsible for the player's salary for the rest of the season - which is no small amount in Davis's case, being about $3.5 million. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reckons a trade is unlikely; it says that before the deadline, we were looking for "the equivalent of a second-round draft pick" - Davis will be a Class B free agent, so that's basically what we'd get for losing him. Nick Piecoro tends to agree, stating the team are not looking to dump salary.

We'll see what happens in the next couple of days: probably nothing at all.

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I get that it is probably for the best

But I can’t even begin to explain how bummed this will make me.

"I refuse to let you use my own words in context against me!" -Daily Show

by mrssoco on Aug 13, 2009 2:21 AM EDT reply actions

Bummed if he goes

Wow, I need to go to bed. I read it and didn’t process the BIG BOLD “probably won’t happen” bit till after. Gooooo me.

BESIDES. How will we have a birthday party for him if he isn’t ours anymore!

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by mrssoco on Aug 13, 2009 2:25 AM EDT up reply actions

I

really hope we sign him to an extension now.

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-Pygalgia

by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2009 4:52 AM EDT up reply actions

It will suck

But unless we get something in return, it’s totally worthless. Like last year…yay Adam Dunn……for players to be named……Owings is gone?!?!! What!!!!??? If that’s how the brewers will feel after this is over, i’ll be happy. But I’m sure they’ll just give us a shinny pen for DD

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by sergey606 on Aug 13, 2009 2:25 AM EDT reply actions

This would be

more exciting if the team was in tankfest mode. i.e. the Bryce Harper Sweepstake. Lets hope nothing happens for next year’s sake.

Or maybe they have an Aussie or two in their system…hmm

Pedro Cerrano: Jesus, I like him very much, but he no help with curveball.
Eddie Harris: You trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?

by PhoenixFly on Aug 13, 2009 5:11 AM EDT reply actions

Do you mean...

TANKAPALOOZA ’09!!!? Yeah….

My brother: Did you see the genre of this song [Wake Up by Arcade Fire]?
Me: Isn't it Alternative?
My brother: No, it was funeral. Most depressing thing ever. I s*** you not. Go look it up.
Me: ::checks iTunes:: That's the album title.

by Dan Strittmatter on Aug 13, 2009 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Don't Forget

Just because he’s been claimed on waivers, does NOT mean he is going to Milwaukee… just means that Milwaukee has the 48 hour window to negotiate a trade… then after the 48 hours, the DBacks can pull him back, which means he’s with the team for the rest of the season, or just let them go for nothing, but reading the article, doesn’t look like they intend to do that.

by GuruB on Aug 13, 2009 8:45 AM EDT reply actions

Yes, that’s what the post says…

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-- Bruce Catton

by njjohn on Aug 13, 2009 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions

No. Way.

They wouldnt put that stuff in the post… =]

Pedro Cerrano: Jesus, I like him very much, but he no help with curveball.
Eddie Harris: You trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?

by PhoenixFly on Aug 13, 2009 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't know

WHY they’d just let him go, since, as Nicky P says, we haven’t exactly been dumping salary this year.

"In the future, I want to be a fossil. Or, at least have my feces be fossilized"
-Pygalgia

by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2009 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions

I think there's a 75 percent chance that DD stays

We’re not likely to trade him unless we’re going to get something worthwhile back. and I think it’s worth noting that doug has said that he’d be more than willing to come back as a FA if he’s trade.

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by C. Wesley Baier on Aug 13, 2009 11:59 AM EDT reply actions