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Originally Posted by troutman
But other teams never really claim a player on waivers in these situations, do they? So, there really is no trade deadline in practice.
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I was wondering that. I know the Jays lost Tony Beatista a few years ago, but I'm not sure that is the same thing (there are a bunch of different types of MLB waivers)
It may happen more than we know, but the player isn't actually traded.
Here is a story where Andru Jones was claimed, but he is still with the Braves so I guess no trade was consummated. I think I recall a few others like this - 2 teams come to a trade agreement but the player now has to go through waivers, and instead another teams claims him first so the player is withdrawn from waivers and can no longer be traded.