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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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Waivers are revocable. So for all we know, there have been many trades that were agreed to that were squashed by a team claiming one of the players on waivers.
Personally, I like the system as it exists. MLB has many trade deadlines, and each deadline restricts how a player can be moved. Shrewd GMs can make good deals after July 31. IE: Pat Gillick aquiring David Cone for our World Series run in 1992.