trade was in place with Astros, but he didn't allow trade

The Tigers get-back for Verlander was believed to include, Franklin Perez, Daz Cameron and possibly Jake Rodgers. Again, deal is off.

This post was edited by KrWWW on Aug 31 2017 09:34pm

Wow, you'd think he'd want to play for a contender, especially one with a bright future ahead.

Done deal

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Verlander to #Astros, source confirms to The Athletic. @anthonyfenech first. Perez, Cameron and Rodgers to #Tigers, per @JonHeyman.

Interesting. Fucker always owned the A's in the playoffs.

Will wait for Ryan's take on it.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/with-non-waiver-deadline-passed-heres-how-teams-can-still-make-trades-in-august/

Why did Verlander clear waivers? That article was written Aug 1, but he pitched well this month, raising his perceived value

Every AL contender has a worse record than Houston, why would none of those teams claim him and try to work out a trade? Did it simply come down to the fact that he would have vetoed a trade to any team other than Houston?

By taking on his salary, is Houston making a longterm sacrifice in exchange for the short term push in this years playoffs (and other contenders wouldn't have been willing take on a salary that will be viewed as overpay after this year)?

This post was edited by Kayeto on Sep 1 2017 03:17am

everyone clears waivers, they are revocable waivers

Good players on reasonable contracts don't.

thats what leads to being traded, or revoked

Jays got away with Angels and White Sox claiming Alex Rios and Vernon Wells

This post was edited by KrWWW on Sep 4 2017 03:33am

And Rios turned it around