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Sox Submit Waiver Claim On SD’s Giles
By Administrator | August 7, 2008
The San Diego Union Tribune is reporting that the Red Sox submitted a waiver claim on Padres outfielder Brian Giles yesterday. The teams now have forty-eight hours (ending tomorrow afternoon) to work out a trade or, under MLB’s rules, San Diego could pull him back off waivers.
The glitch is that Giles has a limited no-trade provision in his contract and the Red Sox are one of eight teams to which he can block a trade. He has one year remaining on the deal (a team option at $9 million, $11 million if he is traded).
Whereas he would be a fourth outfielder in Boston, greatly reducing his playing time, it is quite conceivable that Giles would block the deal.
To read the entire Union-Tribune article, click here.
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