Is the Waiver System Bad for Baseball? | 708

Talkin' Baseball (MLB Podcast)

Aug 30, 2023•50 min•Ep. 708

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

2:20 Alex Cobb Almost No-Hitter was Cool

3:30 The Players Placed on Waivers

8:00 Why A Team Would Do This

13:15 Can One Team Claim Everybody?

17:45 Harrison Bader

19:30 Does MLB LIKE or HATE This?

30:00 Reynaldo Lopez

32:45 Who is the Biggest Came-Changing Player?

39:00 Grichuk, Renfroe, Bader

43:35 Red Sox Getting Anyone? What's Gonna Happen?

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