The curious case of Scooter Feldman

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Yesterday, news came down that the Texas Rangers had put pitcher Scott Feldman (on the 40-man, in Triple A rehabbing) on waivers. Meaning, any team could scoop him up if they were willing to pay him the rest of the $9 million he's due this year and next.

A steep check for a guy that bombed last year and hadn't thrown in the Majors this year. Chances are, he was going to go through waivers, be taken off the 40-man and put in the minors for the possibility of being recalled later, when the Rangers needed him.

Hours later, T.R. Sullivan blogged that Feldman was going to activated today. Like, on the team, taken off the 60-day disabled list and potentially pitching tonight, in relief. Sullivan briefly addresses the waivers story and brushes it off like it was a rumor.

Read this story. It's clear that I have no concept of "waivers," "outrighted" and all that jazz. It states that he was put on waivers (although the author refers to it almost as a rumor), but that he can still join the Rangers or outrighted to Triple A, where he could opt to become a free agent and still get paid by the Rangers. Weird. Clearly, no one was going to snatch him off waivers and the Rangers are not going to outright him (without knowing he'd accept the assignment). It's thought that Yoshi Tateyama will be sent to Triple A to make room for Feldman.

It's not that I don't understand, I just don't see the point. Just take Feldman off the disable list and send Tateyama down.

There's something to all of this and I'm far too lazy to research or really give a shit. Go Rangers.

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