In a weird way, it both is an isn’t. For example, we know Sheffield CLEARED waivers, but we were never told he went on waivers in the first place.

One thing I have read is that teams often throw a TON of players out on waivers in an attempt to cover up who they’re trying to deal. This is done knowing full well that some guys will be pulled back if any team does try and claim them.

So it’s possible that they don’t make it public simply because the list could be so jam packed with names that it’d be impossible to get any real meaning from it.

I imagine there’s a LOT of goings on behind the scenes that ballclubs don’t want other clubs to find out about. If only because they don’t want to risk another team trying to interfere in the trade, and want to try and pull the trade “out of nowhere” to give opponents less time to respond.

That could be the reason we don’t get details about EVERY deal the Twins (or any club) is trying to make. The last thing they want is somebody else in the playoff hunt to get word that Player-X or Y is in the middle of trade talks.

Look at the Yankees. They come in and take Pudge. Did anybody know he was actually available? I doubt it. And that’s just what the Yankees wanted. I bet there’s a few other teams that may have thrown their hat in the ring had they known Pudge was an option. And that would’ve lead to him costing more than Farnsworth.

“NO BODY IN THE BLOG HAS SAID THE SEASON IS OVER!!!”

T does that EVERY game they lose! The clinical term for it is “Disassociative Compulsion.” He himself tries to console his own emotional insecurities and feeling of a let-down over a loss by accusing others of propunding that which he himself feels. It’s also known as a “Kick the Dog” reaction. Approximately 2.5 out of every ten demonstrate this introverted type-B behavior, but the most prominent demographic is that of pre-pubescent males. I would recommend 25 mg of Celexa. After three to five weeks he would probably feel like spending far less time on a blog each and every day.

T doesn’t like anything “negative.” And he certainly doesn’t like debate. He gets that from his hero Barack Obama.

Wow, T. I was just thinking about this in the past week:

Why isn’t the waiver wire public information — just like the NYSE and other busniness-flow information?

So, if Beltre cleared waivers (presumably because the Twins were in talks with the M’s), the 47-hour period is long gone, so he essentially cannot be traded anymore.

Because the M’s would have to send him to the first team that claimed him — for nothing. And they won’t risk that.

Right?

So I’ve been an idiot in banging the Beltre drum as of late.