Royals reliever Joakim Soria has cleared waivers, according to a report Thursday from Jon Heyman of Today’s Knuckleball. The procedural move would allow Soria to be traded to any team this month, despite the non-waiver trade deadline passing on Aug. 1. Still, a trade would appear extremely remote.
As a matter of procedure, teams can place any player on revocable waivers after the trade deadline. If a player clears waivers, he is able to be traded to any team. But if he claimed during the waiver process, the original team can revoke the waiver request and retain the player.