Yasiel Puig has reportedly been claimed on waivers by an unknown team, per John Heyman of Today’s Knuckleball, though that doesn’t necessarily mean the Dodgers will trade the outfielder.
As is the case with the vast majority of players in August, Puig was placed on revocable waivers. If a player goes unclaimed, he is free to be traded. If claimed, a club can simply let that player go, try to work out a trade with the claiming team, or pull the player back off waivers, which means the player cannot be traded until the offseason.
The Dodgers’ desire to trade Puig hasn’t exactly been a secret.