This isn’t a surprise, but over the weekend Brian Cashman confirmed to reporters the Yankees are unlikely to make a last minute August waiver trade. A player must be in the organization by 11:59pm ET next Monday, August 31st, to be eligible for the postseason roster. That’s a hard deadline and there are no exceptions.
“Nothing that’s gotten to me. I’ve done a lot of claims. I’ve never been awarded any of them,” said Cashman to Dan Martin when asked about claiming players on trade waivers. Every team claims lots of players in August — Peter Gammons hears there have been more claims this month than ever before — but trade waivers are revocable, and the vast majority who are claimed get pulled back.