With trade speculation practically at an all-time high, Scott Mitchell of TSN has reported that Josh Donaldson‘s locker was cleared out sometime Saturday or late Friday. Mitchell says all that remains is “an empty stall with a nameplate”.
You’d be forgiven for jumping at this report, but there’s far less to it than may meet the eye. As Mitchell noted in a separate conversation with a follower, Donaldson cannot yet be traded until he clears waivers. Clearing waivers cannot take place until the 2015 MVP has officially begun a rehab assignment, which he has not.