The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal reported this past weekend that both Bryce Harper and Daniel Murphy were placed on revocable waivers, noting on Twitter that the Washington Nationals placed, “a number of players,” on waivers last Friday though he added that the Nationals’, “intentions [were] not clear,” and, “... virtually every player goes on waivers as matter of procedure this time of year.”
“Harper owed ~$5M [and] Murphy ~$4M,” Rosenthal wrote in a follow-up tweet, are, “... both potential FAs.
“[Nationals] might simply want to see if they clear, giving GM [Mike] Rizzo option(s) to make [a] deal before 8/31 if [the] team fades.