Cincinnati Reds Matt Harvey, Billy Hamilton claimed on revocable waivers

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It certainly took awhile for there to be any significant news about the Cincinnati Reds players placed on waivers this August, but a pair of important details leaked out on Wednesday night. According to The Athletic’s Robert Murray, both Matt Harvey and Billy Hamilton have been claimed on revocable waivers by unknown teams, meaning the Reds now have to make decisions about each’s future with the club. As revocable waivers go, any team who claims a player then has 48 hours to negotiate with the Reds to determine a) whether the claiming team simply takes said player and his current salary, b) whether there’s a trade that can be made to facilitate a player moving between the two teams, or c) whether the Reds simply pull back their player from waivers altogether, removing them from the August trade pool.

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