Since you can't share an idea without someone snatching it instead of collaborating, it was time for a fanpost...

So the Pirates made some deadline dealing. They got rid of their franchise player, their career-year veteran, and their stud lefty specialist, and brought in eight total prospects - four for the immediate major league roster, two for AAA, and two others well down the food chain. However, not all of the players we expected to be dealt wound up leaving, although their services arent any less in need by the teams that are still in contention this year. Here's what I figure might happen between now and the beginning of next year.

First off, a recap of the Waiver Trade Deadline (Aug 31) rules just in case any of these guys actually goes.

1) Any player who is placed on waivers and claimed by another team, the team that put him there can:

a) let that team have him for a waiver fee (and then the team that got him pays his remaining salary)

b) agree to a trade with the team that claimed him

c) pull that player back off waivers. this can be done one time. if a player is placed on waivers a second time before September 1st, he can't be pulled back

2) If one team claims the player, the waiving team deals with only that team. If multiple teams claim a player, the team with the worst record  gets priority, and a team in the same league gets priority.

Obviously, the worse teams in the league (Cleveland, Seattle, Washington) are the least likely to try and claim any of these guys. Except maybe Ed Wade.

John Grabow - He was being talked about as the fallback plan if the Pirates were somehow unable to find a home for Marte. He hasn't been dealt yet, but he could still be extremely useful to a team looking to shore up their bullpen for the stretch run. I had heard a couple mumblings of his heading to Los Angeles (either one). I doubt that he would fall all the way to the Angels,, but I wouldn't be surprised if he wound up going to the Dodgers straight-up for someone like Cory Wade, Scott Elbert, or Travis Schlichtling.

Jack Wilson - As has been discussed ad nauseum by most of us, the Dodgers need a shortstop (since Nomar is back on the DL, Furcal is still hurt, and Berroa and Maza combined can't hit it if it isn't on a tee). I wouldn't be surprised if Jack wound up packaged together with Grabow and the MacDonald and Hu concept weren't reignited, or heck, even Matt Kemp all over again.

I should mention here that this is based on the fact that all of the teams ahead of Los Angeles in waiver priority are out of contention, so they are trade candidate numero uno. Again, unless Ed Wade continues to be, well, Ed Wade. (Even if they pass Arizona, the Dbacks are unlikely to try claiming either of these two)

Ronny Paulino - We all know that we have no use for the boy, since Ryan Doumit is playing better and there are a dozen Raul Chavez' in the world. However, he is sure hitting the ball well since he got demoted, and if he can show that he's no longer injured, the Marlins could sure use a catcher, and perhaps we could sell them on Ronny's career .318 AVG and .781 OPS in September. What does it mean for us? Perhaps we could steal someone like John Raynor, Chris Coghlan, or Chris Mobley.

It would be nice to write about Chris Duffy here. Perhaps we could have talked some team into believing that he's due for a Ryan Ludwick (minus the homers of course) type resurgence next year. Also, maybe our bench hitters might be of interest to a contender, someone like Malphabet, CGz, or 0-3vas for a depth prospect or two.

But this is just an idea, a jumping off point, so let me know what you guys think.