ST. PETERSBURG -- At some point this month, Rays players and fans alike will probably be alarmed when they hear that someone on Tampa Bay's roster has been put on waivers.
Suffice it to say, the Rays are just going about their everyday business. Every team in baseball routinely puts its players on waivers in August, hoping they pass through unclaimed so that if a team wants to trade for that player, they are free to do so.
"For me, initially, I didn't understand it," Sergio Romo said. "I remember my first year in 2008, I got claimed on waivers and I had barely debuted that year.