Playing Fact or Fiction with Top MLB Waiver Trade Buzz, Rumors

As one window shuts, another one opens.

While MLB's non-waiver trade deadline came and went at 4 p.m. ET on Monday, the opportunity to continue making deals exists thanks to the waiver trade period, which runs through Aug. 31.

There are multiple ways for players to switch teams—check out this handy guide that Bleacher Report's Joel Reuter did in 2015 for more details—but the the gist of it is this: Team A places a player on waivers; Team B submits a claim; negotiations take place; and then the involved teams may agree to a trade. 

Of course, speculation about trades isn't the only thing making noise in the rumor mill.

Will untimely injuries to a pair of All-Star shortstops force their respective teams to swing a waiver trade? Has time run out for two of the game's most polarizing figures? 

We'll hit on all that and more in this week's edition of Fact or Fiction.

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