[The Wolf]

Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange

From the "AZ Phil's Corner" section of The Cub Reporter web site, which has very good descriptions of many of the Major League Rules:

Note that the act of outrighting or releasing a player requires waivers.

Yes, but there are ten days before you have to do that even in those cases, and there are other things that can be done that don't required waivers.

The issue is this: "Waivers should not be required when designating a player for assignment. In real life, players often are waived after being DFA'd, but not always. Sometimes they get traded instead, and by requiring waivers, OOTP effectively negates that real life option."

So the point stands: DFAing a player should NOT require waivers.