Yahoo!'s Jeff Passan tweeted that a source tells him the Phillies have gone through the procedure of putting Cliff Lee on waivers in order for him to be eligible to be traded after the post-July 31 non-waver deadline.
As most baseball people on Twitter are pointing out, this is simply a procedural thing. The Phillies have no plans on eating any of Cliff Lee's salary.
Some informed tweets below:
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