On Kesler and Bieksa’s podcast from today, Bieksa talked about the expansion draft and this is what he said:
- Murray asked Bieksa in April if he was willing to waive his NMC so they could protect younger guys. He let Bieksa have time to think about it.
- Getting closer to the draft, Bieksa said he would agree to waive if he was given a 1 year extension. Murray said he’d think about it.
- Soon after, Murray told Bieksa that he didn’t need to waive anymore because he has a trade in place.
Then Bieksa talks about who they had to protect and he got confused about who needed to be protected.