Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com reports that the Rockies are unable to trade Brian Fuentes before the August 31 deadline because moving him to bereavement leave Tuesday canceled his placement on waivers.
According to Rosenthal, "Fuentes is not eligible to come off the bereavement list until Friday" and "if the Rockies again placed him on waivers then, he would not clear until after the Sunday deadline for postseason rosters." A pretty huge mistake if the Rockies were planning to trade Fuentes, but indications are that they'd decided to likely keep the impending free agent.