On Tuesday, the floundering Los Angeles Angels led MLB into a bold new world of late-August waiver wire action by making five notable veterans — pitchers Lucas Giolito, Reynaldo López and Matt Moore and outfielders Hunter Renfroe and Randal Grichuk — available for any team to claim. The claiming teams needed only to pay the rest of the players' 2023 salaries. The last-place New York Yankees also joined the party, placing outfielder Harrison Bader on the wire.
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On Thursday, Ohio emerged as the hub of waiver activity. The Cleveland Guardians, five games back in the AL Central, claimed the three Angels pitchers, while the Cincinnati Reds claimed Renfroe and Bader. Granted, this isn’t quite as illogical as it sounds. The starting rotation has been stellar in the second half, with a 3.69 ERA that puts them fourth in MLB in park-adjusted ERA-. That, however, has been accomplished with three strong rookies and a rotating cast of back-end fillers. The excellent Aaron Civale was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays, while non-excellent option Noah Syndergaard has been banished to the realms of the released, and 25-year-old Xzavion Curry has struggled to a 5.
But the whole enterprise begs the question: Why not claim a hitter? We know the Guardians passed on the notable Angels hitters, given that the Cincinnati Reds got Hunter Renfroe with a better record and Randal Grichuk went unclaimed. Cleveland's corner outfielders and designated hitters . The Guardians are starting Will Brennan , Ramón Laureano or both — when Renfroe was right there.
Cleveland was unable to fix former All-Star Noah Syndergaard, whom the team released after acquiring him just weeks ago at the deadline. But they got a good look at Giolito in the years he was with the division-rival White Sox and are generally more likely to get him back to his 2019 self than the Angels, with whom he posted a disappointing 6.89 ERA over the past month.
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