The Guardians will have some new faces when they open a three game series against the Rays tonight at Progressive Field. They claimed RHP’s Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo Lopez and LHP Matt Moore off the waiver wires from the Los Angeles Angels. Giolitio and Lopez are not eligible for qualifying offers in the offseason because they were traded midseason, and Moore is 34, so these are three players here simply to help for a month of the regular season. The Guardians will pay the three players, combined, somewhere around $3 million for their services.
Peyton Battenfield and Eric Haase were designated for assignment.