Any chance the San Francisco Giants had of getting another cheeky pickup was cut off by MLB’s Ohio delegation.
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At Thursday morning's waiver claim period, the Cleveland Guardians came away with pitchers Lucas Giolito, Matt Moore and Reynaldo López. The Cincinnati Reds nabbed two outfielders: Hunter Renfroe and Harrison Bader.
This season’s waiver wire had a bit more spice to it thanks to the floundering Los Angeles Angels. The Angels went all in on moves for Giolito and company at the trade deadline, only to completely collapse over the last month and lose star pitcher Shohei Ohtani to a torn UCL.