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.
The league’s contenders had 48 hours to place claims that might boost their chances in September.