The Anaheim Angels have put pitchers Lucas Giolito, Matt Moore and Reynaldo Lopez and outfielders Hunter Renfroe and Randal Grichuk on waivers, per Jeff Passan on Twitter.Because the trade target date has passed, none of these players can be tradedinstead, they will each wind up with the group with the most awful record that places in a waiver case on them.All 5 of these players are freelances at period's end, and three of themGiolito, Lopez and Grichukwere acquired at the profession due date, when the Angels made a hostile push to try to win this year, before Shohei Ohtani strikes complimentary agency.The Angels are 7-18 in the month of August Joe Pepitone Jersey, having actually befalled of the playoff race.In enhancement, Ohtani will not pitch again this year offer to a harmed UCL, and Mike Trout was positioned back on the injured checklist after playing one game.The claiming teams will be tackling the agreement, so this is a bid by the Angels to conserve some money.Renfroe is making $11.9 million this year, Grichuk $10.3 million, Moore $7.55 million, Giolito $10.4 million, and Lopez $3.63 million.My back of the envelope estimation is that, with concerning one-sixth of the season remaining, this will conserve the Angels concerning $8 million.While I am sure the Rangers would certainly put in insurance claims on some or all of these playersparticularly the pitchersit is unlikely any of them make it to Texas.Waiver priority is based on record https://www.houstonstoreonline.com/110-Astros_Tyler_Ivey_Jersey, with the teams with the worse documents having greater priority.Texas presently is connected with the Milwaukee Brewers for the 6th best record in MLB, with a number of playoff competitors leading them in waiver priority.That includes the Minnesota Twins, Houston Astros and Toronto Blue Jays in the A.L., with the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, Arizona Diamondbacks and San Francisco Giants among those teams with a higher concern in the N.L.