“We had a unique opportunity to acquire three players to hopefully impact us moving forward,” Guardians president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti told the media on Thursday.
Credit where due: The baseball world has spent the last six months trying to find appropriate vocabulary to describe the disaster of the AL Central. Yet Antonetti still managed to do some real trailblazing with his language here. “A unique opportunity”! It certainly is.
Antonetti’s Guardians claimed a trio of players off waivers this week: Pitchers Lucas Giolito, Reynaldo López and Matt Moore, all formerly of the Angels, whose front office decided to cut their losses after watching their deadline strategy blow up in spectacular fashion. The astute reader might notice that both teams have the same record: The Guardians, apparently now pushing for the playoffs, are 64–70, and the Angels, breaking down as much of their club as possible, are 64–70. But therein lies the magic of the AL Central. It’s a unique opportunity, indeed.
