"Absolutely sucks" in my perspective, at least, is someone like Winker who has a negative WAR (or close to it) and has zero value to any team at this point...
Bader has already equaled his fWAR (1.4) from last year (when he was worth someone such as Jordan Montgomery) and still crushes lefties and plays elite CF defense. If the Yankees viewed themselves as a contender or had a plethora of outfield depth (they don't), they wouldn't be making this move. In that light, they're not suddenly going to start adding salary, after having just cleared it, by picking up Giolito for the rest of the season for an extra win or two.
Add these guys to the Angels four and Bader/Donaldson.
As a reminder, the Brewers are currently 25th in the waiver wire pecking order....I can tell you that a fringe contender such as the Reds, which has seen their pitching depth dissipate in recent weeks, is going to be very happy picking up Mike Clevinger for virtually nothing...
The Yankees are just as likely as the A's, Pirates, Cardinals, etc. to pick up these guys at this point.
Bader has not "absolutely sucked", either. He crushes lefties and plays an elite CF. That's useful for most contenders and the Yankees would not have released him otherwise.
They just waived Bader, too. They've waived the white flag on the season and aren't going to pick up the extra salary when they're already in the process of clearing salary.
The Angels, which have a bottom 5 farm system to begin with, just gave up some of their top prospects (one a top 100 prospect) to get these guys....
And are set to lose Ohtani in FA, with an increasingly injured Trout possessing a full no trade clause and Rendon still owed $115 million over the next three seasons....
Yeah. Moore, Lopez, and Giolito are almost certainly going to end up in Miami, Minneapolis, Cincy, San Fran, Phoenix, Boston, or Chicago.
We don't need Renfroe with Canha and TT.