PT TOMORROW: AL WEST—Streaming opportunity down the stretch?

Los Angeles Angels

For the past two weeks in this space, we've given general lip service to significant, but generally unpredictable, playing time changes on the horizon as soon as owner Arte Moreno and the front office were ready to call it quits. But projecting all the names that have reportedly hit LAA's waiver wire this week was beyond this pay grade. And now tabbing which of these names will be taken by other clubs—and who in a system at the bottom of MLB's talent rungs will replace them, and whether they can be productive—seems daunting.

But with Shohei Ohtani no longer available on the mound, and pitchers Lucas Giolito, Matt Moore and Reynaldo López now up for grabs by postseason contenders, the immediate thought here is that...

Almost!

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