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2023-2024 Cleveland Guardians Offseason Thread

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Tondo said:
He literally has a 739 career OPS through his age 25 season, lol.

26 and up is when more power usually comes. If Willi Castro can spike his OPS to 750 at that age (26 last year), so can absolutely Kwan.

Same goes for Will Brennan, btw.
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odd post
 
Gson said:
...disagree with this..
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I don't care to be honest. Kwan has little power and low EV numbers. The league knows him now so I don't think he'll reach the .750 OPS mark.
 
Manzardo will likely end up following the Naylor path and be seen as ready as soon as the timing allows them to delay his free agency by a year.
 
Criznit said:
I know I am in the minority... But I don't see us returning this guy... Hopefully a deal can be worked out with Arizona at some point.

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None of us want to return him... Just hard to believe we will keep a 20 year old on this roster... If anything we are all trying to find a way for us to keep him...
 
sportscoach said:
None of us want to return him... Just hard to believe we will keep a 20 year old on this roster... If anything we are all trying to find a way for us to keep him...
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Which is why I said I am in the minority. I do not think they will be returning him. I also have stated several times I don't see the Diamondbacks trading him to us unless it's a fairly significant deal. But ask me again in a few months, at that point the Diamondbacks maybe a bit more inclined to get something done.

I'm in the minority coach, possibly flying solo. You're in the majority.
 
Criznit said:
Which is why I said I am in the minority. I do not think they will be returning him. I also have stated several times I don't see the Diamondbacks trading him to us unless it's a fairly significant deal. But ask me again in a few months, at that point the Diamondbacks maybe a bit more inclined to get something done.

I'm in the minority coach, possibly flying solo. You're in the majority.
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It's also possible he earns a spot... I feel like him and Manzardo are essentially competing for a spot... But it's extremely rare in real life a 20 year old can handle MLB pitching over a long season, so the probability is against him...
 
Criznit said:
Which is why I said I am in the minority. I do not think they will be returning him. I also have stated several times I don't see the Diamondbacks trading him to us unless it's a fairly significant deal. But ask me again in a few months, at that point the Diamondbacks maybe a bit more inclined to get something done.

I'm in the minority coach, possibly flying solo. You're in the majority.
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getting back to the subject of how the Guardians keep DDLS, it comes down to what do the DBax need to improve a world series participating club???

The changes made by their GM, Mike Hazen, are "said" to addresss ALL their needs: "...Hazen went out and acquired third baseman Eugenio Suárez, outfielder/DH Joc Pederson, left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez and outfielder Randal Grichuk..." So a corner IF'er with pop, two out fielders and, perhaps, the best SP signed in the offseason from the Guardians' perspective.. That is..the Guardians won't get many chances to face E-Rod [yippee].. Suarez would have had DDLS as his possible early season back up.. The need still exists.. The guys the DBax have in their system (Lawler, Alexander, others) just aren't ready or won't be.. There's no reason to believe DDLS would have been considered ready, as well.. The other two guys play in spots the Guardians can offer very little..

So, we'll have to go on the theory that you can never have enough pitching and catching.. Would you consider Lavastida or David Fry as a possible trade candidate for keeping DDLS?.. imho.. it's a clear overpay.. but.. how much does the CleFO really like DDLS??

Thoughts?
 
Gson said:
getting back to the subject of how the Guardians keep DDLS, it comes down to what do the DBax need to improve a world series participating club???

The changes made by their GM, Mike Hazen, are "said" to addresss ALL their needs: "...Hazen went out and acquired third baseman Eugenio Suárez, outfielder/DH Joc Pederson, left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez and outfielder Randal Grichuk..." So a corner IF'er with pop, two out fielders and, perhaps, the best SP signed in the offseason from the Guardians' perspective.. That is..the Guardians won't get many chances to face E-Rod [yippee].. Suarez would have had DDLS as his possible early season back up.. The need still exists.. The guys the DBax have in their system (Lawler, Alexander, others) just aren't ready or won't be.. There's no reason to believe DDLS would have been considered ready, as well.. The other two guys play in spots the Guardians can offer very little..

So, we'll have to go on the theory that you can never have enough pitching and catching.. Would you consider Lavastida or David Fry as a possible trade candidate for keeping DDLS?.. imho.. it's a clear overpay.. but.. how much does the CleFO really like DDLS??

Thoughts?
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You expect Lavastida or Fry could actually be worth as much as DDLS in a trade?
 
sportscoach said:
You expect Lavastida or Fry could actually be worth as much as DDLS in a trade?
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I expect when a question is posed... the question is answered.. not whatever this crap response is...
 
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