Stark
The Winds of Winter
- Joined
- Apr 3, 2012
- Messages
- 22,117
- Reaction score
- 23,899
- Points
- 135
I'm basing this by time in the major leagues and in Cleveland this year - folks like Laureano and Lopez will not be graded on how they played on other teams. I'm not going to hold injuries against anybody since most of the time they are fluky. If you're McKenzie and only made four starts, then I'm grading you on those four starts, fair or not. These grades are also going to be respective on player expectations, not overall performance. Somebody like David Fry who I had zero expectations for is going to be graded more favorably than an established player who may have had better numbers but overall disappointed me.
Catchers
Infielders/Designated Hitters
The big story is who's starting at shortstop on Opening Day 2024. Per my grades, I would assume Arias has the upper hand right now with Rocchio and then Freeman behind him respectfully. With 3B, 2B, and 1B all completely on lock, only debating one infield position this winter should be a nice change of pace (Manzardo is coming too).
Outfielders
Starting Pitchers
Still, a starting rotation with some combination of Bieber, McKenzie, Bibee, Williams, and Allen could be one of the best in baseball health permitting.
Bullpen
Catchers
- Bo Naylor - A-
- Meibrys Viloria - F
- Zack Collins - D
- Eric Haase - F
- Mike Zunino - F
- Cam Gallagher - F-
Infielders/Designated Hitters
- Josh Naylor - A+
- Kole Calhoun - D+
- Jose Ramirez - A-
- Andres Gimenez - B
- Amed Rosario - D
- Brayan Rocchio - C
- Jose Tena - D
- Tyler Freeman - C-
- Gabriel Arias - C+
- David Fry - B
- Josh Bell - D+
The big story is who's starting at shortstop on Opening Day 2024. Per my grades, I would assume Arias has the upper hand right now with Rocchio and then Freeman behind him respectfully. With 3B, 2B, and 1B all completely on lock, only debating one infield position this winter should be a nice change of pace (Manzardo is coming too).
Outfielders
- Steven Kwan - B+
- Myles Straw - D
- Will Brennan - C
- Oscar Gonzalez - F
- Ramon Laureano - B
Starting Pitchers
- Aaron Civale - A
- Gavin Williams - A-
- Cal Quantrill - D
- Logan Allen - A-
- Shane Bieber - C+
- Tanner Bibee - A+
- Lucas Giolito - F
- Noah Syndergaard - F
- Triston McKenzie - D
- Zach Plesac - F
- Hunter Gaddis - D
- Touki Toussaint - F
- Peyton Battenfield - D-
Still, a starting rotation with some combination of Bieber, McKenzie, Bibee, Williams, and Allen could be one of the best in baseball health permitting.
Bullpen
- Emmanuel Clase - B
- James Karinchak - D+
- Eli Morgan - C-
- Trevor Stephan - C-
- Enyel De Los Santos - B-
- Nick Sandlin - C
- Sam Hentges - B+
- Xzavion Curry - B+ as reliever; D as starter
- Tim Herrin - D
- Michael Kelly - B
- Matt Moore - C-
- Reynaldo Lopez - A
- Daniel Norris - F
- Cody Morris - D
- David Fry - D-
- Konnor Pilkington - D