and does the 6th man in the rotation move to the bullpen or wait in reserve in Columbus? Bibee and Williams of course are certain starters. Everyone else performed especially well down the stretch. Allen may be the weakest link and could make a long reliever. Cantillo has worked effectively in the p...

Kwan avoids abritration . Signs for 1 year for $7.75M. Which is a lot if all you look at is his .704 OPS. But that's not all there is to Steven.
He really does need to sustain his offense through an entire season. Last year he was .741 OPS per-All Star game. .655 after.

If that's his best defensive postion, his value has diminished. He is a switch hitter, however, so if he's as solid as a RH as an LH he can provide some balance

Spring Invitees to date

Pitchers: Carlos Hernandez, Steven Perez and Codi Heuer. and Pedro Aviles.

Catchers: Nunez and Barstad.

Infielder: Dayan Frias.

Outfielders: Wuilfredo Antunez and Stuart Fairchild.

I agree with him this time; any of the 3 could find his way to Cleveland. If healthy Espino is very likely to. Stephan is probably our No. 7 starter and could well follow Mesick's path to the bigs this year. Watson is still very young and has more develoment needed but his prospect rating has moved ...

Why is Brito playing 1st base?

Some notable absences:
George Valera-- he's not on the current MLB.com list either
Austin Peterson No. 30 at MLB.com
Peyton Pallette No. 19 at MLB.com
Not sure if MLB.com current list is the "official" pre-2026 ranking. Their biggest difference is Ingle at No. 4 Messick 11.

My friends at Baseball America have now posted their full top 30 for each team. Here are their rankings for the Guardians: 1. Bazzana 2B 2. DeLauter OF 3. Velazquez 1B 4. Genao SS 5. Messick LHP 6. Doughty RHP 7. LaViolette OF 8. Khai Stephan RHP 9. Chourio OF 10. Ingle C 11. Caceres OF 12. Oakie RH...

Can;'t say we have done nothing to boost the offense. Don't forget Stuart Fairchild, unimpressive RH OF invited to spring training.
And we avoided a big loss by retaining Nolan Jones.

I guess it's not just the power that I'm talking about but the ability to use it against good pitching. Noel was born with power. But he's not selective enough to havae the opportunity to exploit it. It's clear that LaViolette and Schubert have "natural power" but we won't know for a coupl...

What's disappointing to me is that with not too much more investment they could be even better.

Joe: What outfit does Henry Palattella write for?

Coaches do help with working on launch angle and other approaches to hitting.
And guided strength training.
And selcetivity at the plate.

But none of that did any good for Zimmer among many others.

The Guardians could be a small-market team who could make some noise this season

They almost always are

my phone's AI doesn't know when the extension ends. So I guess no one knows.