R.J. Anderson of CBS Sports gave the Cleveland Guardians a 'B' grade for their offseason moves, citing the retention of Shane Bieber and the acquisition of promising pitching arms in trades.
Cleveland Guardians have been fairly busy this winter, but the front office has received some backlash for some of the trades they've made. Namely, the Andres Gimenez and Josh Naylor move that will bring in a new right side of the infield for 2025.R.J. Anderson of CBS Sports recently graded every team's off-season moves so far and gave the Guardians a grade of a 'B' for their trades and free agency signings.
'Retaining staff anchor Shane Bieber, who went down to elbow surgery early last season, was a pleasant development to kick off the winter. I didn't mind the Guardians bailing on Andrés Giménez; not with that contract, and not with Travis Bazzana on the fast track to the majors. I also thought they received some interesting arms back from the Pirates in exchange for Spencer Horwitz, including Luis L. Ortiz, who has a devastating slider,' wrote Anderson. 'I won't pretend that I can make heads or tails out of the Josh Naylor-Carlos Santana switcheroo, but there's enough good going on here to land Cleveland a solid grade - even if, ideally, they should do a little more to stake out an advantage in the AL Central.' Now that the Gimenez and Naylor trades have had time to digest, an overall grade of 'B' for Cleveland's off-season moves seems pretty fair. The Guardians turned Gimenez into a promising arm for their rotation, which desperately needed help, and received some intriguing assets for Naylor when his true trade value was unknown. There's risk involved with bringing back a pitcher coming off Tommy John's surgery and signing a 39-veteran who just had one the best seasons of their career.Has it been a perfect offseason? N
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