Cleveland Sports Forum

Franmil Reyes will get time in right field during spring training, Ryan Lewis of the Akron Beacon Journal reports.

Reyes enters 2022 as the Guardians' obvious choice for designated hitter. With the National League adopting the DH as well, there's no guarantee he'll be needed to play the field very often. Instead, this move keeps the 26-year-old familiar with the outfield -- the Guardians have weaknesses in the lineup at both corner outfield spots.

Bradley Zimmer and Oscar Mercado are most likely to open the season in those positions, but Reyes' strong bat figures to be an everyday presence in the lineup after he hit .254/.324/.522 with 30 home runs, 85 RBI, 57 runs scored and four stolen bases in 115 games last season.

Bradley Zimmer and Oscar Mercado are most likely to open the season in those positions,

I certainly hope and I also doubt it One at most is more than enough
If they're willing to let a rookie start the season in the majors for a change why not put Kwan in one of the corners.
Ditto Oscar Gonzalez whose 3 extra base hits in the first 3 spring games is probably equal to or greater what the aforementioned two are likely to amass for the whole camp
Naylor says he's healthy; I'm sure they'll take it slowly with him but we can hope he's ready for April in Ohio.

And then there's always the last minute signing of the last free agent outfielder nobody else wanted. Those bargain bums usually only last a month or so but that could give Naylor time to finish his recovery; Kwan and Oscar get their prescribed days in the minor.

List of the winter's free agent outfielders:

Nick Castellanos, Cincinnati Reds –Signed 5-year deal w/ PHI
Tommy Pham, San Diego Padres
Michael Conforto, New York Mets
J.D. Martinez, Boston Red Sox ($19.35 million player option) – Option exercised
Starling Marte, Oakland Athletics – Signed four-year, $15 million contract w/ NYM
Jorge Soler, Atlanta Braves – Signed three-year, $36 million deal w/ MIA
Charlie Blackmon, Colorado Rockies – Exercised $21.33 million player option)
Andrew McCutchen, Philadelphia Phillies — Signed with Milwaukee Brewers
Joc Pederson, Atlanta Braves – Signed one-year, $6 million contract w/ SF
Avisail Garcia, Milwaukee Brewers – Signed four-year, $53 million contract w/ MIA
Jackie Bradley Jr, Milwaukee Brewers ($9.5 million player option) – Traded to BOS
Leury Garcia, Chicago White Sox — Re-signed with Chicago White Sox
Seiya Suzuki, Japan – Signed w/ CHC
Brett Gardner, New York Yankees

and relief pitchers

Relief pitchers

Kenley Jansen, Los Angeles Dodgers – Signed one-year, $16 million deal w/ ATL
Craig Kimbrel, Chicago White Sox ($16 million club option) – 2022 team option picked up
Raisel Iglesias, Los Angeles Angels – Re-signed with LAA on four-year, $88 million deal
Trevor Rosenthal, Oakland Athletics
Kendall Graveman, Houston Astros – Signed three-year, $24 million contract w/ CWS
Mark Melancon, San Diego Padres — Signed with Arizona Diamondbacks
Héctor Neris, Philadelphia Phillies – Signed two-year, $17 million contract w/ HOU
Aaron Loup, New York Mets – Signed two-year, $17 million contract w/ LAA
Michael Lorenzen, Cincinnati Reds – Signed one-year, $7 million contract w/ LAA
Brad Hand, New York Mets –– Signed one-yer, $6 million contract w/ PHI
Archie Bradley, Philadelphia Phillies – Signed w/ LAA
Joely Rodriguez, New York Yankees – Re-signed a one-year, $2 million contract
Adam Ottavino, Boston Red Sox — Signed one-year, $4 million contract w/ NYM

there are more relievers including some of the guys we let go including Blake Parker and Bryan Shaw.

Pham was pretty bad last year

021 Stats 475 74 109 15 49 14 HR .229 .340 .723
MLB Career Stats 2403 415 636 97 300 89 HR .265 .364 .811

Obviously he's had some pretty good years in the past but he's 34 now and no reason to expect a turn around.
Could meet our MARGINALLY DECENT BUT CHEAP requirement

Conforto 2021 numbers were pretty similar to Pham's. 728 OPS is kind of a normal Cleveland OF. He's only 29 so there's more chance he could turn it around. But he'd undoubtedly cost more too I guess Pham's the Man, if they bother at all.


Year AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP OPS
2021 Stats 406 52 94 14 55 1 .232 .344 .728
MLB Career Stats 2551 400 650 132 396 18 .255 .356 .824
Year

G's scored 12 runs today against Texas.

11 hurlers took the mound today for the G's ....gave up 25 runs

Nice !

some of them were 40-man roster pitchers, too, for the first time this spring.

Logan Allen Sr. gave up 4 runs in 1 inning
Sam Hentges 5 in less than an inning.
Both are out of options; Logan has done little to earn a spot; Hentges has had enough success in the bullpen and some good looking pitchers that I suppose he'll win a job but he'll have to show at least a bit of talent.

Bieber and the Guardians agreed to a one-year, $6 million contract Tuesday, avoiding arbitration, Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports.
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Bieber will make nearly 10 times what he made last season in his first year of arbitration eligibility. Shoulder issues limited him to 16 starts last season, but he excelled when available, riding a 33.1 percent strikeout rate to a 3.17 ERA.

All 7 arbitration eligible guys were signed. Congratulations Brad Zimmer on your new $1,300,000 deal. You are worth every penny of it, but not the dollars.

Naylor $1.2M
Hedges $4 M
Quantrill $2.51M
Reyes $4.55M
Rosario $4.95M

Not saying that the owners are suffering financially but it doesn't appear that these guys with a few years of experience are severly under-rewarded.

Bryan Shaw back.

does that surprise anyone?

He was good for 1/2 of last year and then wore him out
1/2 a season this year would be helpful

How come posted this free agent signing?

03/19/22 Cleveland Guardians signed free agent 2B Mitchell Tolman to a minor league contract.

If there's one thing we really need it's a 2nd baseman.

He's had some decent offensive numbes, although a 27 year old who's only played 75 games in AAA is quite evidently less valuable than about a dozen or two of Guardians' current crop of middle infielders.

When asked about the Shaw rumor, manager Terry Francona said, “We can’t talk about stuff we can’t talk about. I would say that someone saw him out in the tent (where the players eat) and he’s not here for his personality. We didn’t bring him in for his personality. Read into that what you want.”