In the past couple years, the Cleveland Guardians’ march through free agency featured a lot of players who fall into the same category.
On the pitching side, it tends to be buy-low pitchers like Jakob Junis, Ben Lively and John Means, while the offensive side features short-term commitments to uninspiring hitters like Carlos Santana and Mike Zunino.
While the Guardians have a golden opportunity to build a solid lineup around José Ramírez this offseason in free agency, it could be a long season at the corner of Carnegie and Ontario if Chris Antonetti and Co. end up falling into the same traps that have hurt them in years prior.