Take yourself back to late July. The Guardians were hanging on to a postseason spot. Everyone was wondering if Steven Kwan would end up elsewhere at the end of the season. There was still some hype around the Browns.
And the back end of the Guardians’ bullpen looked like a question mark. They were hit with an uppercut to the jaw just days before the trade deadline when Major League Baseball announced that Emmanuel Clase had been suspended as a part of a gambling investigation.
Although it looked like the Guardians were planning on trading Clase at the trade deadline, it would be one thing for them to give him away and get something in return.