In the 2023 offseason, the Cleveland Guardians made a big splash (by their standards) by signing Josh Bell to a two-year, $33 million deal in the hopes that he’d help them earn a second straight postseason berth.
That didn’t end up being the case, as Bell struggled at the start of his Guardians tenure and only hit .233 in 97 games with Cleveland before being traded to the Marlins at the trade deadline.
That trade kicked off a wild 2+ years for Bell, who spent 2024 with the Marlins and Diamondbacks before spending all of the 2025 season with the Nationals.