Trade deadline season for MLB kicked off yesterday with the Mariners acquiring former Guardians’ slugger, Josh Naylor, from the Diamondbacks for a couple prospects.
The Naylor deal should get some dominoes falling, like Ryan O’Hearn and MAYBE Carlos Santana. Unfortunately, Santana is playing himself into more of a “placed on waivers and claimed by someone whose first basman got hurt in late August” territory than a “Boston might actually want him” territory, I think. In any case, the Guardians won’t get anything for him should they deal him.
The Guardians lost a 1-run, winnable game yesterday, described by Nick here.