You have one great year where all your rookies come up and look sensational and suddenly everyone wants your player development staff. Brian Sweeney and Justin Toole are the latest of Cleveland’s development system to be plucked away. The former joined the Royals, and the latter is leading the Mariners’ entire player development system.
Toole has been the Guardians’ hitting analyst for three seasons and surely had a hand in helping craft the crafty group of improbable rookies who made it to the ALDS. One fun fact — Toole once played all nine defensive positions in one game when he was in Single-A back in 2012.