While the Guardians brand of baseball isn’t for everyone, they’ve morphed into one of the sport’s most consistent franchises despite consistently ranking near the bottom of the sport in payroll.
In fact, those tight purse strings mean that almost everyone in the organization has to think outside the box to succeed in their role compared to some other teams that are just able to throw money at their problems.
It’s one of the biggest reasons why guys like Ross Atkins, Mark Shapiro were poached to be executives elsewhere while Craig Albernaz and Kai Correa were nabbed for other coaching opportunities.