When one door closes, another door opens, as they say. The Emmanuel Clase gambling drama that has swept through Cleveland mere days before Major League Baseball's trade deadline might have opened a door for the Philadelphia Phillies.
According to The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal, the Guardians' trade deadline plans have changed as the team becomes sellers (subscription required) after losing Clase for an indefinite amount of time. That means that there's an increased possibility that Cleveland trades outfielder Steven Kwan, who had previously been highly unlikely to be traded.
"He is drawing 'a ton' of interest, according to a club source," Rosenthal writes.