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What Happened to the Cleveland Guardians Pitching Factory in 2024? Dec 03, 2024

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With Matthew Boyd signing with the Chicago Cubs, we look back at the Cleveland Guardians 2024 starting pitching group and ask, what happened to the Guardians pitching factory?

What happened to Logan Allen and Gavin Williams in 2024 and can they be fixed? Will Triston McKenzie ever be consistent?

We also discuss why the Guardians need to extend Tanner Bibee and what pitching prospects in the system we like and ones we are concerned about from 2024.

2:44 Pitching Development Concerns

6:49 Logan Allen's Performance

13:25 Was Gavin Williams' Ineffectiveness All Due to Injury?

18:07 Triston McKenzie's Challenges

23:25 Buy or Sell Joey Cantillo's Late Season Performance

28:23 Extend Tanner Bibee

32:24 Potential Offseason Moves

36:55 Prospect Overview

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Why Major League Baseball is Failing the Offseason. Talking about Bad Trade Ideas, Whose Over Rated? Dec 02, 2024

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Why is it that of all the major sports only the MLB fails to turn its free agency and offseason into an event that has fans' interests and attention glued to their favorite sport? Why does the MLB offseason feel like a lot of nothing with minor moments of interest and how can they fix it? We get into the changing pitching market and the only area people are attacking in Free Agency. Then we talk about the problem with most of the trade ideas that come across, as well as the importance of checking sources and not letting the lack of news let you get taken in by those who are chasing clout and don't have anything meaningful to say. Lastly, people liked the underrated prospects last week, so we dig into the overrated prospects. All players that are very interesting or good prospects but ones I am lower on than the field or that people brought up a lot this year and I can't match up with the hype and why that is. I will gladly be wrong with about every player, but as of now even for the best of prospects, these are guys I just don't match up with in terms of rankings on MLB.com or the amount of chatter online or in our comments.

0:00 Intro

5:09 Blake Snell's Dodgers Deal

10:14 Trade Talk and Media Literacy

15:22 Prospect Valuation

20:30 Cleveland Guardians' Trade Strategy

25:34 Overrated Prospects

30:44 Prospect Evaluation Challenges

35:57 Closing Remarks

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What Will the Cleveland Guardians Look Like in 5 Years? What If Wednesday Nov 27, 2024

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What is the Cleveland Guardians 5 year outlook? We look into our crystal ball and talk about what the Cleveland Guardians roster could look like in 2029. Who will still be here from the current roster? Will Jose Ramirez still be a Guardian? Who will be traded? What prospects will emerge? What draft picks might make an impact? And we predict one future trade of a current Cleveland Guardians player on this show.

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Top Free Agent Fits for the Cleveland Guardians Nov 26, 2024

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Who are the best free agent fits for the Cleveland Guardians in this year's free agent class?

This episode first covers why George Valera is back in Cleveland's system and how Yusei Kikuchi's deal with the Angels impacts the Guardians search for pitching.

And most of the show, we get into our top free agent fits for the Guardians from this class, including names like Patrick Sandoval, Jose Quintana, Trevor Williams, Jonathan Loaisiga, Michael Conforto, Carlos Santana, Tyler O'Neil and more.

5:00 George Valera re-signs with Cleveland

10:42 Does Yusei Kikuchi's deal with the Angels impact Cleveland's ability to sign a SP?

16:31 Patrick Sandoval's potential

22:02 Free agent pitching options

28:44 Free agent position player

34:10 How does the 2024 outfield shake out?

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Do the Guardians Have More Money to Spend Than Expected? And Who is the Most Underrated Prospect? Nov 25, 2024

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It's an Old School solo show today. We get into some of the news of the weekend. We evaluate the trade the Royals and Reds made that we think made a rival better. We then talk about the Guardians three signings to avoid arbitration and how much money they saved. We then dive deep into why this organization should have more money to spend, and bring up a point not mentioned anywhere else. Then we dive into some of the most underrated prospects in Cleveland's system, before setting on a few players We are under-rating as well as the player who should be a top-ten prospect but isn't anywhere. Lastly, we take your mailbag questions and have some fun answering the Qs you send our way.

0:00 Intro

5:10 Trade Analysis

10:17 Guardians' Financial Moves

15:21 Underrated Prospects

20:57 Prospect Transition Challenges

31:38 Contract Extensions Concerns

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Who Will the Cleveland Guardians Bring Back on MLB Non-Tender Deadline & Who Could Be Available? Nov 22, 2024

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MLB's non-tender deadline is November 22. The Cleveland Guardians already avoided arbitration with Triston McKenzie for 2025, so he'll be back.

This episode discusses what to expect from McKenzie heading into 2025 now that he's under contract and if the team has any other non-tender candidates.

We also look at candidates from other teams that could be non-tenders that could be of interest to the Guardians.

And the Guardians have reportedly hired a new member of the front office, Alyssa Nakken, formerly of the San Francisco Giants, to a player development role. We discuss her background and why the Guardians could be bringing her into the fold.

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Cleveland Guardians Trade For Big Risk-Reward Sending Eli Morgan to the Cubs for Alfonsin Rosario Nov 21, 2024

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The Cleveland Guardians made their first trade of the offseason, swapping Eli Morgan to the Cubs for 20-year-old OF prospect Alfonsin Rosario.

This episode looks at what the Guardians are getting in Rosario, why they are taking a shot on high variance and dealt Morgan, where Rosario fits in the Guardians farm system rankings, and if the Guardians can still trade from their bullpen to acquire other major league talent his offseason.

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Cleveland Guardians Make Some Surprising Rule 5 Protection Moves - Who's In and Who's Out? Nov 20, 2024

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The Cleveland Guardians made some somewhat surprising 40 man roster decisions on Rule 5 protection deadline day.

This episode discusses and makes sense of some of the Guardians surprising moves on the deadline, adding Petey Halpin and Nic Enright along with Franco Aleman and Doug Nikhazy.

We also react to the end of George Valera's tenure as a Guardians prospect as he was designated for assignment to make room on the 40 man roster.

At the end of this episode, we also react to Stephen Vogt's Manager of the Year award victory and the Guardians hiring a new member of the front office.

5:00 Guardians' Roster Moves

10:00 Nick Enright's Journey

15:00 Petey Halpin's Roster Addition

20:00 George Valera's Departure

30:00 Guardians' Front Office Changes

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Who Will the Cleveland Guardians Protect On Rule 5 Deadline Day and What Other Moves Will The Make? Nov 19, 2024

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It's Rule 5 protection day in Major League Baseball! Who will the Cleveland Guardians protect? Who will they leave out in the cold? Will they make any trades?

This show discusses who we think the Guardians will protect ahead of the Rule 5 draft on November 19, 2024, who is on the bubble, who won't be protected, who they'll need to move to make room and if they'll target other players in trades.

If you need to understand the Rule 5 draft and which players are eligible and who else is out there, don't miss this episode.

5:14 Eligibility Breakdown

10:48 Franco Aleman's Potential

15:05 Ryan Webb and Doug Nikhazy

27:07 Potential Trades and Roster Moves

33:40 Pitching Depth Targets

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Which Cleveland Guardians Will Win MLB Awards and Which Should + Evaluating 2017 and 2018 Classes Nov 18, 2024

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MLB Awards season is this week and a few Cleveland Guardians are up for awards.

This show discusses if Emmanuel Clase doesn't win the Cy Young win, who the next Guardian to win it will be, why Stephen Vogt was nominated for the Manager of the Year award, and why Cade Smith WASN'T nominated for Rookie of the Year.

We also discuss the Guardians 2017 international signing class and the failures of what was a very highly hyped class, and the 2018 draft class that has actually produced a decent return for Cleveland despite some big misses at the top.

2:22 Guardians' awards

3:31 Major League Baseball's off-season issues

5:12 Cy Young award discussion

7:03 Guardians' future Cy Young prospects

8:35 Manager of the Year award critique

11:40 Rookie of the Year award discussion

17:13 Guardians' 2017 international signing class

21:52 Challenges in international player signings

26:31 Historical performance of Guardians' international signings

29:01 Guardians' 2018 draft class evaluation

32:32 High school pitching challenges

35:09 Overview of the 2018 MLB draft class

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