3 trades Cleveland Guardians should push for before 2022 deadline

The Cleveland Guardians are 1/6th into the 2022 season, and at 15-15, are a young, exciting team that may surprise fans on any given night.

The Guards can probably flirt with a Wild Card berth if their younger players keep developing. Terry Francona will also need some more consistency from his rotation, but it looks like things are improving after a shortened spring training kept Cleveland’s starters on a short leash.

It’s still early, but the Guards are hanging around the standings, as Minnesota and Chicago will be the teams to hang with.

The Guardians didn’t make any splashy free-agent signing or swing any trades after the lockout ended, but they did inflate their payroll with internal signings of Jose Ramirez, Myles Straw and closer Emmanuel Clase.

So, with a payroll around $70 million, maybe there’s a little wiggle room to make a move.

Here’s three legitimate candidates the Guardians should push for as Tito tries to take his team back to the postseason.