5 players that the Cleveland Guardians should start worrying about
By Chad Porto
The Cleveland Guardians have five players that may need to be moved on from.
The Cleveland Guardians are currently struggling as the season moves past the first month of action. They’ve developed a good offensive core and a solid rotation but some key pieces from both are either slow to return to form or are out-right struggling. These struggles and some key injuries have slowed the Guardians some.
Now, not every guy hitting below .250 or has a bloated ERA is going to end up on this list. A name with a big ERA you won’t see is Bryan Shaw. He’s been pitching well, but he had one game where he had to go out and eat five runs, which ballooned his ERA. Another guy struggling is Myles Straw but this is more of a slump than an indication that he’s not a good player.
These guys on this list aren’t slumping, they are, obviously but all of them are historically poor performers who have hit their third or fourth chance.
That’s something to keep in mind as we go through them one by one, that this isn’t just their small, month-long sample size that we’re judging. It’s their recent struggles on top of their historic struggles.
After all, it’s not fair to judge a player just on 30+ games in a 182-game season. No, we’re looking at the issues that have persisted for some time.
So if you’re mad that it’s “so early”, don’t be. These are players with recurring issues that are holding back the team. There may be an upgrade coming or not but right now, we’re not sure.