One article lists 4 players the Cleveland Guardians could certainly use

The Cleveland Guardians clearly need some more depth and one article lists four interesting names.

The Cleveland Guardians have just won four times in their last 16 games. They just got swept by the Detroit Tigers, a team with next to no real talent on their roster, and man, the ending of June and start of July have been an unkind beast.

It truly is the dog days of summer.

That said, there may be hope coming. This is a good team and there’s talent here. The is three-fold, unpredictable starting pitching outside of Shane Bieber and Cal Quantrill, a bullpen that is being over-extended and inconsistent hitting.

Usually, a team can survive one of those in a game, but the Guardians have had days where they’ve been slammed by all three. Now, the Guardians don’t need to go get three new pitchers, Tristin McKenzie and Adam Plesac are good, but on days when they’re not, they’re very bad.

The good thing is they can get you five or six innings even when they’re not good. The issue is that the fifth starter spot has been plagued all year by either inconsistency to perform well, or an inability to go deep into the game. So some reinforcements to the rotation and the bullpen wouldn’t hurt.

Of course, a few more bats would be helpful too.

Four names that could help the Cleveland Guardians

ClutchPoints ran an article recently where they listed four names that the Guardians could use and frankly, they’re not bad options. They’re not the most outstanding in trade assets but they all provide something that the team could use. The problem is their list is devoid of starters. Maybe there aren’t any starters on the market that are a marketed improvement over what the Guardians already.

Maybe there are, who knows.

Right now, the four names they suggested, relievers David Robertson and Brandon Hughes, outfielder Andrew Benintendi, and first basemen Josh Bell all provide something worth having.

Now, it doesn’t seem likely that the Cubs would move on from Hughes, but Robertson, the long-time Yankees outfielder, works. He’s 37, so you’re not breaking the bank for him, but he’s got a sub-2.00 ERA and isn’t showing any signs of slowing down.

For Benintendi and Bell, both would make sense. Benintendi would be an instant upgrade over the Myles Straw as a lead-off hitter, and Bell would be able to give the Guardians another bat that they can use in the event that Naylor gets hurt again or in case Franmil Reyes’ run peters out.