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The Guardians’ longest winning streak this year was four games. Their longest losing streak was four games. A year after winning the AL Central with the youngest team in baseball, they finished 76-86 with the youngest team in baseball.
In the process, the organization seemed to lose Gonzalez. He never came close to duplicating what he did in 2022, and spent most of the year at Columbus. Bell was inconsistent at the plate, but he did post a .701 OPS while hitting 19 doubles, 11 homers and driving in 48 runs before Cleveland traded him to Miami on Aug. 1. Money drove that trade more than anything, because the Guardians didn’t have to pay him for the second year of the contract.
Those three trades caused an uproar in the clubhouse, which prompted an early-morning flight from Cleveland to Houston by Chris Antonetti and Mike Chernoff to calm the waters before the team returned home from a seven-game trip. So what happened this season didn’t surprise anyone. The problem was compounded by the trades of Yainer Diaz, Will Benson, Nolan Jones and prospect Junior Caminero over the last few years.
But until the Guardians are able to find and develop hitters as well as they do pitchers, and do it on a consistent basis, trades like those can change the course of a franchise in the short and long term.With the exception of left fielder Steve Kwan, who turned in another strong season, the Guardians’ outfield in 2023 was offensively challenged.
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