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State of the Team

News Dump

It was another eventful offseason for the Guardians, with some big news coming unexpectedly beginning with veteran SP Jacob deGrom agreeing to a $17M/1yr deal with the Guardians. deGrom, 37, missed 2025 due to injury but seemed eager to play for the Guardians as he looks for a ring before his career ends. How he'll look coming off of the injury will be the question, but if he's any semblance of his former self then this will be a big win.

With deGrom signed, a rotation spot needed to be freed for him, so we made a blockbuster trade that also souped up the bullpen.

Trade 1: Kansas City Royals

Outbound: RP Lenny Torres (2.5, 3.0), C Bo Naylor (3.5, 4.0), SP Ethan Robinson (0.5, 2.5), RP R.J. Dabovich (3.5, 4.0), SP Sandy Alcantara (3.0, 3.0)

Inbound: RP Tim Herrin (4.5, 4.5), RP Nathan Webb (4.0, 4.0), SP Jon Heasley (3.0, 3.0), C Edgar Camacho (0.5, 3.5), SP Jack Crowder (1.5, 2.5)

This trade finally moved the last remaining pieces we had been looking to move for quite some time now, and we got two bigtime relievers in Herrin and Webb back while also acquiring Heasley who could step into the rotation in place of deGrom or Gray. Each piece ended up being completely necessary to complete this deal.

We made one more smaller trade, shipping off a piece that was highly valued by another team.

Trade 2: Arizona Diamondbacks

Outbound: RP Ken Giles (3.5, 3.5), SP Victor Soltedo (0.5, 2.0)

Inbound: SP Luis Oviedo (2.5, 3.0), LF Corbin Carroll (1.5, 2.5)

In the Rule 5 Draft, we selected SP David Peterson (2.5, 2.5), RP Aldry Acosta (3.0, 3.0), and 1B Ronald Guzman (2.5, 2.5).


Around the League

Major Free-Agent Signings

RF Aaron Judge (4.5, 4.5) signs with Mets for $96.8M/4yr
SS Xander Bogaerts (4.0, 4.0) signs with Red Sox for $157.5M/5yr
3B Austin Riley (4.0, 4.0) signs with Twins for $120.8M/5yr
LF Ian Happ (3.5, 3.5) signs with Mets for $117M/5yr
SP Dylan Cease (3.5, 3.5) signs with Reds for $77.6M/4yr
1B Daniel Vogelbach (3.0, 3.0) signs with Angels for $17.4M/2yr
SP Tyler Glasnow (3.5, 3.5) signs with Reds for $84.8M/4yr
RP Trevor Rogers (3.5, 3.5) signs with Brewers for $2.4M/1yr
RP Devin Williams (4.5, 4.5) signs with Dodgers for $9.8M/2yr
1B Ty France (3.5, 3.5) signs with Giants for $94.8M/6yr
RP Edwin Diaz (5.0, 5.0) signs with Cubs for $10.8M/1yr
SS Bo Bichette (4.0, 4.5) signs with Astros for $211.2M/8yr
RP Dustin May (4.0, 4.0) signs with Yankees for $1.1M/1yr
RF Kyle Tucker (3.5, 4.0) signs with Cubs for $133.6M/5yr
RP Rowan Wick (3.5, 3.5) signs with Angels for $7.4M/2yr
RP Andres Munoz (4.5, 4.5) signs with Cubs for $32.7M/3yr
RF Alex Verdugo (3.0, 3.0) signs with Rangers for $37.5M/3yr
RP A.J. Puk (3.5, 3.5) signs with Cubs for $5.7M/1yr
LF Austin Meadows (3.0, 3.0) signs with Yankees for $32.1M/3yr
SP Domingo German (3.0, 3.0) signs with Yankees for $58.4M/4yr
RP Seth Lugo (3.5, 3.5) signs with Rangers for $15.9M/3yr
C Salvador Perez (3.0, 3.0) signs with Rockies for $38.4M/3yr
3B Gio Urshela (3.0, 3.0) signs with Rockies for $34.4M/4yr


Major Trades

Red Sox RP Darwinzon Hernandez (3.5, 3.5) to Cubs
Giants RP Jeremy Walker (3.5, 3.5) to DBacks
White Sox RP Garrett Crochet (3.5, 4.0) to Marlins
Rockies 3B Ryan McMahon (3.0, 3.0) to Mets
Athletics C Shea Langeliers (2.5, 3.0) to Rockies


Major Extensions

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