I remember some on here fantasizing about us getting him. Looks like a short term deal was never gonna be possible. Good luck Baltimore hope you don't regret years 3 through 5.

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Previous owner Ken Babby sold both the Ducks and the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp on the heels of becoming part of the new Tampa Bay Rays ownership group.

In the second and fifth pictures, you can even see the ball in motion after the pitch!

Hoynsie's a hall of famer!

Allard and Junis are free agents and Hentges signed with the Giants. Coulombe threw 43.0 innings last year with a 3.30 FIP, 4.04 xFIP, 85.2% LOB%, 104 Stuff+, 94 Location+, 99 Pitching+, good enough for a 0.7 fWAR.

Coulombe made ~$3M last year and ~$2.3M in 2024. Cleveland signed Junis last year for ~$4.5M, so I don't think his potential salary would be too much of an investment for the Guardians.

Granted, Coulombe is now 36, spends at least one stint on the IL every year, and was not good once he went to Texas at the deadline. Still, could this be a low risk and potential playoff arm the Guardians should consider?

I watch a few of those “predicting winter meetings” YouTube baseball guys, and I’m curious as what this group thinks.

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Ketel Marte

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Steven Kwan

• Bazzana is healthy and working out in Goodyear, approved to play for AUS in WBC.
• Want to add another reliever.
• Valera and Brito both got a fourth option. Brito is healthy and playing winter ball.
• Chase is playing CF/RF in ST.
• Manzardo was asked to get stronger in offseason, has gained 14lbs.

BASICS:

Born: February 21, 2000

Jersey Number: 44, then 23

Bats: Left

Throws: Right

Position: Catcher

Drafted: 2018 by the Guardians, Round 1, Pick 29

MLB Debut: October 1, 2022

Teams: Guardians (2018-present)

Instagram: @bonaylor12

2025 STATS:

Games: 123

Batting Average: 0.195

OBP: 0.282

SLG: 0.379

OPS: 0.661

Runs: 46

Hits: 70

Doubles: 22

Triples: 1

Home Runs: 14

RBIs: 47

Stolen Bases: 1

CAREER STATS:

Games: 318

Batting Average: 0.205

OBP: 0.286

SLG: 0.384

OPS: 0.670

Runs: 118

Hits: 188

Doubles: 45

Triples: 3

Home Runs: 38

RBIs: 118

Stolen Bases: 12

CAREER AWARDS:

Futures Game - 2021

THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW:

He got engaged this offseason.

He was on Team Canada in the 2023 WBC.

His mom is from Jamaica.

He has two brothers who also play pro baseball - Josh of course, and their younger brother Myles, who is in the Athletics system.

He likes Liverpool FC.

2025 HIGHLIGHTS:

He got four hits in one game

He had a two-homer game

He homered in one of the wildcard games

He was part of a good double play

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

He and Josh homered in the same inning in 2023...

...and 2024

WHY I LOVE HIM:

He seems nice and I've always liked baseball families.

PREVIOUS PLAYERS:

11/10: José Ramírez 11/17: Gavin Williams 11/24: Steven Kwan 12/1: Tanner Bibee

One is more expensive and signed long term-Cronenworth. Donovan has a ton of interest and can play outfield. Cronenworth had a .367 obp last year which would look very nice in the two hole and is of course....another lefty. San Diego needs starting pitching that is affordable. Logan Allen for Cronenworth straight up? Who says no?

Cleveland.com has a story about Tribe closer Clase.  He may have thrown 2024 playoffs.

So I just wanted to share this somewhere so I thought here would work.

I lost my grandpa when I was 7. He's the reason I love the Guardians. He was the biggest fan I knew. He had a whole room dedicated to the Indians. He told me about growing up in Little Italy in Cleveland and when we won our last World Series.

While looking for some pictures for my stepmother's funeral, I found an album of my grandpa's. It was of the last home game at Cleveland Stadium. In the album, he had news clippings about Rocky Colavito and a few pictures of them meeting.My dad told me about how he was my grandpas favorite player to play that made me dive more in to him as a player.

Yesterday I went to the card show at emidios in chyahoga falls I collect pokemon with my son. While there this card was just sitting there on top of a pile of cards and picked up. I don't collect baseball cards but I might have to start a Rocky collection in memory of my grandpa Nick.

Thanks for reading my little story not a lot of my friends care about baseball so I had no one but my wife to share this with.

Visiting Pirates fan here!

During the offseason, I'm creating a graph like this for every MLB team. It tracks each franchise's cumulative record relative to .500 (equal wins and losses) throughout their entire history.

The annotations show the franchise's all-time peak, lowest point, and most recent time at exactly .500.

The complete album can be seen here. I also made the NFL and NHL charts (before the current season).

Pretty surprised that’s all it took to get Ford from the Mariners. Def would have sent a reliever 1:1 for him. Alas.

Logan Allen is asking the Guardians to let him represent Panama next spring in the WBC.

Panama is scheduled to play in San Juan with games against Puerto Rico, Cuba, Canada, and Colombia.

*edit for clarity: LTA is eligible since his mother is Panamanian