If you have watched one season of Cleveland Guardians baseball in the last 10 years, you have watched them all. The team churns out competitive yet unremarkable rosters year after year. That is probably why O’s GM Mike Elias has cited them as an aspirational franchise. Now, have they actually won a World Series throughout those years of competitiveness? No. But they have been to one, and they got to the ALCS just last year, so it’s not an entirely empty ambition.
The 2025 Guardians have already shown themselves to be a streaky bunch.