At the risk of being the guy who retweets himself, earlier this offseason, recapping the seasons of Indians’ outfielders Melky Cabrera, Rajai Davis, and Brandon Guyer, I wrote:
Stocking the outfield with players that have one defensive fit or those that necessitate a platoon split has not worked. It’s time for a new strategy.
Since that time the Indians have, uh, somewhat adopted a new strategy. It’s not the one I advocated for (though they could still follow that path), but by subtracting Lonnie Chisenhall and Brandon Guyer from the outfield and adding Jordan Luplow (for Erik Gonzalez) and now Daniel Johnson (for Yan Gomes) the team seems to be going for something.