The Cleveland Guardians announced a five-year, $25 million extension of center fielder Myles Straw with club options for the 2027 and 2028 seasons this afternoon.
Straw arrived in a deal that sent Yainer Diaz and Phil Maton to Houston. Cleveland is not a baseball organization that often guarantees money to players. As an interesting experiment, I wonder how many of you are familiar with the other center fielders whom Cleveland chose to extend early in their career.
Examples include Grady Sizemore and Kenny Lofton. Now that it’s cool, it’s not as cheap as it was before everyone was doing it.