It’s time to address the elephant in the room: the Cleveland Guardians badly need starting pitching, and unless they spend some money, there isn’t much help on the horizon.
Now that I have your attention...it really is that serious. As it stands, the 2025 Guardians are in dire straits in the starting pitching department with what they have currently under contract. The following is a list of pitchers who gave Cleveland starting pitcher innings that are still signed to the team: Tanner Bibee, Ben Lively, Logan Allen, Gavin Williams, and Triston McKenzie. That is...bleak. It doesn’t have to be, though.