After one month of baseball, overall I have to say the Cleveland Guardians look better than what I expected. There’s more boom in the boom-or-bust profile of this team, as evidenced in sweeps of the White Sox and A’s … but that bust, such as in the Yankees and Angels series was rough. Is this what the season is going to be? If I had to guess, I’d say yes. This looks like a streaky team to me, but what else is this team? Here’s what I’m buying and selling going forward.
Buy: Letting the young kids play
Perhaps the most radical departure from the norm for Cleveland in 2022 is that young players are actually getting a chance to live or die at the big league level.