A “heat check” in basketball is when a player who is shooting well in the game pulls up to take a low-percentage shot to see, essentially, if the basketball shooting gods have blessed his or her hand with a Meidas touch for the moment. We are about to see if a similar phenomenon is true for the Cleveland Guardians’ ownership’s approach to managing this franchise in 2025.
Last offseason, I wrote an article about how the Cleveland front office needed a good season to show they hadn’t lost a step. Check! Chris Antonetti and Mike Chernoff and co.