The Cleveland Guardians have been the “in your wildest dreams” version of the San Francisco Giants in the aftermath of Gabe Kapler’s firing last September. They have Stephen Vogt as their manager. Kai Correa is still on the coaching staff. And the team has taken a bunch of young pitching and questionable hitting and coached it up into a juggernaut.
That’s not entirely the case, of course. While Cleveland is a juggernaut (lead their division by 6 games, 3rd-best record in MLB), their situation is a little bit closer to that 2021 season, where it all came together for Gabe Kapler and his staff.