Is the Guardians Front Office blinded by Kwan Trade Analytics when the true value of a player like Steven Kwan is he would be in the starting line-up for any World Series Team in any year, aka, a cresting type of player a team builds around.
If the Guardians Trade Kwan, rather than give Kwan an affordable but generous 4 year contract that covers the final 2 years of arbitration, plus a signing bonus, then the Guardians have lost their way and continue to always choose going with analytics, even when it appears keeping Kwan and José Ramirez together for the next few years would increase the Guardians chances of being in the World Series, and even winning a Title.
Analytics says trade Kwan to the Dodgers, who keep having an abundance of prospects in part because the Dodgers have several long term players who won't be replaced, plus several others who have consistently re-siged with the Dodgers, thus, Dodgers prospects spend more time in the minors for an occasional opportunity to make the Major league club.
The Dodgers can afford to trade the Guardians multiple high level prospects simply because those prospects are blocked at the higher level by Dodgers stars with long term contracts, and Kwan's elite defense will make any bullpen look better while reducing overall team pitch count.
It is discourage to read Cleveland Fans discuss who the Guardians can bring in, when the best move the Guardians can make is getting Kwan to sign a CC Sabathia type of contract that covered the final 2 years of CC's arbitration years, and 2 years of free agency.
The Guardians need to stop the incremental contracts that start too low, and end up too high, and never include a signing bonus, and figure out how to keep Kwan in Cleveland for the next four years, or Guardians fans will be in a for a rude awakening when the pitch counts suddenly go up as Kwan's elite defense becomes unmatched by his replacement.
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