Early Look At The 2023 26- and 40-Man Rosters

 Never too soon to be planning ahead.  I am sure the Guardians brain trust is.  The asterisked players are predicted to be on the opening day, 26-man roster.  The roster below only has 39 players leavng room for one free agent.  It leaves off Rule 5-eligibles such as Angel Martinez, Micah Pries, Alexfri Planez, Aaron Bracho, Nick Mikolajchak, Lenny Torres, Nick Enright, Andrew Misiaszek and others. Note that I have added a few more guys (in parentheses) that will not have to be rostered this winter but could impact the major league team next year.

Starting Pitchers

Triston McKenzie*

Shane Bieber*

Cal Quantrill*

Zach Plesac*

Aaron Civale*

Peyton Battenfield

Hunter Gaddis

Konnor Pilkington

Joey Cantillo

(Logan T. Allen)

(Tanner Burns)

(Danel Espino)

(Tanner Bibee)

Relief Pitchers

Emmanuel Clase*

Trevor Stephan*

James Karinchak*

Sam Hentges*

Cody Morris*

Xzavion Curry*

Nick Sandlin*

Enyel De Los Santos*

Eli Morgan

Carlos Vargas

Catchers

Austin Hedges*

Bo Naylor*

Bryan Lavastida

Infielders

Jose Ramirez*

Andres Gimenez*

Amed Rosario*

Josh Naylor*

Nolan Jones*

Gabriel Arias*

Tyler Freeman*

Jose Tena

Gabriel Rodriguez

Jhonkensy Noel

Brayan Rocchio

Outfielders

Myles Straw*

Steven Kwan*

Oscar Gonzalez*

Will Benson*

Will Brennan

George Valera

Richie Palacios

SUMMARY THOUGHTS

As Antonnetti said recently, this roster is maturing.  Where you want to be as a 40-man roster in Cleveland is to have it young, have your guys not on the roster be able to come up to the majors next year.  With the exception of Noel and Rodriguez, I can see any of these guys impacting the major league team next year with Noel maybe sneaking into the majors on a September callup next year if he can make better contact.  All these guys were/are top-30 prospects, as well.