Friday, September 30, 2022

Bo Naylor or no Bo Naylor?

 No Bo Naylor this season unless...

1. One of our catchers suffers a serious injury that could land them on the 60 day DL (definitely would happen in this case)

2. One of our other players is placed on the 60-day DL (might happen in this case)

Look, any Guardians' fan who follows the majors is intrigued with a guy likme Naylor.  A 20 HR, 20 SB guy who is a catcher is unique.   The issue, when you look at it, is that he doesn't really add that much offensively to our major league team right now.  Defensively, the famil

iarity that Hedges and Maile have with this staff is priceless and more valuable to this team than any hypothetical offensive jolt Naylor could bring this post-season.

Yes it would be great for Bo Naylor to get his feet wet in the majors in this last series.  However, our 40-man roster crunch, our great (knock on wood) health at this moment and MLB's 28-man roster limit for September all lobby against this being a possibility. 

The questions that I think we should be asking are: 

  • Wlll Bryan Shaw make the roster for the first post-season series?
  • Will Eli Morgan make ANY post-season roster this year
  • Will Zach Plesac pitch for Cleveland again this year?
I think those answers should be no, no and yes, but it depends on Tito and the front office and who they think will help them the most in the post-season.  

If you have been reading this blog you know that I don't think there is a necessity for Shaw or Morgan but the reality is whether the FO thinks Plesac can help this team out of the bullpen for the first two series. 

I personally think a tandem start of Morris (3 innings) and Plesac (5-6 innings) would be dynamite. But that is just my opinion.  

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