6 Guardians players that won’t be back for the 2024 season

With the Guardians’ season over, let’s turn our attention to the offseason and which players won’t be coming back next season.

The 2023 season was an incredibly frustrating one for the Cleveland Guardians. Cleveland was very much in the hunt in an AL Central race that no one seemed to want to win for a while, but the team instead decided to not go for it at the trade deadline and even traded away Aaron Civale which did not go over well with the Guardians’ faithful. The end result was Cleveland finishing 10 games below .500 and an unclear immediate future.

How the trade that brought in Kyle Manzardo looks down the line remains to be seen, but it is clear that the Guardians are a team in transition especially in the wake of Terry Francona leaving. While teams like the Twins and Tigers appear to be on the come up in the AL Central, the Guardians are in this weird in-between state where they have some youth on their roster and in their minor league ranks, but it sure doesn’t seem like they have the depth coming to be competitive in the near future. That could mean big changes with Cleveland’s big league roster going into the 2024 season.

Here are 6 Guardians players that won’t be back for the 2024 season

To be clear, this isn’t a value judgment of these guys as players or human beings, but a recognition of the reality that the Guardians are a team that very rarely shells out real money for players and who tend to be quick to move on from guys. While some of these guys haven’t played well for the Guardians in 2023, others have and some that haven’t have a decent track record before this season. This is mostly about where the Guardians are right now as an organization and unfortunately less about the best baseball decisions.

Latest Guardians managerial candidates include a few familiar faces (Podcast)

CLEVELAND, Ohio — More candidates for Cleveland’s open managerial position are becoming public with rumors of at least four current big league assistants in line for potential interviews with the Guardians. Former Cleveland minor league field coordinator Tony Mansolino, the current third base coach in Baltimore is on the list. Others include Clayton McCullough of the Dodgers, Mike Calitri with the Phillies and George Lombard of the Tigers.