Guardians News and Notes - Bullpen Changes
News and Notes for Thursday, January 23rd, 2025
The Cleveland Guardians have DFA’d fan beloved innings eater, Pedro Avila to make room on the 40-man roster for free agent reliever Paul Sewald. Quincy summarized the roster changes in this article.
Like Quincy I, too, am weeping over Avila being DFA’d. Not only did he capture my heart with his goofy antics in the post season and proved to be another great clubhouse guy, but he was shown to be a good major league reliever. I had hoped to see him thrive in the 2025 season and had hoped that if he was moved it would have been for some value. Hopefully Avila can make it through waivers, but I’m not holding my breath.
Sewald will join one of the best bullpens in baseball. A bullpen that continues, well into the offseason, to be highlighted in their dominance.
days since they lost a game they led after 8 innings
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) January 22, 2025
97 NYY
111 MIL
114 ATL
116 LAA
122 COL HOU
130 CHC
133 TOR
137 PIT
139 SD
150 CIN MIN
151 LAD
161 BOS
166 MIA
167 DET
172 KC
174 STL
177 WSH
178 ARI
187 PHI
199 CWS
229 SEA
234 NYM SF
237 OAK
269 BAL
280 TB
288 TEX
503 CLE pic.twitter.com/zjyfEv2zbO
Baseball America released their Top 100 Prospect list, featuring five Guardians prospects, four of which made it in the top 50.
Guardians in Baseball America's Top 100:
— Covering the Corner (@CovertheCorner) January 22, 2025
24. Bazzana
32. Chourio
37. Genao
48. DeLauter
91. Velazquez