Guardians Weekly Team Roster Rankings | 5/15/23 – 5/21/23
May 22, 2023
Andy Billman
Player of the Week
This Week’s Cleveland Guardians Team Roster Rankings
Each Monday during the 2023 Cleveland Guardians season, we’ll provide you with our most recent Guardians Team Roster Rankings, offering perspectives and rational on the performance of your beloved Guards players (and perhaps the ones you’re not so fond of) and the impact they had on the previous week’s results. Do you concur with our assessments, or do you feel there are certain players we incorrectly positioned?
Up 14 Spots: Gabriel Arias
Down 9 Spots: Andres’s Gimenez
MVP
Ranking
Player
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Previous
1
Jose Ramirez
Same
1
JRAM tried to lift the team to victory. He did his job!
2-10 | CAN’T WIN WITHOUT YOU
Ranking
Player
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2
Josh Naylor
Same
2
Naylor stayed hot and clutch over the week with a huge home run in the loss to the Mets.
3
Shane Bieber
Same
3
Bieber was Bieber against the Mets only giving up 2 runs and pitching a complete game.
4
Tanner Bibee
Same
4
5
Logan Allen
Same
5
6
Steven Kwan
Same
6
7
Cal Quantrill
Up
10
8
Gabriel Arias
Up
22
Quietly had a good weekend in Queens.
9
Josh Bell
Down
8
10
Nick Sandlin
Up
24
Had the best arm for the bullpen last week, though that isn’t saying much!
11-20 | C’MON, YOU CAN DO BETTER
Ranking
Player
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11
Amed Rosario
Same
11
12
Myles Straw
Same
12
13
Xzavion Curry
Up
19
14
Sam Hentges
Same
14
15
Emmanuel Clase
Down
9
Very very very worried about his performances so far this year.
16
Andres’s Gimenez
Down
7
Gimenez has scored one run in May, ONE!
17
Trevor Stephan
Down
13
18
Enyel De Los Santos
Same
18
19
Eli Morgan
Down
15
20
Tyler Freeman
Same
20
21-26 | BRINGING US DOWN
Ranking
Player
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21
Cam Gallagher
Same
21
Someone has to catch the balls behind the plate.
22
Will Brennan
Down
16
23
Peyton Battenfield
Same
23
Put on IL
24
James Karinchak
Down
17
Would not even consider pitching him in tight spots when the Guards are up right now!
25
David Fry
Same
25
26
Mike Zunino
Same
26
Can we please just end this pain?
N/A
Bo Naylor
N/A
N/A
Added to the roster for the Sunday doubleheader, got one at-bat, and caught 2 innings.
N/A
Tim Herrin
N/A
N/A
Brought up due to Battenfield’s injury
PLAYERS TO KEEP AN EYE ON
INJURED LIST | MINORS
Ranking
Player
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Tristen McKenzie
Getting closer to being ready, threw in minor league game on Saturday, 50 pitches
Aaron Civale
Threw 5 innings last week in the minors, and looked good.
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