2023 Guardians

[Guardians]

Another year, another division title, but another early playoff exit. Repeating a championship is really difficult, so the expectations weren't very high, especially with the Walker Buehler injury. However, I still thought my first year with the Guardians would show a little more success in October. I did win a tough series with Minnesota, but got bounced pretty quickly by a superior Boston team. So, it's off to 2023!

The squad is looking to be competitive again.

2023 ZiPS in bold.

C

Name	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR	RBI	SB	fWAR
Alejandro Kirk	.267	.352	.426	15	65	0	4.5
Yasmani Grandal	.226	.353	.397	16	50	1	3.5
Christian Bethancourt	.236	.277	.401	12	45	3	1.6
Brian Serven	.235	.298	.397	10	38	0	1.7

1B

Name	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR	RBI	SB	fWAR
Joey Meneses	.265	.313	.464	27	73	1	2.3

2B

Name	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR	RBI	SB	fWAR
Ozzie Albies	.270	.321	.471	22	81	11	3.2
Jon Berti	.230	.319	.334	5	28	26	1.0

3B

Name	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR	RBI	SB	fWAR
Rafael Devers	.290	.354	.534	33	112	4	4.2
Austin Riley	.276	.347	.525	35	104	1	4.8
Eugenio Suarez	.209	.309	.413	28	78	1	2.6

SS

Name	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR	RBI	SB	fWAR
Corey Seager	.270	.343	.473	24	78	2	4.1
Amed Rosario	.276	.309	.400	12	66	15	2.5
Jorge Mateo	.234	.279	.391	12	54	26	1.7

OF

Name	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR	RBI	SB	fWAR
Byron Buxton	.256	.323	.544	20	51	7	3.9
Kyle Tucker	.270	.340	.505	30	113	22	4.1
Dalton Varsho	.255	.319	.503	30	91	12	3.5
Michael Brantley	.290	.354	.423	8	45	2	1.7
Charlie Blackmon	.272	.332	.426	13	70	3	0.3

DH

Name	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR	RBI	SB	fWAR
Nelson Cruz	.245	.325	.415	19	69	2	1.0

SP

Name	ERA	FIP	K/9 IP	BB 9/IP	IP	fWAR
Jacob deGrom	2.59	2.36	12.3	1.8	100.2	3.0
Shane Bieber	3.22	3.24	9.8	1.9	192	3.9
Julio Urias	3.19	3.48	8.7	1.9	163.2	3.8
Marcus Stroman	3.58	3.69	7.64	2.64	150.2	2.3
Zach Eflin	3.50	3.61	7.8	1.8	97.2	1.7
Matthew Liberatore	3.83	3.99	7.7	3.0	141	1.9
Ljay Newsome	4.10	3.97	8.3	1.5	90	1.0

RP

Name	ERA	FIP	K/9 IP	BB/9 IP	IP	fWAR
Giovani Gallegos	3.14	3.38	10.7	2.4	63	1.0
James Karinchak	3.33	3.45	13.2	5.2	79	0.7
Robert Suarez	3.42	3.91	9.9	3.80	52.2	0.6
Tim Mayza	3.62	3.66	8.33	2.90	49.2	0.3
Kevin Kelly	3.65	3.82	9.2	2.5	56.2	0.4
Josh Sborz	4.00	3.51	10.66	4.17	47.2	0.1
Anthony Maldonado	3.88	3.85	9.6	2.9	53.1	0.3
Dominic Leone	3.67	3.78	9.5	3.83	54	0.2
RJ Alaniz	3.92	3.66	10.55	3.92	36.2	0.2

[Guardians]

Potential 2023 Opening Day Roster:

Lineup:
DH: Michael Brantley
C: Alejandro Kirk
3B: Rafael Devers
1B: Austin Riley
RF: Kyle Tucker
SS: Corey Seager
CF: Byron Buxton
2B: Ozzie Albies
LF: Dalton Varsho


Bench:
C: Yasmani Grandal
UTIL: Amed Rosario
OF/PH: Adam Duvall
3B/SS: Eugenio Suarez
PH: Charlie Blackmon

Rotation:
SP: Jacob deGrom
SP: Julio Urias
SP: Shane Bieber
SP: Charlie Morton
SP: Zach Eflin

Bullpen:
CL: Giovani Gallegos
RP: James Karinchak
RP: Robert Suarez
RP: Tim Mayza
RP: Kevin Kelly
RP: Anthony Maldonado
RP: Josh Sborz