The Guardians have dealt another player to Toronto. The team announced Friday morning that outfielder Myles Straw had been traded to the Blue Jays along with international bonus pool money and cash in exchange for a player to be named or cash.
In the deal, the Blue Jays took on outfielder Myles Straw, who despite spending most of last year in ... $1 million next year and $1.75 million at the end of next year, a source told MLB.com. This means that they’re taking on just over $10 million ...
Myles Straw had become an afterthought for the Cleveland Guardians after barely appearing with them during the 2024 MLB season.
This is the second trade this offseason, which has given the Guardians future payroll flexibility. Following the Straw trade, it's time the front office took advantage of that. There are two areas in which the Guardians could re-invest this money.
The Toronto Blue Jays acquired outfielder Myles Straw in a deal with the Cleveland Guardians on Friday. Toronto received Straw, $3.75 million US cash considerations and $2 million in international signing bonus pool space for the 2025 period from Cleveland, which received a player to be named later or cash considerations.
The Blue Jays acquired Myles Straw, cash, and international bonus pool space from the Guardians. Cleveland gets a PTBNL or cash. Read more at MLB Trade Rumors.
The transaction, announced by the Guardians on X, also includes the transfer of international bonus pool space to Toronto.
All of their offensive profiles project to be worth more than Straw’s, who is slashing .229/.295/.284 with one home run, 61 RBIs, 40 doubles, and six triples over his last three MLB seasons.
DeLauter made three trips to the injured list last season and was limited to 39 games between Double-A Akron, Triple-A Columbus and the Arizona Fall League. Cleveland’s top pick in the 2022 MLB draft registered an .841 OPS in those games.
Toronto acquired $2 million in international signing bonus pool allocation from the Cleveland Guardians that could be used in its pursuit of Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki as part of a trade that also brought underperforming outfielder Myles Straw to the Blue Jays.
The Toronto Blue Jays announced the 16 non-roster players who will participate in big league Spring Training next month. Five pitchers (four RHP, one LHP), three catchers, five infielders, and three outfielders were selected.
If there's one area the Guardians have plenty of depth at, it's their elite bullpen. That reliever core only got stronger with their recent free-agent signing of Paul Sewald. Cleveland could trade away one of their relievers in a package for an impact bat and still have one of the best bullpens in baseball.