Analyst Explains What The Guardians Need Before MLB Trade Deadline

The Cleveland Guardians are currently in the playoff hunt, but they're far from playing their best baseball at the moment. With the trade deadline rapidly approaching, one analyst, who is close to the team, believes it's still unclear how the front office will operate at the end of July.

MLB.com's Tim Stebbins recently explained what the Guardians need ahead of the trade deadline.

The first thing the analyst explained that the Guardians need is "clarity."

"Buy? Sell? A measured approach somewhere in between? The next month will provide a good idea of the right path forward for the Guardians. They remain in the thick of the AL Wild Card race but entered Sunday just 4-8 in June, during which the offense has struggled and scored four or fewer runs 11 times," wrote Stebbins.

With about six weeks before the deadline, the Guardians' season could head in any direction. Perhaps they'll tread water around .500, maybe they'll go on a run, or they could head down a similar path as the start of June.

Until it's clear which way Cleveland's season is headed, it's hard to determine whether they'll add or subtract at the deadline.