Former MLB GM Urges Guardians To Make Questionable Trade

It would be pretty unconventional for the front office to trade away a player and then circle back and look to re-acquire that same player just a short time later.

But hey, the Guardians recently just did this with the Colorado Rockies and Nolan Jones. That said, those trades happened after two and a half years, not two and a half months' worth of big-league games.

Naylor would undeniably help Cleveland's lineup right now, but his arrival back in Cleveland would create an even bigger issue in Cleveland's designated hitter/first base platoon.

Assuming Carlos Santana and Kyle Manzardo are still on the roster after a hypothetical Naylor trade, at least one of them would start each game on the bench to allow Naylor's bat back in the lineup.

That doesn't even count David Fry and what happens to his at-bats. Plus, first base is CJ Kayfus' primary position, and he deserves to be playing at the big league level.

While the Guardians would definitely benefit from bringing Naylor back, there are just too many other moving pieces to see it actually come to fruition.

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