Guardians Executive Gets Honest About MLB Trade Deadline

It's going to be an interesting few weeks for the Cleveland Guardians as the MLB trade deadline nears.

Following a 10-game losing streak, the Guardians looked like clear sellers. However, Cleveland has now won eight of their last 10 games, including a sweep over the Houston Astros, and is complicating their deadline plans.

Even Guardians general manager Mike Chernoff admitted they won't have a clear idea of what they plan to do until days, hours, or even minutes before the July 31, 6:00 PM EST, deadline.

"I think we're going to have to take it up to the last minute and see where we are," said Chernoff (quote via The Athletic's Zack Meisel).

It's our job to prepare on all sides of this to know every single opportunity that we have to improve our team, or on the flip side, to take advantage of the moment if we are not in contention for a spot. I'm hopeful we can pull ourselves back into closer contention."