3 Cleveland Guardians who should make the playoff roster and 2 who should be left off

Guardians player who should be left off playoff roster - Tyler Freeman

When it comes to making arguments for and against a certain player being included on the Guardians' playoff roster, it is incredibly hard to make an argument for Tyler Freeman.

Freeman has never been much of a hitter in his time in the major leagues, slashing just .223/.304/.329 in 206 games. 2024 has seen his slash line plummet to .209/.305/.321 in 383 plate appearances, with a career-high seven home runs and 14 doubles. It is those 21 extra-base hits that have prevented his overall stat line from being even more disastrous and his 79 OPS+ sitting a few points higher than his career-low of 76.

It would be different if Freeman either hit for a high average or for power, but considering he does neither, keeping him off the ALDS roster is not a hard decision. Sure, Freeman may possess some of the same positional versatility as Angel Martinez, but there is a reason the previous entry on this list finished the season with the major league club while Freeman was in Triple-A.

At the end of the day, it is about not having redundancies on the playoff roster, and Freeman's inclusion would qualify as something they are trying to avoid.