3 important post-trade deadline questions for the Cleveland Guardians

2. Should they have brought in another shortstop?

By now, everyone is very well aware of the Cleveland Guardians' issues at shortstop. They have tried just about every option available to them this season, and nobody has proven capable of taking the job and running with it. Gabriel Arias, Brayan Rocchio, Daniel Schneemann, and Tyler Freeman have all seen time at short this season, with mixed results being the most positive thing that can be said about those contributions. Now that begs the question, should the Guardians have traded for a shortstop instead of continuing to roll with this current group?

Nobody can say with absolute certainty as to whether or not they attempted to acquire a shortstop, and there is a very good chance they at least put a feeler call out to a team or two. With that being said, they are still down to the options they had before the trade deadline, and those are not very appealing.

While many have been quite vocal about Andres Gimenez moving to shortstop, that is not something that has been considered by Cleveland. In fact, there have been zero conversations with Gimenez about a position change, and if that was something they wanted to attempt, it would be best suited for the offseason rather than having their Platinum Glove-winning second baseman change positions at this point in the season. But for now, the Guardians are stuck with their current options, for better or for worse.