{"id":491146,"date":"2026-02-19T23:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T23:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/491146\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T23:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T23:18:14","slug":"kwan-gets-look-in-center-field-for-guardians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/491146\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwan gets look in center field for Guardians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/steven-kwan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Kwan<\/a>\u00a0will get some time in center field during spring training for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/cleveland-guardians\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Guardians<\/a>\u00a0as manager Stephen Vogt assesses the best possible outfield combination.<\/p>\n<p>What You Need To Know<\/p>\n<p>Kwan is a four-time Gold Glove winner in left field<br \/>\n<br \/>That is tied with Kenny Lofton for the most Gold Gloves in franchise history by an outfielder<br \/>Kwan was primarily a center field in Cleveland&#8217;s minor-league system<\/p>\n<p>Kwan is a four-time Gold Glove winner in left field. That is tied with Kenny Lofton for the most Gold Gloves in franchise history by an outfielder.<\/p>\n<p>Vogt told reporters on Thursday that Kwan has expressed an interest in playing center at times. Kwan was primarily a center field in Cleveland&#8217;s minor-league system but has seen action there in only eight games over his five seasons in the majors.<\/p>\n<p>Rookie Chase DeLauter, who made his big-league debut in last season&#8217;s AL Wild Card series against the Detroit Tigers, could see time in center and right. DeLauter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TalkinBaseball_\/status\/1973436049411231775\" rel=\"nofollow\">dropped a high fly hit<\/a>\u00a0by Detroit\u2019s Gleyber Torres during the first inning in his first game. Three innings later, he made a pinpoint throw to third base, where Zach McKinstry was tagged out by Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez.<\/p>\n<p>George Valera will likely play left field during Cactus League games.<\/p>\n<p>Kwan, a two-time All-Star, and Ram\u00edrez were the lone consistent offensive threats on the Guardians last season as they repeated as AL Central Division champions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re going to see guys moving all over the field during spring, like we\u2019ve done previous years,\u201d Vogt said. \u201cWe&#8217;re trying to optimize for both our best defensive team, coupled with maximizing our potential for offense is what we\u2019re looking for on any given day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vogt added that it could be a couple weeks before he tries Kwan in center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) \u2014\u00a0Steven Kwan\u00a0will get some time in center field during spring training for the\u00a0Cleveland Guardians\u00a0as manager&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":491147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[58195,16738,3979,64,63,6115,591,44,12293,129815,58194,85,39],"class_list":["post-491146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-app-sports","tag-app-top-stories","tag-associated-press","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cleveland","tag-mlb","tag-news","tag-ohio","tag-ohio-cleveland-guardians","tag-spectrum-news-staff","tag-sports","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}