{"id":437121,"date":"2026-01-27T20:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/437121\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T20:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:10:08","slug":"cleveland-guardians-linked-to-mlb-all-star-in-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/437121\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Guardians Linked to MLB All-Star in Free Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cleveland Guardians<\/a> are less than a month away from reporting to spring training in Arizona, but they may not be done adding players to the roster.<\/p>\n

The Guardians could benefit from adding another starting pitcher, which is why Bleacher Report writer Zachary D. Rymer listed former Toronto Blue Jays starter Chris Bassitt as a potential option for Cleveland.<\/a><\/p>\n

“There hasn’t been a lot of action on Chris Bassitt throughout the winter. Only the Detroit Tigers are known to have interest in him, per\u00a0Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0The Athletic. It’s a bit odd, considering that Bassitt has been a solidly above-average source of innings for seven years. He’s perfect for a team that has a strong rotation up top, but which could use stability toward the back end,” Rymer wrote.<\/p>\n

“The Guardians match that description. The Gavin Williams-Tanner Bibee duo is solid, but Logan Allen and Slade Cecconi are average-ish types. The Guardians otherwise lack a solid option for the No. 5 spot. For what it’s worth, Bassitt is an Ohio native who played college ball in Akron. That’s only about an hour’s drive from Cleveland.”<\/p>\n

\"Toronto<\/p>\n

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt throws to second for an out against Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy. | John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Chris Bassitt Could Join Guardians<\/p>\n

Bassitt began his MLB career in 2014 with the AL Central rival Chicago White Sox. After the season, he was traded to the Oakland Athletics in a six-player deal that sent former ace Jeff Samardzjia to the White Sox.<\/p>\n

Bassitt was with the A’s for seven years and he became an All-Star in his final season in Northern California in 2021. The following year, Bassitt was dealt to the New York Mets, where he spent the 2022 season. Then, he signed a three-year, $63 million deal with the Blue Jays and emerged as the leader in wins for the American League in 2023. <\/p>\n

This past season in 2025, Bassitt was part of the Blue Jays pennant-winning club<\/a> and helped them reach the World Series, however the team lost in seven games to the Los Angeles Dodgers. <\/p>\n

Bassitt could provide a ton of experience to a young pitching staff that the Guardians currently have. The team could benefit from adding another arm to the team and Bassitt could eat a number of innings.<\/p>\n

Bassitt has thrown at least 170 innings in each of the last four seasons, which could be crucial for a team that relies on its pitching staff to go deep into the playoffs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Guardians are less than a month away from reporting to spring training in Arizona, but they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-437121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}