GuardiansUpdated: Nov. 08, 2025, 3:46 p.m.|Published: Nov. 08, 2025, 1:47 p.m.
For the last two years, the Guardians have started their offseason by signing free agent catcher Austin Hedges to a one-year, $4 million contract.Getty Images
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Guardians always approach free agency with caution, like a truck driver backing an 18-wheeler into a narrow loading dock to deliver three tons of eggs.
The approach is not expected to change this winter. It doesn’t mean they’ll be idle because they know how fortunate they were this past season when they overcame a 15 1/2 game deficit to win the AL Central with one of the worst offenses in franchise history.
Paul Hoynes, born in Cleveland, has been the beat writer for the Indians/Guardians since 1983. He attended Cathedral Latin High School in Cleveland and received a journalism degree from Marquette University. He… more
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