This story was excerpted from Mandy Bell's Guardians Beat e-newsletter. To check out the full e-newsletter, click here. And sign up for obtain it regularly in your 's cookies have been eaten, the round has actually dropped and currently baseball period is just around the edge. As we approach Spring Training, we will use this e-newsletter to walk around the horn to analyze each area of the Guardians 2024 roster. This installation concentrates on Cleveland's catching options. Projected starter: Bo NaylorIt's finally time for Naylor to get a complete season under his belt. In 2014, he waited up until June to get a regular Big league possibility. With that said transition comes a lot of obligation, consisting of finding out a brand-new pitching staff, figuring out just how to call a game at the big league degree, getting the confidence to lead a personnel and finding out just how to hit Big league wasn't basic, and Naylor spent some time to settle in. However once he got to September, he grew, striking.304 with a 1.052 OPS in 19 video games. He's done sufficient to finally make the starting job on Opening Day. Currently, he simply needs to show he can be the effect gamer the Guardians think he will end up being. "I think that was just one of the highlights of our period, is the way Bo transitioned to the Major Leagues and the year he ended up having Guardians Store, " Guardians president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti stated. "He really did not have the outcomes immediately. But I assume what we were able to see is he was able to gain from those experiences, and by the end of the year, he put together an actually, actually good year and was just one of one of the most efficient catchers in all of baseball from July 1 on." Back-up choices: Austin Hedges, David FryWhen the Guardians learned it would certainly be feasible for them to reacquire Hedges, they really did not hesitate to make area for him on the 40-man lineup. They had actually already generated Christian Bethancourt, yet they shipped him to the Marlins for money to secure up Hedges on a 1 year, $4 million bargain. The Guardians are familiar with Hedges. He was with Cleveland from the Trade Due date in 2020 via the playoff run in '22. He's an outstanding leader who will be important for this young club. Yet the Guardians also know he's not the offending solution they are seeking. He'll be able to spell Naylor every few games and need to be above standard behind the recipe with a soothing impact on young hurlers adapting to the Majors. He will not always be the individual to transform to in pinch-hit situations. Hedges comprehends it's Naylor's task, and he's below to assist whenever he's called for Fry, he might fill the exact same duty he did last season, occasionally getting some time at catcher when both people before him run out the lineup, presuming he's on the lineup to be an utility alternative once more in 2024. Question to respond to: Will having all these coaches assist Naylor bloom in his very first full season?Not just will Naylor have catching trainer Sandy Alomar Jr. and Hedges as advisors this season, however brand-new manager Stephen Vogt and bench coach Craig Albernaz are former catchers too. Naylor now has his own experience to make use of, yet he can additionally transform to a huge selection of resources to aid him grow in the Majors. Whether that will certainly assist him work out in and constantly play like he did last September remains to be seen. "He definitely will not do not have for sources, " Antonetti claimed. "I think what we intend to make certain that we do is have a regular message for Bo to assist see to it that he's progressing in the right course in such a way that makes good sense for him." That else remains in the Pipeline?