Payroll has been a sensitive topic when it comes to the Guardians. Today all players settled and signed, giving the Guardians their first official payroll for 2022. It is just short of 50 million for the second year in a row which has not happened since 04 and 05. We look at avenues to improve the team including extensions, free agency and also taking back a one-year bad contract like we often see in other sports

We pivot to our college baseball coverage. We begin by talking about the Xavier and Indiana matchup which we highlighted last week. While the players I focused on didn’t have a big weekend it was a huge offensive weekend. We then focus on Jonathan Cannon who fits the Guardians profile currently has the second-best strikeout to walk ratio in the country. We also talk about 5th ranked Hunter Barco, as well as another lefty in 17th, ranked Nate Savino. Savino is a player I mocked to the Guardians out of high school. While Virginia has a checkered history of success, Savino has to be one of the biggest risers in the college group this spring.

Adam Mazur of Iowa is the top prospect in the Big Ten. He had a rough weekend against Brandon Birdsell and Texas Tech but is another pitcher on the rise in the 2022 MLB draft. We end with a focus on Ben Metzinger who has likely been the biggest winner in terms of rising value in 2022. It is a super deep catcher crop, the best I have ever seen, and Metzinger of Louisville is currently arguably the top-performing catcher in the class. 

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