Cleveland Guardians depth chart and fantasy outlook

Parker Messick is the Guardians' best fantasy player for 2027, ranked 33 overall. The rotation as the club lists it starts with Parker Messick, Gavin Williams, Foster Griffin, and Cade Smith is the closer. They went 85-77 in 2026, scoring 678 runs and allowing 667.

Lineup depth chart

Catcher

1.Austin Hedges#1016
2.Patrick Bailey#786

First base

1.Nathaniel Lowe#682
2.David Fry#957

Second base

Third base

Shortstop

1.Brayan Rocchio#348
2.Angel Genao#1122

Left field

Center field

Right field

Designated hitter

1.Chase DeLauter#148
2.Jo Adell#63

Pitching staff

Rotation

Closer

1.Cade Smith#34

Bullpen

1.Hunter Gaddis#281
2.Erik Sabrowski#296
3.Tim Herrin#410
4.Shawn Armstrong#477
5.Daniel Espino
6.Matt Festa#438
7.Slade Cecconi#767

Guardians on the 2027 fantasy board

Cleveland Guardians players on the 2027 fantasy board
Rank	Player	Age	2027 projection	Value
33	Parker Messick SPCLE	26	10 W, 2.80 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 162 K	+6.2
34	Cade Smith RPCLE	28	40 SV, 2.69 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, 91 K	+6.2
35	José Ramírez 3BCLE	34	20 HR, 77 R, 67 RBI, 31 SB, .258 AVG	+6.2
61	Gavin Williams SPCLE	27	12 W, 3.63 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 202 K	+4.7
63	Jo Adell OFCLE	28	26 HR, 66 R, 86 RBI, 8 SB, .236 AVG	+4.6
136	Foster Griffin SPCLE	31	13 W, 3.73 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 134 K	+2.4
144	Steven Kwan OFCLE	29	9 HR, 75 R, 44 RBI, 13 SB, .275 AVG	+2.1
148	Chase DeLauter OFCLE	25	14 HR, 56 R, 58 RBI, 10 SB, .281 AVG	+2.0
186	Joey Cantillo SPCLE	27	10 W, 3.63 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 161 K	+1.3
225	Tanner Bibee SPCLE	28	9 W, 4.15 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 152 K	+0.4
274	Angel Martínez OFCLE	25	15 HR, 54 R, 54 RBI, 10 SB, .246 AVG	-0.3
281	Hunter Gaddis RPCLE	29	4 W, 3.11 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 60 K	-0.3
296	Erik Sabrowski RPCLE	29	3 W, 2.98 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 68 K	-0.5
304	Travis Bazzana 2BCLE	24	14 HR, 53 R, 53 RBI, 15 SB, .252 AVG	-0.6
348	Brayan Rocchio SSCLE	26	12 HR, 59 R, 61 RBI, 14 SB, .243 AVG	-1.1
410	Tim Herrin RPCLE	30	4 W, 3.55 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 56 K	-1.6
438	Matt Festa RPCLE	34	4 W, 4.13 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 63 K	-1.8
448	Colin Holderman RPCLE	31	4 W, 3.85 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 50 K	-1.9
477	Shawn Armstrong RPCLE	36	3 W, 3.84 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 48 K	-2.1
665	Craig Yoho RPCLE	27	2 W, 4.64 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 45 K	-3.1
682	Nathaniel Lowe 1BCLE	31	15 HR, 49 R, 63 RBI, 2 SB, .244 AVG	-3.2
691	Connor Brogdon RPCLE	32	3 W, 5.04 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 36 K	-3.3
705	Peyton Pallette RPCLE	26	2 W, 4.41 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 35 K	-3.3
710	Franco Aleman RPCLE	27	1 W, 4.20 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 39 K	-3.3
724	Kolby Allard RPCLE	29	2 W, 4.11 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 29 K	-3.4

Guardians prospects on our top 100

Ralphy Velazquez
1BCLEAAA, age 22
#18
Cooper Ingle
CCLEAAA, age 25
#33
Angel Genao
SSCLEAAA, age 23
#34
Ryan Cesarini
RFCLEAA, age 24
#36
Nolan Schubart
1BCLEAA, age 23
#57
Jake Fox
1BCLEAA, age 24
#85

The full top 100 prospects

By the Parlae deskDepth chart updated Oct 14, 2026 at 7:53 AM ETHow this is built Report a wrong number