Guardians need to help this star find more consistency

Andres Gimenez is the cornerstone Cleveland Guardians‘ the future The front office made that clear after the 2022 season when they signed him to a $106.5 million contract that would keep him in control of the team through the 2030 season.

However, Gimenez has struggled to find consistency at the plate since signing, hitting a combined .252/.306/.328 with an OPS+ of 89 during the 2023-24 seasons.

At his best, Gimenez batted second in the lineup behind Stephen Kwan and ahead of Jose Ramirez. He is primarily a contact hitter and can get on base with good base hits.

However, when the second baseman is at the plate, he makes weak contact, pulls balls, and is overly aggressive, resulting in many swings and misses.

President of baseball operations Chris Antonetti acknowledged during his postseason media appearance that the organization must help Gimenez find a consistent rhythm this offseason.

“I think the one area where we want to continue to work with Andres is how we can help him be more consistent offensively,” Antonetti said. “We’ve seen glimpses of that over the last three seasons, but recently it hasn’t been as consistent as he would have liked. So that’s going to be a major focus for him and our coaching staff is going to be working on the offseason supporting Andres and trying to work on becoming more of an attacking player.”

Gimenez is going to be a custodian for a long time and already brings a lot to the team with his elite defense. However, if he can find a rhythm, he could return to the All-Star level he was in 2022.