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Guardians Release Scott Barlow, Outright Anthony Gose

By Anthony Franco | September 11, 2024 at 10:02pm CDT

The Guardians released veteran right-hander Scott Barlow and outrighted lefty Anthony Gose to Triple-A Columbus, according to the transaction log at MLB.com. Cleveland had designated both relievers for assignment in recent days. The Guardians announced that Gose accepted his assignment. He can be selected back to the big league roster whenever the team needs a fresh arm, and Barlow’s release creates an opening to do so rather easily.

Barlow pitched in 63 games for the Guardians this year. Cleveland acquired the right-hander in an offseason swap that sent Enyel De Los Santos to the Padres. It was a rare trade in which the Guardians took on a fairly significant salary — he ultimately settled on a $6.7MM deal for his final year of arbitration — to add the more established player. Barlow had been the Royals’ closer in recent seasons and worked in high-leverage spots with San Diego in the second half of last year.

That track record initially earned him important innings with Cleveland. Barlow had pitched fairly well through the season’s first few months. A tough second half had increasingly pushed him down the leverage hierarchy for skipper Stephen Vogt, however. Barlow has allowed nearly six earned runs per nine with a diminished 18.9% strikeout rate since the All-Star Break. He had fanned more than 32% of batters faced with a 3.52 ERA in 38 1/3 innings during the season’s first half.

Barlow’s overall numbers are passable. He has a 4.25 ERA with an above-average 28.2% strikeout percentage and a grounder rate above 47%. His 12.9% walk rate is high but not dramatically above last season’s 11.4% mark. The late-season dip in performance was concerning, though, and that’s especially true considering Barlow’s velocity. He had averaged 95 MPH on his fastball and 84-85 on his slider during his best seasons with Kansas City. Those respective marks dipped to 93 and 83 last year and are down further this season. Barlow’s slider has checked in around 81 MPH all year. His fastball had dipped to the 90-91 range in the last couple months.

The Guardians remain on the hook for the final few weeks of Barlow’s salary. He surpassed six years of major league service this season and would have been a free agent during the upcoming offseason in any case. Barlow could try to sign with another contender for the final couple weeks of the regular season, but he would not be eligible for postseason play. He may choose to look ahead to next offseason. Barlow could still find a big league deal going into 2025, though he’s unlikely to land the multi-year contract that seemed it’d be on the table a couple months ago.

As for Gose, an outright was the expected outcome after Cleveland designated him for assignment for the fourth time in the last month. The southpaw had the right to elect free agency but is clearly comfortable with the organization, as he either accepted an outright or re-signed on a minor league deal shortly after each of his previous DFAs. Gose has made three MLB appearances this season, allowing five runs in 4 1/3 innings. He carries a 3.27 ERA with huge strikeout (32.8%) and walk (14.7%) rates over 41 1/3 frames with Columbus.

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  1. sad tormented neglected mariners fan

    10 months ago

    Poor gose man

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    • mlb fan

      10 months ago

      Anthony Gose is clearly in this for the frequent flyer miles. Word on the street, is that he, Mike Ford, Jake Bauers and Cavan Biggio and their wives all vacation together during the off-season.

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      • benhen77

        10 months ago

        Hotel bed must be huge.

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      • sad tormented neglected mariners fan

        10 months ago

        Diego Castillo the infielder sure racked up those miles last offseason

        Reply
  2. Flanster

    10 months ago

    Don’t worry, Gose will be back up again soon.

    Reply
  3. Charlie III

    10 months ago

    What is the record for most times DFA by one team in a season? We have to be approaching history here.

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    • CBA_Enjoyer

      10 months ago

      If you are interested in just the amount of times one player has been DFAed regardless of team last season Nick Solak got DFAed 5 times by 5 different teams: Reds, Mariners, White Sox, Braves, and Tigers. I don’t know the record but I imagine it is greater than 5.

      In terms of one player getting DFAed by the same team over and over again last season Devin Smeltzer got DFAed by the Marlins 4 times. What is remarkable about Gose is how quickly it has happened. Normally this happens across the entire season but Gose was first selected in August and has already been DFAed 4 times.

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  4. SFGiantsin2023

    10 months ago

    Forever Guardian

    Reply
  5. seth

    10 months ago

    A return to Kansas City?

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    • Guard the Vogt

      10 months ago

      As a guardians fan, yes, please.

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      • seth

        10 months ago

        Sadly, he would be an upgrade in our bullpen.

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  6. CO Guardening

    10 months ago

    Barlow’s Gose is cooked.
    Sorry, that’s the best I could do. We’ve kinda exhausted the Gose puns the last 10 articles titled “Gose DFA’d”

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  7. In nurse follars

    10 months ago

    Barlow thrived in low pressure KC. I wonder if being in a pennant race was overwhelming him.

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    • solaris602

      10 months ago

      I don’t think he was ever as good as he appeared to be. Most times when he entered a game this year he made it an adventure. Sometimes the results were there, sometimes not. He’s like a running back who nets 30 yards on 16 carries – most of his energy is spent running east to west.

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  8. t0bIe1CaN0bI

    10 months ago

    The Goose is loose

    Reply
  9. CKinSTL

    10 months ago

    Do they bother to even send Gose to Columbus? I feel like they should just keep him in Cleveland.

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  10. Buff Barnacles

    10 months ago

    Tremendous professionalism, understanding and patience by Anthony Gose.,

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  11. Edp007

    10 months ago

    Love grows where my Anthony Gose

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  12. Michael Chaney

    10 months ago

    If Gose had declined his outright and become a free agent, then re-signed with the Guardians, I don’t think he’d be eligible for a playoff roster since he *technically* would have joined the organization after September 1. I’m assuming that’s why he accepted the outright and didn’t elect free agency this time around.

    I could be wrong, but that’s at least how I’m interpreting the rule. I’m sure he’s okay with doing it this way because he’s still getting major league service time for the days he’s in DFA limbo.

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  13. Dumpster Divin Theo

    10 months ago

    There goes Gose

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