The 2018 season marked the end of an era for the Cleveland Guardians. After a dominant three-year run that ended with an uninspired performance against the Astros in the American League Division Series, Cleveland’s front office decided to rework the roster on the fly by letting go of Andrew Miller, Cody Allen and Michael Brantley.
While all three were still quality players (or an All-Star player in Brantley’s case), Cleveland’s front office let all three of them hit free agency without extending them the qualifying offer, which meant that they didn’t get any kind of draft pick compensation when all three signed elsewhere.