The 2025 international free agent signing period started Wednesday and the Guardians announced the signing of 10 players on X, formerly Twitter, with more to come. None of them was named Sasaki, the 23-year-old Japanese right-hander who is the big fish in this year’s class.

The Cleveland Guardians made another trade with the Toronto Blue Jays. This time sending an even worse hitting gold glove defender! Myles Straw was sent to Toronto along with international bonus pool money and the cash equivalent of his buyout.

The Guardians headlined two busy two days with the $900,000 signing of Venezuelan catcher Hiverson Lόpez, ranked 41st by MLB.com.

The Cleveland Guardians were among the most active organizations on January 15 and 16. On the 15th, the new international players signing period opened, and MLB teams were able to start signing their commitments and recruits.

The Guardians signed their full international free agent class on Wednesday and Thursday: The class was highlighted by catcher Hieverson Lopez, ranked 41st in the overall collection of 2025 international free agents by MLB Pipeline: The Guardians also announced gametimes for their 2025 schedule: Nicole and I did a Disgusting Baseball pod talking about the likelihood of more Guardians' moves before Spring Training and discussing our favorite pieces of baseball memorabilia.