Paul Hoynes reports:

League sources say the Guardians’ deadline plans changed dramatically when MLB announced Monday that closer Emmanuel Clase was removed from the roster and put on paid leave because of his possible connection to gambling on baseball. Clase could have been one of Cleveland’s trade chips. With him out of the picture, would they consider moving Kwan?

Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic reported that the Dodgers, Blue Jays, Phillies and Padres are interested in Kwan. If the Guardians do trade him by Thursday’s 6 p.m. deadline, he will not go cheaply.

He’s hitting .286 (114 for 392) with nine homers and 38 RBI. He’s scored 52 runs with a .761 OPS (onbase percentage + slugging percentage).

The Guardians have been unable to sign him to an extension, but they still have time to pursue that. Or they could wait to trade him in the offseason.
The organization has been criticized for not being able to develop everyday outfielders. Kwan, a fifth round pick out of Oregon State in 2018, is the exception to that rule.

If they did trade him, that would certainly mean the Guardians were abandoning the season and pointing toward 2026 [make that 2029. If they trade Kwan they'll be left with a nice young rotation, a nice young bullpen, Jose Ramirez, Kyle Manzardo, and a few maybe possibly ok starters. And the hope that Bazzana and Keyfus and Ingle will develop very very quickly into at least as good they promise now.