CLEVELAND, Ohio — Steven Kwan looked around the outfield in the middle of Wednesday’s crucial Game 2 against Detroit and realized something he never expected so soon: he’s the veteran now.

With rookies Chase DeLauter in center and George Valera in right, Kwan, still just 28, found himself in the middle of Cleveland’s postseason push not as the upstart sparkplug he was in 2022, but as the “uncle” of a new generation.

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