CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Guardians enter the upcoming winter meetings with a mission that seems both obvious and nearly impossible: fix an offense that, by all statistical measures, had no business winning a division title last season.

On the latest Cleveland Baseball Talk Podcast, beat reporter Paul Hoynes couldn’t hide his astonishment at how Cleveland managed to overcome such offensive futility: “I look at that team, I look at their stats, and I still scratch my head and wonder how in the world they won the division last year with. With an offense that really was below the radar. I mean, it was underwater at a lot of different positions.”

The numbers Hoynes shared paint a picture of historical offensive ineptitude that somehow resulted in 88 wins and a postseason appearance. It’s the kin

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