DeLauter played zero games in 2022 (his draft year) due to a broken foot. In 2023, he played 57 regular-season games and 23 games in the Arizona Fall League. He played 39 games in 2024 and another 11 in the AFL. Excluding the AFL but including rehab assignments, he has only played 96 games since getting selected in the middle of the first round in 2022. He is a career .317/.387/.517 hitter with 13 home runs, seven steals and a 12.8 percent strikeout rate in those 96 games, and he's essentially mastered the minor leagues in that limited sample, so he could still be a big part of Cleveland's future. However, at 6-foot-3, 235 pounds and with a lengthy track record of lower-body injuries, the durability risk is off the charts and there's a chance he stops running and slides to first base or designated hitter in an effort to keep his bat in the lineup. Read Past Outlooks