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I agree that it is weird to list Jim Thome or Early Wynn as Guardians players, but that is the name of the franchise now.  Bob Feller has his number retired by the Cleveland Guardians because the Cleveland Indians no longer exist. 

My biggest problem with the Donruss situation is that it is very confusing for a team collector.  This is not the same situation as the Expos moving to Washington and becoming the Nationals.  This is a team basically just changing the IN to a GUAR on their uniform.  The name and logo were not changed in order to create a new team identity in a new location.  Pick one for the entire team set and go with it unless the cards specifically labels the team the Indians, which I doubt will ever happen again.

If that incarnation of the Washington Nationals played in the National League, and therefore would be catagoraized as an MLB team, no as of right now there is no way to separate them (see the Winnipeg Jets in hockey as an example) as the database will lump them together. If they played in a minor league or a different league we have a catagory for then yes, a new team can be created and those cards moved (search Hamilton Bulldogs in hockey and you can see there is listings for the current OHL team and the old AHL team) as the fact they are in different leagues allows them to be catagorized differently.

It really doesn't make sense. Players with same names can have separate PIDs. And we use Differentiators to distinguish them. So, why can't teams be the same?  Example: Washington Nationals (1886-89), Washington Nationals (Expos) or (2005-present)