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Former Guardians First Rounder Begins Double-A Career On A High Note

Andres Chavez • 2 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians took powerful outfielder Jace LaViolette with their first-round pick last year. The talented slugger didn't make his pro debut in 2025 due to an injury, but was assigned to High-A Lake County to open the 2026 campaign. It wasn't always a smooth ride, but the 22-year-ol...

Guardians Drop Opener Against Tigers, Fall Four Games Below .500

Andres Chavez • 2 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians keep collapsing during their most important stretch of the season, falling 6-4 in Detroit against the Tigers on Tuesday's opener at Comerica Park. They have now lost 14 of their last 18, six of their last seven, and three in a row, and everything they worked so hard to...

Foster Griffin Opens Up About His 'Second Chance' In MLB

Andres Chavez • 2 months ago   Cleveland Guardians starter Foster Griffin, acquired before the trade deadline, has just over one year of MLB service time. He is 31, though, so something doesn't add up. As it turns out, not every prospect and player gets off to a blistering start in their careers. Sometimes, they have to ta...

2 Guardians Prospects Notch Notable Minor League Recognitions

Andres Chavez • 2 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians farm system is no longer a top-three unit in baseball because some of their top prospects, such as Chase DeLauter, Travis Bazzana, and Parker Messick, have graduated in the last few months. They have developed into bona fide MLB contributors. However, it's still firmly...

Former Player Reveals A Big Concern About Guardians

Mike Battaglino • 2 months ago   The season is starting to slip away from the Cleveland Guardians, and they have no one to blame but themselves. With seven losses in their past nine games, including two of three in a showdown series against the Chicago White Sox, the Guardians are now fourth in the AL Central and one of seve...

Guardians Make Big Slide In Latest Power Rankings

Mike Battaglino • 2 months ago   After being in first or second place in the AL Central for almost the entire season, and holding a wild-card playoff spot for just as long, the Cleveland Guardians have fallen from those comfortable positions. Entering play on Tuesday, the Guardians are now facing an uphill battle, sitting in...

Is It Time To Be Worried About Travis Bazzana's Power?

Andres Chavez • 2 months ago   Travis Bazzana participated in last month's All-Star Game. At that point, he was one of the most impressive rookies in the American League, finally giving the Cleveland Guardians a long-term answer at second base. To this day, that remains the case: Bazzana represents the future at the keysto...

Guardians Bullpen Is Experiencing Concerning Trend After All-Star Game

Andres Chavez • 2 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians are 7-15 in the second half so far. They have lost 13 of their last 17 games, and five of their last six. They have been a disaster in recent weeks, and seem to be collapsing right before our eyes and at the worst possible time. When a team loses so much, it's usually...

Former Player Who Fought Jose Ramirez Has Retired

Mike Battaglino • 2 months ago   Jose Ramirez has had many memorable moments during his illustrious career with the Cleveland Guardians franchise. Almost all of them have to do with his incredible baseball ability and his status as one of the best players of the game in this decade. However, there is another moment from almo...

Analyst Says Guardians Can't Seem To Piece The Puzzle Together

Andres Chavez • 2 months ago   Deadline acquisition Craig Yoho, brought in to fortify the bullpen, has pitched four games with the Cleveland Guardians. The first two yielded scoreless appearances, and he seemed primed to be one of the most trusted relievers in manager Stephen Vogt's bullpen. The last two, however, have bee...

Insider Names Which Guardians Rookie Is Likely To Win MLB Award

Andres Chavez • 2 months ago   By now, most of the 2026 MLB regular season is in the books. With roughly a month and a half left to play, we all have a pretty good idea about the primary candidates to win the league's individual awards. No Cleveland Guardians player will compete for the AL MVP Award in all likelihood, but...

Analyst Delivers Brutal Assessment Of Guardians' Recent Slide

Andres Chavez • 2 months ago   When the Cleveland Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 8-2 on their series opener on Friday, momentum was building towards a really positive week. With a sweep, the team could have tied the Pale Hose at the top of the AL Central. Unfortunately, Cleveland fell on Saturday and Sunday to drop t...

Analyst Explains What Guardians Need To Fix For Playoff Push

Mike Battaglino • 2 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians came out of their showdown series against the Chicago White Sox over the weekend in worse shape than when they entered it. The Guardians lost two of three games to fall four games behind and into third place in the AL Central. After being passed in the standings by the...

Stephen Vogt Gets Candid About Concerning Trend With Guardians' Pitching Staff

Jimmy Swartz • 2 months ago   As the Guardians continue searching for answers during their second half slide, Stephen Vogt pointed to a specific issue that has crept into his pitching staff's performance in recent weeks. Speaking with reporters in Chicago, the Guardians manager addressed a noticeable uptick in walks allow...

Steven Kwan Addresses What's Been Frustrating About Guardians

Jimmy Swartz • 2 months ago   Steven Kwan offered one of the more candid assessments of Cleveland's recent slide following Sunday's series loss to the White Sox, a defeat that dropped the Guardians to a season-high three games below .500 and prompted a rare team meeting from manager Stephen Vogt. The Guardians fell 5-3 in...

Guardians Drop Rubber Match To White Sox, Head To Detroit

Jimmy Swartz • 2 months ago   The Guardians could not complete the series turnaround, falling 5-3 to the White Sox in the rubber match at Guaranteed Rate Field and dropping the weekend series two games to one. Chicago pushed across four runs in the third inning to seize control, and Cleveland's bullpen, working through si...

Guardians' First Round Pick Just Got A Big Promotion

Jimmy Swartz • 2 months ago   The Guardians continue pushing their next wave of young talent up the organizational ladder, and one of the more notable names in the system just took a significant step forward. Outfielder Jace LaViolette, Cleveland's first-round selection out of Texas A&M in the 2025 draft, has been pro...

Guardians Pitcher Nearing A Big Return Milestone

Jimmy Swartz • 2 months ago   The Guardians could soon have another veteran arm back in the mix as the stretch run intensifies. Right-hander Ben Lively is set to make his fourth rehab start on Sunday, taking the mound for High A Lake County in a road matchup at Lansing as he continues working his way back from a right for...

Analyst Gives Guardians Notable Postseason Odds After Trade Deadline

Jimmy Swartz • 2 months ago   ESPN's updated postseason projections following the trade deadline delivered a mixed but ultimately encouraging picture for the Guardians. Bradford Doolittle broke down where every club stands entering the stretch run, and after initially being lukewarm on Cleveland's deadline haul in the imm...

How Worried Should The Guardians Be About Jose Ramirez's Wrist?

Andres Chavez • 2 months ago   Cleveland Guardians star Jose Ramirez fractured his left hamate bone on June 13. Since then, his season has taken a turn for the worse. He was placed on the injured list and didn't return until July 22nd, roughly five weeks later. He underwent surgery and had to rest and then rehab, so the ro...

Guardians Pitcher Ranks Among The AL's Elite Since Debut

Justin Hussong • 2 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians dropped a crucial divisional game against the Chicago White Sox on Saturday to set up a pivotal rubber match on Sunday that would drop Cleveland to four games back in the AL Central should they happen to come up short. To throw salt in the wound, the Guardians are at r...

Insider Reveals Why Guardians Have Struggled Since All-Star Break

Justin Hussong • 2 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians can't seem to put together any extended runs of productive offense lately, which now has them in danger of slipping to fourth place in the AL Central, which would have been unfathomable just a month or two ago. Despite the additions at the deadline and the promotion of...

Guardians Fall To White Sox, Series Tied Heading Into Rubber Match

Jimmy Swartz • 2 months ago   The Guardians could not carry Friday's momentum into Saturday, falling 6-3 to the White Sox in a game that slipped away in the bottom of the sixth inning. Chicago erupted for five runs in that frame to turn a tight contest into a comfortable win, evening the series at one game apiece and sett...

Guardians Rookie Is Doing Something Unprecedented in Recent Franchise History

Andres Chavez • 2 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians entered the 2026 campaign hoping that either Gavin Williams or Tanner Bibee could take a step forward in their development and become an ace. While they have both pitched very well, another name has taken over as the franchise's number one starter. That guy is Parker M...

One Guardians Hitter's Numbers Are Hard To Believe

Andres Chavez • 2 months ago   Cleveland Guardians outfielder Steven Kwan had a rough first half, with an 81 wRC+ that fell well short of the league-average threshold of 100. Fans were trying to find creative ways to get rid of him, and the organization was secretly wondering how and why his performance had fallen off a cl...

Insider Reveals Reason To Have Hope With Guardians

Mike Battaglino • 2 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians got off to a very good start in their high-stakes series against the Chicago White Sox on Friday. They received a reliably stellar performance from starting pitcher Parker Messick, and their offense made a surprising contribution, highlighted by Angel Martinez’s grand...

Insider Reveals What Went Wrong With Kyle Manzardo This Season

Andres Chavez • 2 months ago   If it ain't broke, don't fix it, they say. This phrase can apply to Cleveland Guardians slugger Kyle Manzardo, who found himself in Triple-A Columbus this week after the team went out and acquired first baseman Nathaniel Lowe. Lowe, like Manzardo, hits left-handed and plays first base, so the...