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Young Guardians Reliever Is A Name To Watch In Playoffs

Jimmy Swartz • 2 months ago   Daniel Espino's path back to the major leagues has been anything but conventional, and now his name is getting real recognition on a national level as a potential difference-maker come October. MLB.com highlighted him this week among a group of under-the-radar relievers who could end up havin...

Stephen Vogt Reacts To Guardians Sitting Atop AL Central

Jimmy Swartz • 2 months ago   Cleveland's climb back to first place in the American League Central carries plenty of weight given where this team stood just a couple of weeks ago, and Stephen Vogt made sure nobody in the clubhouse got too comfortable about it. Speaking with reporters after Wednesday's 6-3 win over the Whi...

Guardians Win High-Stakes Series And Return To The Top Spot In AL Central

Andres Chavez • 2 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians completed a cool trifecta on Wednesday afternoon. They beat the Chicago White Sox 6-3 at Progressive Field, taking the game, the series, and the top spot of the AL Central after moving to a 78-75 record, leaving behind the 77-75 Sox. Petey Halpin hit a huge three-run s...

Guardians Get Encouraging Injury Update On Key Reliever

Andres Chavez • 2 months ago   Right-hander Colin Holderman has been a key cog in the Cleveland Guardians bullpen this year. He was signed on the cheap back in the offseason and has exceeded all expectations to this point. Unfortunately, Holderman has been on the injured list since September 4, when he reported some inflam...

Guardians Rookie Infielder Is Heating Up At The Best Possible Time

Andres Chavez • 2 months ago   Cleveland Guardians' former No. 1 draft pick Travis Bazzana has had a roller-coaster of a season so far. He was brilliant in May, earned an All-Star berth in July, and was awful in the summer, with a stunning lack of production and inconsistent defense. He wasn't the second coming of Roberto...

Stat Shows How Improbable Brayan Rocchio's Walk-Off Hit Was

Andres Chavez • 2 months ago   Cleveland Guardians shortstop Brayan Rocchio came to the plate with the game on the line on Tuesday against the Chicago White Sox. He found runners on second and third and two outs on the scoreboard with his team down one run. After falling behind 0-2 on the count, Rocchio swung at a high sin...

Steven Kwan Reveals Key To His Second Half Resurgence

Jimmy Swartz • 2 months ago   Steven Kwan spent the opening months of this season fighting through the kind of slump that can make even a proven veteran start questioning everything about his game. The two-time All-Star was on pace for a career worst year through the first three months, a stretch bad enough that Cleveland...

Brayan Rocchio Shares Honest Reaction To Guardians Fans' Chants

Jimmy Swartz • 2 months ago   There was a moment Tuesday night before Brayan Rocchio's bat ever touched the ball that said just as much about this season as the hit itself did. As he walked to the plate in the bottom of the ninth with the Guardians down to their final strike, the crowd of over twenty three thousand at Pro...

Brayan Rocchio Is Doing Something No One's Done Since 1987

Jimmy Swartz • 2 months ago   Brayan Rocchio has turned into the most clutch player on this Guardians roster, and the numbers behind his recent stretch of late-game heroics are almost hard to believe. His game-winning double Tuesday night against the White Sox marked his fourth walk-off hit of the season, tying him for th...

Brayan Rocchio Strikes Again As Guardians Earn Dramatic Walk-Off Win

Andres Chavez • 2 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians earned a dramatic 7-6 walk-off win against the Chicago White Sox at Progressive Field on Tuesday, tying the series ahead of a huge finale on Wednesday. Once again, shortstop Brayan Rocchio came through with a two-run double in the bottom of the ninth against the stella...

Guardians Star Rookie Feels Renewed Wrist Soreness

Andres Chavez • 2 months ago   Cleveland Guardians outfielder Chase DeLauter is not just one of the best players on the team, but also one of the top rookie hitters in the American League. Unfortunately, he can't seem to shake off the injury-prone label that has haunted him for most of his pro career to this point. The 24-...

Guardians' Bullpen Has Been One Of MLB's Best In September

Mike Battaglino • 2 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians had everything set up the way they wanted it, with ace Gavin Williams starting against the Chicago White Sox in the first game of their showdown series for first place in the AL Central. Waiting behind him was one of the hottest bullpens in baseball, if needed. Unfortu...

Gavin Williams Sets Remarkable Mark With Historic Plate Appearance

Andres Chavez • 2 months ago   Gavin Williams, one of two aces on the Cleveland Guardians roster, had opened Monday's start against the Chicago White Sox with five scoreless innings. He had to put out a couple of fires already, so his mental and physical energy was starting to dwindle come that sixth frame. He opened that...

Analyst Raises Major Concern About Jose Ramirez's Struggles

Mike Battaglino • 2 months ago   When Jose Ramirez was able to return from his wrist injury earlier than expected, the Cleveland Guardians were rightfully thrilled. Their offense needed a boost, and who better to provide it than their best player of the past decade. Even though Ramirez had struggled prior to suffering the in...

Stephen Vogt Is Ready For Guardians' Bounce-Back In Crucial Series

Andres Chavez • 2 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians threw away a golden opportunity to take possession of the top spot in the AL Central on Monday. They lost 7-3 to the Chicago White Sox in the series opener at Progressive Field and are now a game and a half behind them in the division. They had Gavin Williams, one of t...

Gavin Williams Notches Rare Guardians Pitching Milestone

Jimmy Swartz • 2 months ago   Gavin Williams opened Monday's series opener against the White Sox with a reminder of exactly why his fastball has become such a weapon for Cleveland this season. In the first inning, he blew a pitch past a Chicago hitter at over one hundred miles per hour, a moment that got lost in the chaos...

Guardians Acquisition Is Turning Things Around After Dreadful Start

Andres Chavez • 2 months ago   Relief pitcher Craig Yoho was a big part of the Cleveland Guardians' deadline recruitment. The talented right-hander came over after posting a 3.15 ERA in Milwaukee with the Brewers. His first two appearances with a Guardians uniform were scoreless, and fans started to dream about another shu...

Guardians Drop Series Opener Against White Sox

Andres Chavez • 2 months ago   After a fateful sixth inning in which they surrendered six runs, the Cleveland Guardians dropped their series opener against the Chicago White Sox 7-3 on Monday at Progressive Field. It means they are, again, a game and a half behind their rivals in the fight for the AL Central title with a 7...

Stephen Vogt Sets Tone For Guardians’ Last Homestand This Season

Mike Battaglino • 2 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians have given their fans a reason to show up this week, after it seemed at times during the second half that these upcoming six games might not mean very much. Instead, the Guardians could move back into first place over the next few days at Progressive Field and set the...

Steven Kwan Sends Clear Message About Guardians' Mindset

Mike Battaglino • 2 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians have one major advantage over the Chicago White Sox in their race for the AL Central title. Many of the Guardians have been through this before, while the White Sox have not. For Cleveland, that includes two-time AL Manager of the Year Stephen Vogt, whose team rallied...

Insider Suggests Guardians Should Give Starter A Break

Andres Chavez • 2 months ago   Joey Cantillo has been a valuable member of the Cleveland Guardians rotation all year. He has posted a solid 3.89 ERA in 148 innings, pitching 31 games and starting 30 of them. That lone relief appearance came this weekend. For most of last week, there were rumblings about putting an opener a...

Insider Reveals Guardians’ Biggest Issue After Road Trip

Andres Chavez • 2 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians won their weekend series against the Minnesota Twins. They lost the previous one in Baltimore, so they went 3-3 on their road trip. That seems to have been the theme for Cleveland in the entire year. They play like a .500 team, and their 76-74 record absolutely reflect...

Nathaniel Lowe Shares Key Message Before Guardians’ Biggest Series

Andres Chavez • 2 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians are about to play their biggest series of the season. They will start a three-game set against the Chicago White Sox, the current leaders in the AL Central. It's not just any series: it's the one that will likely decide who wins the division and who gets relegated to f...

Analyst Reveals A Potential Nightmare Scenario For Guardians

Mike Battaglino • 2 months ago   Based on the way the Cleveland Guardians have closed out the past two MLB seasons, there should be a great deal of confidence that they can get the job done again this year. But this is a different team with a lot of new players, and it is baseball, after all, so anything can happen. The Guar...

Steven Kwan Shares Excitement About Crucial Series Against White Sox

Jimmy Swartz • 2 months ago   Cleveland wrapped up its road trip through Baltimore and Minneapolis with the kind of finish the Guardians needed heading into the most important week of their regular season. A 3-3 trip closed with a bounce back effort from Tanner Bibee and a red hot offensive day at Target Field, and the ti...

Jo Adell Notches Rare MLB Feat After Sunday's Win

Jimmy Swartz • 2 months ago   Jo Adell added an unusual piece of trivia to his season Sunday, and it is the kind of detail that will likely follow him around Cleveland for a long time. His long home run off Joe Ryan, the same blast that reached the third deck in left field at Target Field, carried an exit velocity that ma...

Guardians Rout Twins 9-2 To Set Up Massive White Sox Showdown

Jimmy Swartz • 2 months ago   Cleveland could not have scripted a better tune-up before its biggest series of the season. Steven Kwan opened the game with a home run on the second pitch he saw, Jo Adell added one of the longer drives Target Field has witnessed in years, and the Guardians cruised to a 9-2 win over the Twin...