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Guardians Insider Breaks Down Jose Ramirez's Injury Outlook

Andres Chavez • 5 months ago   Hamate bone fractures are not kind injuries for MLB players, particularly for hitters. That little bone helps anchor key ligaments and tendons in the hand/wrist area and, evidently, these are extremely important to hold and swing a heavy wooden bat. Hamate bone fractures require surgery and a...

Guardians Urged To Address Key Position Group At Trade Deadline

Mike Battaglino • 5 months ago   It’s difficult for any MLB team to plan for the upcoming trade deadline, because anything can happen in the two months until it arrives on Aug. 3. The Cleveland Guardians are living that lesson right now, after seeing three of their top players leave their most recent game with injuries. The...

Guardians' Playoff Odds Get Brutal Reality Check After Jose Ramirez Injury

Andres Chavez • 5 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians lost Jose Ramirez, the heart and soul of their lineup, to a broken hamate bone in his left hand sustained on Saturday against the Detroit Tigers. It's a significant injury, one that will keep him away from the field for at least a month and possibly more. The worst par...

Analyst Raises Concern About Jose Ramirez Post-Injury Performance

Mike Battaglino • 5 months ago   Jose Ramirez may not be available to the Cleveland Guardians for at least five weeks after he broke a bone in his wrist during their game on Saturday. It’s a worrisome setback because, despite a down season by his standards, the third baseman is still regarded as the team’s best player. If th...

Steven Kwan Gets Candid About Jose Ramirez's Absence

Jimmy Swartz • 5 months ago   Steven Kwan has been part of this Cleveland organization long enough to know exactly what Jose Ramirez means to everything that happens inside that clubhouse. When he spoke about the hamate fracture recently, he did not pretend the loss was anything other than what it is. He also made clear t...

Jose Ramirez Makes A Vow To Guardians Teammates Amid Injury

Jimmy Swartz • 5 months ago   Jose Ramirez cannot play right now. What he can do, he made clear, is everything else. The day after being diagnosed with a left hamate bone fracture that will send him to the injured list, Ramirez addressed the media at Progressive Field and delivered a message to his teammates that was as s...

Insider Reveals Guardians' Biggest Surprise In 2026

Jimmy Swartz • 5 months ago   When the Cleveland Guardians entered 2026, the expectations for Brayan Rocchio were reasonable at best. By mid-June, he has become one of the best stories in the American League, and MLB.com's Tim Stebbins is putting it on the record. Stebbins identified Rocchio as Cleveland's biggest surpris...

2 Guardians Who Need To Step Up In Jose Ramirez's Absence

Andres Chavez • 5 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians will be without their best player, Jose Ramirez, for a long period after fracturing his left hamate bone in his wrist in Saturday's game against the Detroit Tigers. It's a tough break for the veteran, who was starting to turn things around after a relatively slow start...

Guardians Series Finale With Detroit Won't Be Played Today

Jimmy Swartz • 5 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians will not be taking the field Sunday afternoon. Inclement weather forced the postponement of the series finale against the Detroit Tigers, and the team announced the news on X. "Today's game has been postponed. #GuardsBall," Guardians posted. https://twitter.com/CleGuar...

Stephen Vogt Offers Key Injury Updates Ahead of Sunday's Finale

Andres Chavez • 5 months ago   The weekend has been really rough for the Cleveland Guardians on the injury front. On Saturday, Angel Martinez departed the game after fouling a ball off his foot. Chase DeLauter also left that game with a bruised right ribcage. On top of all that, superstar Jose Ramirez fractured the hamate...

Stephen Vogt Is Facing His Biggest Challenge Yet In Year 3

Jimmy Swartz • 5 months ago   Stephen Vogt has already done things in Cleveland that no one expected.  Now he is being asked to do something that might top all of it. Paul Hoynes of Cleveland.com put the scope of the challenge into its full historical context, and the challenge he is facing could be his biggest one yet. "...

Guardians Are Facing Big Question After Losing Jose Ramirez

Jimmy Swartz • 5 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians confirmed Saturday night that Jose Ramirez has a left hamate bone fracture and is headed to the injured list. By Sunday morning, the question every Cleveland fan was asking had found its way onto the airwaves at 92.3 The Fan. Daryl Ruiter believes the big question on e...

Guardians Waiting On Big Chase DeLauter Injury Update Today

Jimmy Swartz • 5 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians ended Saturday with a win and a roster in crisis. Jose Ramirez has a left hamate bone fracture and is headed to the IL. Now the organization is waiting on scan results that will determine the severity of Chase DeLauter's injury as well. Mason Horodyski of WEWS compiled...

What Daniel Espino Went Through To Reach The Guardians Is Remarkable

Justin Hussong • 5 months ago   Saturday was a brutal day for Cleveland Guardians fans as the team's win over the Detroit Tigers was marred by injuries suffered by Angel Martinez, Chase DeLauter, and Jose Ramirez. The next few weeks and potentially months due to Ramirez facing a potential two-month absence are going to be t...

7 Guardians Prospects Among Options To Be Called Up Amid Injuries

Justin Hussong • 5 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians somehow beat Tarik Skubal on Saturday and moved to 6-0 on the year against the Detroit Tigers despite a third of the lineup exiting the game with injuries. It's hard for fans to even get excited about this victory knowing all the carnage that took place, but the show g...

New Injury Detail About Jose Ramirez Is Worrisome

Justin Hussong • 5 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians got this weekend's crucial series with the Detroit Tigers off to a great start with a 3-2 victory on Friday, but even the biggest doomers couldn't have predicted how poorly Saturday would have gone. The Guardians found a way to win 3-1 in Tarik Skubal's return, but at...

Guardians Get Devastating News On José Ramírez

Jimmy Swartz • 5 months ago   The win over Detroit on Saturday afternoon came at a steep price. A few hours after the final out was recorded, The Athletic's Zack Meisel delivered news that stopped the Cleveland fan base cold. "José Ramírez has a left hamate bone fracture. He's headed to the IL," Meisel reported. https://t...

Guardians Beat Tigers 3-1 Despite Losing Three Players To Injuries

Jimmy Swartz • 5 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians lost three starters to injuries on Saturday afternoon at Progressive Field and still found a way to beat Tarik Skubal and the Detroit Tigers. That says something about the depth of this roster and the character of this team. The Guardians posted the result on X with tw...

Guardians Star Could Still Emerge In AL's MVP Race

Mike Battaglino • 5 months ago   As recently as Memorial Day, it would have been outlandish to think that Jose Ramirez would contend for the AL MVP award, as he has almost every year for the past decade. It looked like age might be catching up to the Cleveland Guardians' third baseman, who was performing well below the level...

Brayan Rocchio's Incredible Catch On Friday Is Going Viral

Mike Battaglino • 5 months ago   Brayan Rocchio has made a name for himself at the plate this season for the Cleveland Guardians. The shortstop is having the best offensive campaign of his career and has made a case for a potential All-Star Game selection in the process. But on Friday against the Detroit Tigers, Rocchio drew...

Stephen Vogt Believes Steven Kwan Is Turning A Corner

Mike Battaglino • 5 months ago   One of the most puzzling aspects of the Cleveland Guardians’ season has been the disappointing performance from Steven Kwan at the plate. The All-Star outfielder has been struggling for a long stretch, and his batting average fell under .200 in late May. Based on his stellar career over his f...

Stats Show How Cade Smith Has Been Dominating This Season

Mike Battaglino • 5 months ago   It’s easy to see how well Cade Smith has adapted to his first full season as the Cleveland Guardians’ closer just by looking at how many saves he has so far. He leads the majors with 22, which is four more than the next closest reliever. It’s quite an accomplishment when you consider that ear...

Bruce Drennan Reveals His Main Concern About Guardians

Justin Hussong • 5 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians got a big win to begin their series with the Detroit Tigers on Friday, which put an end to a rough stretch of six losses in seven games that pushed them down to second place in the AL Central. With the Chicago White Sox beating down the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday, C...

Guardians Player Is Making An All-Star Case Nobody Can Ignore

Justin Hussong • 5 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians opened a crucial series with the Detroit Tigers on Friday with a 3-2 victory thanks to another great start from Tanner Bibee, who appears to be finding his stride. Cleveland had lost six of seven heading into the game and needed a win in the worst way, especially with...

Guardians Are Drawing Big Crowds For Tigers Series

Justin Hussong • 5 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians got their big weekend off to a great start with a 3-2 win over the Detroit Tigers on Friday. Tarik Skubal looms on Saturday in what should be a major test, and if the Guardians' offense can snap out of their slump against the two-time reigning Cy Young winner, it will...

Overlooked Guardians Prospect Is Making A Massive Statement

Andres Chavez • 5 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians have a lot of talented outfielders. Steven Kwan, Chase DeLauter, Stuart Fairchild, Daniel Schneemann, and Angel Martinez are currently in MLB, and Petey Halpin, Khalil Watson, Ralphy Velazquez, and other excellent hitters at the position are in the upper minors. They a...

Tanner Bibee's Gem Helps Guardians Snap Losing Streak

Andres Chavez • 5 months ago   The Cleveland Guardians snapped a four-game losing streak on Friday, beating the Detroit Tigers 3-2 at Progressive Field and taking their record to 38-33. Starting pitcher Tanner Bibee had another excellent outing to lower his ERA to a cool 3.96 and achieve his second win in a row after losin...