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Brayan Rocchio Quietly Leads Guardians In Key Stat

Andres Chavez • 4 weeks ago   Wins Above Replacement, or WAR, has become the most useful metric in baseball to try to measure how much someone contributes and helps compared to a replacement-level player. It combines batting, fielding, and baserunning contributions for non-pitchers, and the stat also exists and is very ha...

Guardians Insider Names A Clear Trade Deadline Priority

Andres Chavez • 4 weeks ago   The Cleveland Guardians are currently tied with the Chicago White Sox for the top spot in the AL Central division. They wrapped up the first half with a four-game winning streak and want to cement their place as bona fide contenders after the break. To do that, they must be more consistent, a...

Guardians Land On Impressive MLB List With 2026 Draft Haul

Mike Battaglino • 4 weeks ago   To get an idea of how good the Cleveland Guardians have been at the MLB Draft recently, look no further than their current roster. The Guardians remain a legitimate playoff contender thanks to the ability of the players who were selected over the past few years. Cleveland’s pitching staff is...

2 Guardians Who Need A Better Second Half Than First

Andres Chavez • 4 weeks ago   The Cleveland Guardians managed to complete a solid first half. It wasn't bad, and it wasn't excellent: it was a good run that has them with a 51-46 record, sharing first place in the division. Things could certainly be smoother if a couple of specific players start showing up and performing...

Guardians Make Big Move Up In Latest Power Rankings

Mike Battaglino • 4 weeks ago   The Cleveland Guardians’ season could have taken a major turn for the worse when they lost Chase DeLauter, Jose Ramirez and Angel Martinez to injury in the same game a month ago. Yet, they were able to enter the All-Star break tied for first place in the AL Central and in a relatively comfort...

Analyst Reveals The Real Change In Joey Cantillo This Season

Andres Chavez • 4 weeks ago   The Cleveland Guardians' rotation is universally praised for its consistency this year. Not only that, but the top five guys have been able to stay healthy all season, and that's huge. It brings stability to the unit. Parker Messick has made the leap from roster hopeful to staff ace, Gavin Wi...

Insider Reveals Potential Return Date For 2 Key Guardians Players

Mike Battaglino • 4 weeks ago   The Cleveland Guardians are expected to make a move before the Aug. 3 trade deadline to address a big need in their lineup. That could also be right around the time it will get a boost from two returning injured players. Third baseman Jose Ramirez and outfielder Angel Martinez were both injur...

Analyst Reveals One Stat Defining Guardians' Season So Far

Andres Chavez • 4 weeks ago   There are specific stats that encapsulate the different realities and situations of the Cleveland Guardians this year. 2.73, for example, is Parker Messick's ERA. 2.9, too, which is Brayan Rocchio's fWAR, or 123: Chase DeLauter's wRC+. According to FOX Sports, the number, or stat, that define...

Guardians Infielder Emerges As Potential Trade Target For Marlins

Mike Battaglino • 4 weeks ago   Most of the talk surrounding the Cleveland Guardians as it pertains to the upcoming MLB trade deadline is focused on what the team is going to add. The Guardians are likely to be in the market for a hitter who can add some punch to the middle of their lineup. There is very little talk about w...

Guardians Earn Notable Praise For 2026 Draft Class

Mike Battaglino • 4 weeks ago   The Cleveland Guardians have relied on the MLB Draft as a big part of the foundation of their franchise. Widely recognized as having one of the best farm systems in the game, the Guardians have been able to stockpile talent over the past several years. That trend looks to have continued in th...

Travis Bazzana Reflects On His Path To The All-Star Game

Mike Battaglino • 4 weeks ago   It would have been understandable if Travis Bazzana had some doubts about how his 2026 season was going to go. After failing to make the Cleveland Guardians’ Opening Day roster, the second baseman began the season at Triple-A. Then, in early April, he was passed over for a promotion when Guar...

Guardians Icon Has A Clear Message For The Front Office

Mike Battaglino • 4 weeks ago   The Cleveland Guardians managed to make it to the All-Star break still tied for first place in the AL Central. It is a promising development when you consider they have played most of the past month without star third baseman Jose Ramirez, as well as outfielder Angel Martinez, who was having...

Guardians Need Rookie Outfielder To Regain Top Form

Andres Chavez • 4 weeks ago   When the Cleveland Guardians called up Khalil Watson on June 18, he didn't have a hit in his first 12 plate appearances as a major leaguer, spanning four games. He looked like a little kid playing amongst boys. Then, the game started to slow down for him. Over a nine-game span between June 22...

Guardians All-Star Praises Veteran Leadership Of Austin Hedges

Andres Chavez • 4 weeks ago   Against all odds, Cleveland Guardians left-hander Parker Messick was selected for the 2026 MLB All-Star Game. It was unexpected not because he doesn't deserve it: he fully does, but few talent evaluators had him becoming an ace before the start of the season. His evolution on the mound has be...

Analyst Predicts When New Guardians Pitcher Could Be Called Up

Mike Battaglino • 4 weeks ago   In stark contrast to the high-profile NFL and NBA drafts, it usually takes a lot longer for a first-round MLB Draft pick to make an impression in their league. While more players are making an immediate impact recently, the traditional development system in baseball makes use of at least some...

Analyst Reveals How Crucial Steven Kwan Is To Guardians' Offense

Andres Chavez • 4 weeks ago   This past weekend, we reviewed how Steven Kwan's awful first half had been particularly damaging for the Cleveland Guardians. He had been so good for so long that a full half of mediocre play really affected the team in the standings. Luckily for the Guardians, they enjoyed some breakout perf...

Guardians May Have Found A Hidden Gem In The Draft

Mike Battaglino • 4 weeks ago   The Cleveland Guardians used their first two picks in the 2026 MLB Draft on pitchers. They chose Liam Peterson of the University of Florida at No. 19 overall in the first round, and followed that with California high schooler Logan Schmidt in the second round at No. 59. The Guardians then add...

Analyst Reveals What Guardians Need For Postseason Contention

Andres Chavez • 4 weeks ago   The Cleveland Guardians wrapped up the first half with a 51-46 record and a four-game winning streak. They became the first team to sweep the Miami Marlins at their home this season and currently share first place in the AL Central with the Chicago White Sox. After not really spending much mo...

New Guardians Pitching Prospect Offers Intriguing Long-Term Upside

Mike Battaglino • 4 weeks ago   The MLB Draft is such an extensive process that it may be easy to lose track of what a team is doing after the first few rounds. However, those important later selections can prove to be very critical to a team like the Cleveland Guardians that relies so heavily on player development to succe...

Analyst Admits He Was Nervous About The Guardians During Recent Stretch

Jimmy Swartz • 1 month ago   The Cleveland Guardians are heading into the All-Star break with plenty to feel good about, and even the people paid to analyze this team for a living are admitting they had doubts along the way. Cleveland closed out the first half by sweeping the Miami Marlins over the weekend, capping the s...

One Guardians Player's Road Trip Impressed His Own Manager

Jimmy Swartz • 1 month ago   Chase DeLauter closed out the first half by putting together the kind of stretch that quietly turned him into one of the more important pieces of Cleveland's offense, and manager Stephen Vogt made sure to point out exactly what changed during Cleveland's recent road trip. DeLauter is hitting...

Analyst Sees A Promising Second Half Coming For Guardians

Jimmy Swartz • 1 month ago   Cleveland enters the All-Star break riding a four-game winning streak and sitting in a virtual tie for first place in the AL Central, but the optimism around this roster extends well beyond the standings alone. Several key pieces appear to be trending in the right direction at exactly the mom...

Guardians Sweep Their Way Into The All-Star Break

Jimmy Swartz • 1 month ago   Cleveland heads into the All-Star break exactly the way every team hopes to, playing its best baseball of the season at precisely the right moment. The Guardians closed out the first half with a 5-2 win over Miami on Sunday, completing a three-game sweep of a Marlins club that entered the ser...

Guardians' Margin For Error In 2nd Half Will Be Much Smaller

Jimmy Swartz • 1 month ago   Cleveland is tied atop the American League Central at 50-46, but the road that got the Guardians there looks nothing like the comfortable position they held just seven weeks ago. Back on May 24, Cleveland sat at 32-23 with a 4 and a half game lead in the division, a cushion that seemed to sig...

Guardians Hall of Famer's Son Gets Drafted By The White Sox

Justin Hussong • 1 month ago   The Cleveland Guardians extended their win streak to three in a row with Saturday's win over the Miami Marlins and will look to complete their first four-game streak in nearly two months on Sunday before hitting the All-Star break. The win allowed them to keep pace with the pesky Chicago Whit...

Steven Kwan's Defensive Play On Saturday Is Going Viral

Justin Hussong • 1 month ago   Cleveland Guardians center fielder Steven Kwan has had a nightmarish year at the plate. The perennial All-Star has been dropped to ninth in the batting order, has seen his batting average barely hover over .200 for over a calendar year now, and has lost the power and base-stealing acumen he d...

Guardians Add Speed With 95th Draft Pick

Justin Hussong • 1 month ago   The first four rounds of the MLB Draft took place on Saturday afternoon and the Cleveland Guardians had one pick in each round. They kicked things off by selecting two big pitchers in the first two rounds, landing 6'5" righty Liam Peterson out of Florida with the 19th pick and 6'4" lefty Loga...