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Jhonkensy Noel Uncorks Surreal Throw And Homers In Losing Effort

Andres Chavez • 1 year ago   The Cleveland Guardians played two games against the Boston Red Sox on Saturday. The Sox are a highly competitive team and every win counts for Cleveland, so the stakes were high from the start. They took the matinee but fell 7-3 in the second one as Boston was able to even the series. With t...

Stephen Vogt Explains Why Emmanuel Clase Didn't Get Save Chance On Saturday

Andres Chavez • 1 year ago   The Cleveland Guardians won the first game of Saturday's doubleheader 5-4 against the Boston Red Sox. The Guards were leading by one run since Steven Kwan's RBI single in the sixth inning. They reached the late innings leading the game, and manager Stephen Vogt chose to give struggling closer...

Guardians Bring Up Former Top Prospect To Fortify Pitching Staff

Andres Chavez • 1 year ago   The Cleveland Guardians are playing two games on Saturday against the Boston Red Sox. With that in mind and the fact that there are no off days until May 8th, the Guardians will need arms to cover as many innings as possible. As a result, they called up left-hander Kolby Allard, who had an ac...

Researcher Offers Scouting Report On Guardians' Starter For Saturday

Andres Chavez • 1 year ago   The Cleveland Guardians will play a doubleheader on Saturday against the Boston Red Sox. That forced them to alter their initial pitching plans for the weekend. When they called up Doug Nikhazy, the plan was for him to join the bullpen and help cover some innings in a tough stretch of games....

Guardians Activate Promising Pitcher Off Triple-A Injured List

Andres Chavez • 1 year ago   Back on November 20, 2024, the Cleveland Guardians added four players to their 40-man roster to protect them from being picked in the Rule 5 Draft: Petey Halpin, Doug Nikhazy, Franco Aleman, and Nic Enright. The first three were ranked as top 30 prospects in the organization, but Enright wasn...

Guardians Announce Starters For Saturday's Doubleheader

Andres Chavez • 1 year ago   The Cleveland Guardians were set to host the Boston Red Sox in an exciting series opener at Progressive Field. Cleveland took two of three games from the New York Yankees and was ready for Boston. That will now have to wait, though, as the game was postponed. "The Cleveland Guardians announce...

Guardians Get Crushing Injury News On Young Infielder

Andres Chavez • 1 year ago   Cleveland Guardians infield prospect Juan Brito has been out of action for a little more than a week. He has a thumb injury, which is why he was out of the lineup. It turns out the injury is worse than first thought, and Brito will be on the shelf for a while. "Cleveland prospect Juan Brito u...

Guardians Send Zak Kent Back To Triple-A

Andres Chavez • 1 year ago   The Cleveland Guardians will call up left-hander Doug Nikhazy ahead of Friday's game against the Boston Red Sox. They need, and want, to have some options in their bullpen, and if they can go multiple innings like Nikhazy, even better. Because of their need to cover innings, Cleveland is send...

Guardians To Promote Spring Star Ahead Of Friday's Game

Andres Chavez • 1 year ago   The Cleveland Guardians are known for producing and developing pitchers. They are excellent at identifying talent, acquiring it, and nurturing it, giving these hurlers all the tools to succeed and become effective major leaguers. During spring training, they held an exciting competition for s...

Numbers Show Travis Bazzana Is Struggling In Double-A At The Moment

Andres Chavez • 1 year ago   Cleveland Guardians top prospect and 2024 No. 1 draft pick Travis Bazzana opened the 2025 campaign in Double-A after a successful stint in High-A last year. He was actually thriving in his first few games at the new level. Baseball is a game of adjustments, though. The league has apparently f...

Cavs Star Says He Wants To Be Like Jose Ramirez

Andres Chavez • 1 year ago   The Cleveland Cavaliers are playing in the first round of the NBA Playoffs after dominating in the regular season. On Wednesday, they won 121-112 at the Rocket Arena in Cleveland to take a 2-0 lead as their series against the Heat goes to Miami. To win it all, they will need support from ever...

Guardians Manager Has Honest Admission About Luis Ortiz In Series Finale

Ernesto Cova • 1 year ago   The Cleveland Guardians got some good and some bad from their promising hurler. Luis L. Ortiz didn't have his best outing on Wednesday, and it cost the team a win vs. the New York Yankees. The Guardians could have secured a three-game sweep of the Bronx Bombers for the first time in 55 years,...

Veteran Offseason Acquisition Is Struggling Badly At The Plate

Andres Chavez • 1 year ago   The Cleveland Guardians lost the series finale against the New York Yankees on Wednesday and are no longer leaders in the AL Central (Detroit is up by half a game), but they have been much improved in comparison to the team that went 3-6 to open the year. Their recent surge has taken place wi...

Executive Reveals Guardians' Plans To Develop Travis Bazzana

Ernesto Cova • 1 year ago   The Cleveland Guardians have high hopes and expectations for Travis Bazzana. The former first-overall pick has gotten off to a red-hot start to the year in the Minor Leagues. That's why it wouldn't be much of a surprise to see the jewel of the Guardians' impressive farm system make it to the...

2 Guardians Make MLB Debut As Cleveland Drops Finale

Andres Chavez • 1 year ago   Wednesday's series finale against the New York Yankees was a rather forgettable game for the Cleveland Guardians. They lost 5-1, starter Luis L. Ortiz walked five and gave up four early runs, and the offense was completely shut down by Carlos Rodon and the Yankees bullpen. There were some sil...

Guardians Star Reliever Is Dealing With Shoulder Discomfort

Andres Chavez • 1 year ago   The Cleveland Guardians used right-hander Cade Smith to close out games this week, on Monday and Tuesday, against the New York Yankees. He successfully got both saves and offered Guardians fans a smooth ninth-inning experience, with no scares. They certainly missed that: closer Emmanuel Clase...

Bruce Drennan Raves About Guardians Utilityman

Ernesto Cova • 1 year ago   The Cleveland Guardians may have found a new unsung hero. Over the past couple of weeks, Dominican infielder Angel Martinez has been one of the most consistent depth pieces for manager Stephen Vogt, and he continues to make an impact regardless of whether he's pinch-hitting or starting. Notab...

Stephen Vogt Shuts Down Closer Controversy In Cleveland

Andres Chavez • 1 year ago   The Cleveland Guardians are riding a hot streak at the moment, winning their last five games and taking sole possession of first place in the AL Central division with a 14-9 record. Imagine if they had the 2024 version of closer Emmanuel Clase, the one who posted a 0.61 ERA and allowed five e...

Guardians Climb To First Place In Division

Andres Chavez • 1 year ago   The Cleveland Guardians earned a come-from-behind win against the New York Yankees on Tuesday. They were in a 0-2 hole and ended up flipping the score and taking the game 3-2 in front of their fans at Progressive Field. The win, combined with the Detroit Tigers' loss at home, gave the Guardia...

Kyle Manzardo's Recent Power Surge Is Driving Team Star To Keep Up

Andres Chavez • 1 year ago   Cleveland Guardians' rising star Kyle Manzardo is the man of the moment in Ohio, at least baseball-wise. He is on a power binge and leads the team with seven home runs in just 21 games. He is a very competitive person, but as it turns out, he is currently beating another ultra-competitive pla...

Guardians Slugger Leads MLB In Key Power Stat Since 2017

Andres Chavez • 1 year ago   If you want to know if a hitter is consistently productive, check out rankings from past seasons or starting from any given campaign until the present time. When it comes to consistency, Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez has few rivals around the league. He has been among the lea...

Guardians Reward Scorching Hot Prospect With Big League Call-Up

Andres Chavez • 1 year ago   The Cleveland Guardians made some moves on Tuesday afternoon, just ahead of the second game of their series against the New York Yankees. If there is an organization that rewards minor leaguers and prospects for good performance, it's them. We saw that on Tuesday, as they finally decided to b...

Stat Shows How Kyle Manzardo Has Drastically Improved

Andres Chavez • 1 year ago   The 2024 version of Cleveland Guardians' slugger Kyle Manzardo as a major leaguer can be divided into two parts. There was the player who became a major leaguer in May and had to be demoted in June with a .207 batting average, a paltry 59 wRC+, and no home runs in 87 plate appearances. And, o...

Guardians' Recent Acquisition Showing Considerable Potential In High-A

Andres Chavez • 1 year ago   This past winter, the Cleveland Guardians traded second baseman Andrés Giménez and Nick Sandlin to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for infielder Spencer Horwitz and minor league outfielder Nick Mitchell. Then, a few hours later, Cleveland flipped Horwitz to the Pittsburgh Pirates for three...

Kyle Manzardo Is Among Best In Impressive Stat This Season

Andres Chavez • 1 year ago   Our parents and grandparents were raised thinking that batting average was one of the most important offensive stats in baseball. While it's certainly not insignificant, we now know that other metrics and stats are more suitable to assess and evaluate offensive performance. We can look at a h...

Guardians Designate Struggling Righty For Assignment

Andres Chavez • 1 year ago   The Cleveland Guardians were very patient with struggling right-hander Triston McKenzie over the last three seasons. Unfortunately, that patience just ran out on Monday. The organization finally decided to move on from the talented righty. They officially designated him for assignment, which...

Stephen Vogt Gets Honest About Emmanuel Clase's Struggles On Sunday

Andres Chavez • 1 year ago   The Cleveland Guardians were cruising to an easy 4-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday. They handed the ball to their closer, Emmanuel Clase, to protect that three-run lead in the ninth inning and he turned it into a tied ballgame. The Guards went on to win in extras, but Clase's issu...