The Cleveland Guardians were able to win the final two games of their series with the Tampa Bay Rays over the past couple of days to move back to .500 and keep their slim playoff hopes alive.
Although they are still hanging around, hope is waning due to this team’s ghastly offensive performance, which somehow got even worse earlier this past week when the Guardians were outscored 24-0 over a three-game stretch and certainly contributed to the recent pair of roster moves the team made on Thursday.
Cleveland announced on X that it has reinstated utility man Daniel Schneemann from the paternity list and released first baseman Carlos Santana, which brings his long and storied career with the club to a quiet and unceremonious end.
We have made the following move today.#GuardsBall pic.twitter.com/OOPIT2C4in
— Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) August 28, 2025
Schneemann is hitting .225 with ten homers and 32 RBIs in 307 at-bats so far this season and went on the paternity list after Sunday’s game against the Texas Rangers.
With Kyle Manzardo getting more starts at first base and being one of the team’s only reliable power bats all season, and rookie C.J. Kayfus showing flashes since his recent call-up, there wasn’t much room for Santana on the roster at this point.
Santana was hitting .225 with 11 homers and 52 RBIs in his return to the Guardians this season, which was his third tenure with the team after being called up as a highly-touted catching prospect and being one of the team’s best players from 2010 through 2017.
He then returned to the team for the 2019 and 2020 seasons after spending a year with the Philadelphia Phillies, and it’s unfortunate to see things end this way for him.
At 39 years old, it’s fair to wonder if he has taken his final major league at-bat.
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