Latest Guardians News (2024)

CLEVELAND -- From the beginning of Guardians Spring Training, everyone -- whether it was players, hitting coaches or the manager -- talked about one thing: Impacting the baseball. At the time, it seemed like a rudimentary concept. If you want more power, you have to impact the baseball. Yet the

In basketball, one of the most hotly debated rules surrounds whether or not a player’s hand is considered an extension of the ball when it's in contact with the ball. On Sunday, we got the MLB version of that rule on a slide you have to see to believe. With

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CLEVELAND -- It’s been a long, grueling wait, but Steven Kwan’s slump may finally be behind him. You know, the 0-for-4 slump that he endured for two hours on Friday night before logging two extra-base hits on Saturday afternoon at Progressive Field. Yes, Kwan’s performance brought his average up to

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CLEVELAND -- We’ve become accustomed to the go-ahead homers, some scrappy small ball or big walk-off hits that lead to victories. Teams often win games in similar ways night after night. But sometimes, a club wins in a way that's never seen in this millennium. That was the case for

CLEVELAND -- Guardians manager Stephen Vogt went out of his way Thursday morning to mention that Will Brennan has been hitting the ball harder than anyone realizes. It just seems that the ball finds a defender more often than not. That is, until just a few hours later. Brennan proved

CLEVELAND -- When the Guardians are desperate for a decent start, they’ve learned that they need to get the ball in Tanner Bibee's hand. For the first time in his career, Bibee turned in back-to-back starts with at least 10 strikeouts, as he mowed down Seattle in the Guardians’ 8-0

Read our story on the balloting format, which includes two phases of fan voting to determine the All-Star starters.

In last week’s mock draft, Jonathan Mayo noted that we were in “calm-before-the-storm" territory as we awaited the 2024 MLB Draft Combine. That’s no longer the case. Our Draft experts (Mayo and Jim Callis) have been on site in Phoenix soaking up any and all Draft-related information they can.

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The goal for any player entering pro ball, of course, is to reach the big leagues. It can be a long and arduous climb through a Minor League system and a select few make it.

CLEVELAND -- The Guardians’ starting pitching woes continue. Triston McKenzie couldn’t get out of the third inning on Tuesday night and despite the offense’s effort to chip away at Seattle’s lead, the Guardians couldn’t catch up and fell to the Mariners, 8-5, at Progressive Field. “We didn’t play a very

Last week, we dug into the strength of the 2024 Draft class when we ranked the top 10 college hitters. This week, we’re staying in the batter’s box but turning our sights to the prep ranks. The high school hitters don't measure up to the more advanced college bats, but

TORONTO -- Ben Lively has been the Guardians’ unexpected rotation hero. After bouncing around the league for the last five seasons, Lively found a home in Cleveland this year. The 32-year-old entered Sunday with a 2.59 ERA and 6-2 record in his 10 outings, quietly becoming the Guardians’ most reliable

David Fry came out of nowhere. Now he’s playing everywhere. You might not have heard of the Guardians utilityman before this spring, but Fry has made a name for himself with a dominant 2024. Not only has the 28-year-old bounced around the diamond -- spending time at catcher, first base,

If the MLB season is more akin to a marathon than a sprint, the same can be said for the MVP races in each league. Hot starts, or cold ones, offer no guarantees for how things will shake out for players when the winners are revealed. Just as there are

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We have a crack staff here at MLB.com, working hard to watch every team as closely as possible and rank them as dispassionately and analytically as possible. But, if you’ll forgive us saying something about our very-fun-considering-we-get-to-watch-baseball-all-day jobs is kind of hard … this year doing these rankings is very

TORONTO -- Brayan Rocchio stormed in on a ball in the second inning. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was chugging up the first-base line as the Guardians' shortstop reached the bouncing grounder, which was seemingly destined for an infield hit. Instead, Rocchio flashed down with his right hand, barehanded the baseball and

TORONTO -- A good bullpen is a prerequisite for success in baseball. A great one can elevate a team to the top of the league. Just ask the AL Central-leading Guardians. Cleveland's elite relief corps was on full display in Friday’s 3-1 win over the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre,

CINCINNATI -- As Tanner Bibee walked off the mound after the fifth inning on Wednesday, there was a lively pep in his step, as he punched out his 10th batter of the night. He was rolling and it didn’t seem like anything would stop him. That was, until the sixth.

We’re still about a month away from the start of the 2024 Draft, and much like Jim Callis stated in his projection last week, we’re in a little bit of a calm-before-the-storm territory. With a few exceptions playing in the Men's College World Series, topped by No. 3 prospect Jac