Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Let’s get it started in here Ben Lively and Tanner Houck will face each other as the Guardians and Red Sox begin a three-game series Here’s the Red Sox lineup: Cleveland pic.twitter.com/Y6KSg6i7e8 — Red Sox (@RedSox) April 23, 2024 Here’s the Guardians lineup: This time Boston shipped down to us.#ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/j1CA9V2DWZ — Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) April 23, 2024 Let’s go, Guardians ..read more

Photo by Samuel Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Adding a fifth option to our list Four potential options for the first pick in the MLB draft? Yoda voice: “No. There is another.” The college baseball regular season, including conference tournaments, will conclude by the end of May. For any teams who qualify, the College World Series will commence on June 14th and end on June 24th. Then, the Guardians will have their choice of any baseball player they want on Sunday, July 14th. With limited time left to evaluate players, we wrote recently that the Guardians’ choices seem to be narrowed do ..read more

Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports Familiar faces in new places The Red Sox and Guardians meet for the second time in the span of a week, Cleveland having taken 3 of 4 in Boston. The Red Sox are 13-10 with a team wRC+ of 98, a starting rotation FIP of 2.93, and a bullpen FIP of 3.71. They have produced -10.7 Defensive WAR but really put on a clinic when the Guardians were in town a week ago. The Guardians are 16-6 with a team wRC+ of 115, a starting rotation FIP of 4.42, and a bullpen FIP of 2.78. They have produced 1.9 Defensive WAR. It looks like tonight's opener might get washed out, in which case ..read more

Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports Austin Hedges and Josh and Bo Naylor were spotted at the Cavaliers game 2 win over the Orlando Magic yesterday. Matan K @mk237700 on Twitter posted updated stats for the hitters vying for top slot in the MLB draft: Batter Elo updated through this past weekend. Charlie Condon widens his lead as the clear #1 college hitter this season. Caglianone continues to rise. Grant Knipp has been dominant, albeit in a smaller sample size against weaker competition. pic.twitter.com/krWtNa52Nl — Matan K (@mk237700) April 22, 2024 Around MLB: The Royals lost to the Blue Jays ..read more

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images News and Notes for Monday, April 22nd, 2024 In today’s afternoon edition of the News and Notes (sorry, I’m a little under the weather which pushed me off my normal routine), I am pleased to report that the Oakland A’s offered Josh Naylor another chance to hit a pitch in the strike zone: This guy is so unbelievable.#ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/yI9aEr4b2a — Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) April 21, 2024 And that’s how a tenuous 3-2 lead turns into a 6-2 lead, folks. The Guardians were able to give Jose Ramirez a day off and still win a game, led by two hi ..read more

There’s not many negatives from this best-in-the-league team. Yes, Mondays suck. However, Mondays where your baseball team has the best record in the league are a lot better. Today is a lot better. Best in the Biz At 16-6, your Cleveland Guardians are the best team in Major League Baseball. Off to their second best start in franchise history, this team is special. While some equate it to our “easy schedule” so far, I don’t agree. We have had the _ of playing some not so great teams like the Chicago White Sox, but most of the other teams we’ve played are sitting at or above .500 when their los ..read more

David Richard-USA TODAY Sports News and Notes for Sunday, April 21st, 2024 The Guardians hammered the A’s 6-3 on Saturday night and Josh Naylor hammered his own head as he hit a go-ahead two-run home run. Logan Allen had some command issues but mostly kept hitters off-balance until giving up two solo-homers in the fifth inning and then a triple in the sixth after getting a quick out. Allen can’t afford to walk three batters most nights because of the susceptibility to those home runs, but he got away with it against the A’s. The bullpen was sensational again with 3 and 2/3rds scoreless innings ..read more

David Richard-USA TODAY Sports Just keep winning, just keep winning The Guardians and A’s meet tonight at 6:10PM EST in the second game of the weekend series, with Cleveland having won the opener 10-2. Two lefties, Logan Allen and Alex Wood, will face-off. Here’s the A’s lineup: Game ✌️ in Cleveland pic.twitter.com/0rmu82x1zH — Oakland A's (@Athletics) April 20, 2024 Here’s the Guardians’ lineup: .@cavs won. Second league of the doubleheader starts soonish.#ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/ucPfjVm1sF — Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) April 20, 2024 Let’s go, Guardians ..read more

Minor League Recap for Saturday, April 20th 2024 Columbus Clippers - AAA BUF 3 - COL 9 Box Score The Columbus Clippers took on the Toronto Blue Jays AAA Affiliate, the Buffalo Bisons on Friday night in Columbus. RHP Adam Oller started for the Clippers, going 5 innings on 82 pitches, giving up 3 runs and 2 walks but striking out 10. Oller is currently sitting at a 4.20 ERA and a 1.07 WHIP with a record of 0-1 on 4 games. Oller’s four-seamer sits in the mid 90’s which Buffalo’s second baseman Orelvis Martinez took advantage of in the 1st inning when he put the Bisons on top with a homerun to le ..read more

Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports News and Notes for Saturday, April 20th, 2024 The Guardians made the Oakland Athletics look like a bad team again, beating them 10-2 Friday night. The big question was how Triston McKenzie would look. He had a shaky first, including giving up a MASSIVE bomb to Abraham Toro, but then he settled in and his mechanics seemed to be improved. Three hits, three walks and six strikeouts in five innings on 84 pitches is marked improvement, albeit against a pretty poor Oakland lineup. Guardians fans should still be encouraged, and hopefully McKenzie will feel good as he recove ..read more