Latest news and updates about the Guardians
The Philadelphia Eagles signed free agent Jose Ramirez to a reserve/future contract on Thursday afternoon, according to an official team announcement. Ramirez, a six-time All-Star, hit 30 home runs for the Cleveland Guardians last year while posting a 5.8 WAR. Oh, wait, sorry, that’s José Ramírez. Jose Ramirez is an edge rusher who had very […]
From Bleeding Green Nation | 4 days ago | 0 reads
On Tuesday, January 6th, the St. Louis Cardinals acquired left-handed relief pitcher Justin Bruihl from the Cleveland Guardians in exchange for cash considerations. After making stops in Los Angeles and Toronto last season (pictured), the Cleveland Guardians traded for the lefty reliever from Toronto after they designated him for assignment after signing submarine reliever Tyler […]
From Viva El Birdos | 10 days ago | 0 reads
Overview 2025 Review When the 2024 season came to a close, so did Christian Walker’s tenure as an all-star caliber first baseman. To counter this loss, Mike Hazen got aggressive. Before Christmas even rolled around, Hazen made a trade with the Cleveland Guardians. Mike Hazen sent pitching prospect, Slade Cecconi and his six years of […]
From AZ Snake Pit | 17 days ago | 1 read
Earlier this week, Cleveland Magazine dubbed Cleveland Guardians infielder Brayan Rocchio one of their “Most Interesting People, 2026.” As the author writes, Why He’s Interesting: In each of the past two postseasons, Brayan Rocchio — normally a light-hitting middle infielder — has come on strong, with key home runs against the Tigers in last year’s Wild […]
From Purple Row | 19 days ago | 3 reads
The San Diego Padres need to replenish their minor league system after President of Baseball Operations and General Manager A.J. Preller dealt away the depth at last summer’s trade deadline. Jhonkensy Noel presents a unique low-cost, high-upside minor league signing option. He was recently designated for assignment by the Cleveland Guardians due to his struggles […]
From Gaslamp Ball | 22 days ago | 0 reads
The San Diego Padres had a busy week leading up to the holidays. They signed Michael King and Korean star Sung-mun Song to three-year deals. But the Padres made a calculated move to add starting pitching depth by agreeing to a minor league contract with veteran Triston McKenzie. McKenzie seeking to reclaim glory He is […]
From Gaslamp Ball | 29 days ago | 3 reads
Things aren’t going well for the Cleveland Cavaliers this year. They came into the season expecting to compete for a championship, but now find themselves in the play-in tournament after a disappointing first third of the season. This type of start to the season isn’t unique to Cleveland sports this year. The Cleveland Guardians went […]
From Fear The Sword | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
I’ve been looking around the majors at players rumored to be on the trade block this offseason and determining if they would be an ideal fit for the Phillies. Today, I will look at Cleveland Guardians outfielder Steven Kwan. The background Drafted in the fifth round of the 2018 draft, Kwan quickly rose through the […]
From The Good Phight | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
This week, the Kansas City Royals signed outfielder Lane Thomas to a one-year, $5.25 million contract. Thomas joins the Royals after spending the last year and a half with the Cleveland Guardians. The Royals are hoping the right-handed hitting outfielder who hit 28 home runs in a season as recently as 2023, can bounce back […]
From Royals Review | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
Anne Rogers writes about the Royals landing Lane Thomas. After that uneven 2024, Thomas was limited to 39 games and 125 at-bats for the Guardians in 2025, mostly due to a lingering case of plantar fasciitis in his right foot, which required surgery in September. And before that, Thomas missed a month with a right […]
From Royals Review | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
The Royals are signing former Cleveland Guardians outfielder Lane Thomas to a 1-year, $5.25M deal according to Will Sammon and Mark Feinsand. The deal includes $1M in incentives as well. Thomas is a 30-year-old, right-handed outfielder who has spent most of his defensive innings in center field and right field. He has bounced around during […]
From Royals Review | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
The Jays picked up Myles Straw in trade from the Guardians, along with some international bonus pool money. At the time, we thought we were getting Roki Sasaki, and the bonus money would go to him. It didn’t happen. We were to send Cleveland a ‘player to be named’. I don’t know if that player […]
From Bluebird Banter | about 1 month ago | 1 read
The last decade has been a journey for Matthew Boyd, from trying to break through as a young starter with the Tigers, to suffering injuries and trying to make it back with the Mariners as a reliever, to returning to the Tigers as a starter, to having surgery and making it back with the Guardians, to breaking out as an All-Star with the Cubs this past season. He’ll return to the Cubs’ rotation in 2026, hopefully as effective as he was in 2025, and maybe a touch better able to sustain the c...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
We’re not even halfway through November, and if you think speculation about Tarik Skubal is going to die down any time soon, you are in for a long offseason. But tempered with the Skubal hot stove is more immediate news, like the winners of the Rookie of the Year accolades, as well as the AL […]
From Bless You Boys | 2 months ago | 4 reads
This week, two Major League pitchers were indicted on federal fraud allegations stemming from allegedly rigging pitches in an illegal gambling scheme. Cleveland Guardians’ pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz are both facing up to 65-years in prison if convicted on all charges of wire fraud conspiracy, honest services wire fraud conspiracy, conspiracy to influence […]
From Bucs Dugout | 2 months ago | 4 reads
Per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the Cleveland Guardians are hiring longtime Seattle Mariners front office member Andy McKay to be a field coordinator. McKay has been with Seattle since the beginning of the Jerry Dipoto era, coming over from the Colorado Rockies organization following nearly two decades of coaching experience in college and independent […]
From Lookout Landing | 2 months ago | 3 reads
As you’ll recall, Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were placed on administrative leave by Major League Baseball last July while the league investigated charges that the two had rigged pitches as part of a gambling scheme. In fact, Ortiz was pulled from a planned start against the Cubs at Wrigley Field July […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | 2 months ago | 3 reads
Caleb Moody at Just Baseball calls the Salvador Perez contract the perfect extension. Then, there’s the term. Two years ensures that their Captain and franchise lifeblood is not only made to feel respected, but gives the Royals multiple years of continuing to have another marketable fan favorite around to help continue to grow this franchise […]
From Royals Review | 2 months ago | 1 read
Happy Monday, everyone. We’ve had a busy weekend with news. The biggest story to break this weekend is likely the breaking betting scandal news coming out of the Cleveland Guardians camp. Though, if you’ve been following the news all season long, it perhaps shouldn’t come as a surprise. We’ll have more in-depth news about that […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | 2 months ago | 5 reads
ESPN | Jeff Passan: Cleveland Guardians relievers Emmanuel Clase and Luis L. Ortiz were indicted by the US Department of Justice over the weekend, formally charged with fraud and conspiracy. The indictments come after an investigation into unusual betting patterns centered around pitch-by-pitch side bets, and the government is accusing both relievers of deliberately throwing […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 2 months ago | 5 reads
MLB announce the ‘finalists’ for the major awards of the year. There is only one Blue Jay in the running, John Schneider is one of the three finalists for Manager of the Year. He and Steven Vogt of the Guardians and Dan Wilson of the Mariners are the final three. Schneider, of course, took the […]
From Bluebird Banter | 3 months ago | 5 reads
The Colorado Rockies’ confusing search for a new head of baseball operations took several new turns on Monday. In the morning, Brittany Ghiroli of The Athletic reported that Amiel Sawdaye of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Matt Forman of the Cleveland Guardians—two of the team’s only known candidates and finalists—were no longer in the running for […]
From Purple Row | 3 months ago | 5 reads
The Colorado Rockies were expected to announce early this week their decision on their new head of baseball operations. Whether they would have the title of president of baseball operations or general manager has yet to be determined. Two candidates who had interviewed for the position last week were Matt Forman, Cleveland Guardians executive vice […]
From Purple Row | 3 months ago | 4 reads
The Orioles announced their choice for their new manager this week, bringing in Craig Albernaz, who they plucked from being a top lieutenant on the coaching staff of the Cleveland Guardians. Albernaz won’t be officially introduced in a press conference until next week. The one clip we’ve seen of him speaking so far is enough […]
From Camden Chat | 3 months ago | 4 reads
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Orioles fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. The Orioles made their choice for manager official on Monday afternoon, announcing that recent Guardians bench […]
From Camden Chat | 3 months ago | 4 reads