CLEVELAND -- When Josh Naylor saw the Guardians’ City Connect uniforms, he quickly blurted out, “Can we wear them for every home game?” When everyone in the room just chuckled, he had to double down, “No, I’m actually asking.” The new threads couldn’t have gone over better in Cleveland’s clubhouse.

CHICAGO -- Manager Stephen Vogt knew his Guardians hitters had been pressing with men in scoring position throughout their four-game set with the White Sox. He also believed the solution to those problems wasn’t too complicated. “When somebody comes up, and that guy touches home plate, it can release the

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The Statcast era of baseball research has reached another milestone: bat speed is live on Baseball Savant. You can check out this page for more thorough details on what bat speed entails and how it’s calculated. But in the meantime, we’re kicking things off by breaking down the best of

Break out the caps and gowns. It’s time for a whole bunch of graduations and an updated Top 100 Prospects list. Young players who began the 2024 season on a Major League Opening Day roster with zero MLB service time exhausted their prospect status Sunday by way of the 45-day

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Travis Bazzana keeps rewriting the Oregon State record books. MLB Pipeline's No. 2 Draft prospect already claimed the program’s all-time and single-season home run records this season. Now he has set another major school mark. Bazzana became OSU’s all-time hits leader on Sunday, setting the school record with a run-scoring

CHICAGO -- Ahead of Friday’s loss to the White Sox, Guardians manager Stephen Vogt was asked what he preaches to his players to ensure they don’t get too overanxious while at the plate with runners in scoring position. His message to his young team was simple -- do whatever you

CHICAGO -- It didn't take long to realize Carlos Carrasco would need to be on his A-game Friday night at Guaranteed Rate Field. White Sox starter Garrett Crochet was dealing from the moment he stepped on the mound, cutting down Cleveland’s first three hitters in just 10 pitches. In order

CHICAGO -- One would think Ben Lively being one of the more reliable starters in the Guardians’ rotation come May would serve as a sign that things have gone awry for Cleveland. Yet the veteran right-hander -- now on his fourth team in five seasons -- is one of the

CLEVELAND -- The Guardians hoped they were just being extra cautious with Chase DeLauter, their top prospect. But now, they’ve learned he has a fracture in his left foot once again. DeLauter reported pain in his foot while running the bases in a game with Double-A Akron on April 25.

The top prospect in the 2024 Draft has solidified his status as the premier power in college baseball's bat-ball coefficient of restitution era. Georgia slugger Charlie Condon launched his 34th home run of the season in Thursday's 14-10 win over South Carolina, which marked the highest single-season total since the

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CLEVELAND -- As each day of Spring Training passed and Guardians manager Stephen Vogt learned more about his new team, he could hardly go a sentence without using the word “versatility.” And no player better exemplifies it than David Fry. For a scrappy club, versatility is essential, whether it’s on

Equipped with one of the Minors' best fastballs and an 80-grade nickname to follow suit, Matt Wilkinson -- known as 'Tugboat' -- has taken the league by storm since his debut with the Hillcats on April 6. Wilkinson was recently named April's Minor League Player of the Month in the

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CLEVELAND -- The Guardians rotation seemed to finally be gaining steam, having six consecutive outings of at least five innings after struggling all year with consistently getting depth from their starters. “It’s been a really good stretch right now,” Guardians manager Stephen Vogt said before Tuesday’s game. “We just want

CLEVELAND -- If the Guardians are hoping that José Ramírez can bust out of his slump, there’s no better opponent to have in town than the Tigers. Ramírez’s dominance against Detroit continued on Monday, as he hit a deciding solo shot in the sixth inning to lift Cleveland to a

CLEVELAND -- This is the day Kyle Manzardo has been dreaming about since he would leave baseball practice as a kid and go with all of his friends to a teammate’s house and spend the rest of the evening playing wiffle ball in the backyard in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. “To

CLEVELAND -- The Kyle Manzardo Era is about to begin in Cleveland. The Guardians added Manzardo to the Major League roster on Monday afternoon in place of outfielder Steven Kwan, who was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Manzardo, 23, will bat seventh and serve

Travis Bazzana's power bat seemingly never takes a break -- even in the rare Monday college baseball game. Just one day after going deep three times and setting Oregon State's single-season home run record, the No. 2 Draft prospect knocked another two homers in the Beavers’ 20-12 win over Gonzaga.

What does a team do when it loses the American League's leading hitter to a hamstring injury? Fortunately for the Guardians, they can turn to one of the top performers in Triple-A. With Steven Kwan and his AL-best .353 batting average headed to the injured list with a strained left