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Naylor homers in 2nd straight: 'He's battling'

@tim_stebbins
April 30, 2025

CLEVELAND -- After teeing off on a 95.5 mph fastball in the seventh inning on Wednesday, Bo Naylor did a 180-degree spin within the left-hander’s batter’s box. He didn’t need to watch the trajectory of the fly ball he hit deep into the night to know where it was headed.

Bieber, Fry, Stephan all take key next steps in rehab from elbow surgeries

McKenzie placed on development list, heads to club's Arizona complex
@tim_stebbins
April 30, 2025

CLEVELAND -- Shane Bieber, David Fry and Trevor Stephan each are recovering from elbow surgery, and each are trending toward taking a key step in their rehab process next month. Bieber and Stephan are slated to throw in live batting practice sessions on Friday at the Guardians’ complex in Arizona,

New for '25 -- CLEGUARDIANS.TV -- how to stream, watch games in Guardians territory

@tim_stebbins
9:41 AM EDT

Baseball season is finally here, so it’s time to get prepared. The Guardians and Major League Baseball officially launched CLEGUARDIANS.TV presented by Progressive. This will be a new, direct-to-consumer, blackout-free streaming service produced by MLB for the 2025 season. The Guardians and MLB announced distribution deals for Guardians TV, the

Martínez's exuberance rubbing off on Guardians

@tim_stebbins
April 30, 2025

This story was excerpted from Tim Stebbins' Guardians Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

Latest Guardians injuries and transactions

11:59 AM EDT

This page will be updated throughout the year with all the latest Guardians injury news and transactions.

Guardians acquire righty Matt Festa from Rangers

@tim_stebbins
April 30, 2025

CLEVELAND -- The Guardians added additional bullpen depth on Wednesday, when they acquired right-hander Matt Festa from the Rangers for cash considerations. Festa, who is not currently a member of Cleveland’s 40-man roster, has been assigned to Triple-A Columbus.

April's hottest hitting prospects -- one for each organization

@SamDykstraMiLB
April 30, 2025

The Minor League season is a month old and several of the game's best hitting prospects are off to fast starts. Red Sox outfielder Roman Anthony is tearing up Triple-A (just like he did at the end of last year), Padres shortstop Leo De Vries is leading the High-A Midwest

'Everything we needed': Bibee's timely brilliance rewarded with walk-off win

@tim_stebbins
April 30, 2025

CLEVELAND -- With how much the Guardians have been forced to lean on their bullpen over the past few days, and considering the grueling stretch of schedule they’re currently in, they desperately needed Tanner Bibee to step up on Tuesday. Bibee understood the assignment. Following a three-hour, 10-minute rain delay,

Williams' 45-pitch inning further increases load for depleted bullpen

@tim_stebbins
April 28, 2025

CLEVELAND -- By the time the third out was recorded in the top of the second inning on Monday, Gavin Williams’ pitch count rested at 61. That’s where it ultimately finished.

NEW! Top 150 Draft Prospects: Major changes, big jumps highlight list

April 29, 2025

The Washington Nationals are on the clock. OK, not quite yet, but they do have the No. 1 pick in this year’s Draft, and MLB Pipeline has an updated and expanded Draft Top 150, ranking the players all 30 teams are criss-crossing the country to see to line up their

McKenzie, Cantillo head to Triple-A as Guardians look for bullpen help

Relief corps takes another hit as Sewald exits Monday's game with right shoulder inflammation
@tim_stebbins
April 28, 2025

CLEVELAND -- Triston McKenzie is sticking around. McKenzie, whom the Guardians designated for assignment on April 21, has cleared waivers and accepted his outright assignment to Triple-A Columbus.

7 teams have made a big leap at certain positions

@Spokes_Murphy
April 29, 2025

What a difference one year -- and one or more players -- can make. The seven teams below really scuffled offensively at a certain position in 2024, but now they are flying high at that same spot in 2025. Whether it's due to the performance of a newcomer or a

'That was not us': Guardians commit 4 errors in ugly loss

@tim_stebbins
April 27, 2025

CLEVELAND -- In dropping Sunday’s rubber match to the Red Sox, 13-3, at Progressive Field, the Guardians suffered their largest margin of defeat in nearly three years and committed their most errors in a single game managed by Stephen Vogt. In other words, it was an uncharacteristic day as Cleveland

Kwan off to another hot start ... Here's how he's done it

@tim_stebbins
April 27, 2025

This story was excerpted from Tim Stebbins' Guardians Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. CLEVELAND -- Earlier this week, when asked whether this is as good as he’s seen Steven Kwan offensively, Guardians manager Stephen Vogt pointed out

Watch Bazzana play at Double-A FREE on Saturday afternoon

@brendan_samson
12:56 AM EDT

All season long, baseball fans will be able to watch Minor League Baseball games across all of MLB's digital platforms. MLB.TV and MLB app subscribers can watch their favorite team's Minor League affiliates in the app at no additional cost, while all MiLB games are available on MiLB.TV, on the

No. 13 prospect Messick dominates on hill at Triple-A

April 27, 2025

The prospect performances that stood out Sunday across the Minor Leagues involved big names (like Marcelo Mayer and Matt Shaw) going yard and big arms (like Jacob Misiorowski) racking up a lot of strikeouts. Not to mention Arjun Nimmala, who has put a little home run streak together at High-A.

Clase shines in rare 8th-inning cameo ... but he's still the Guardians' closer

Three-time All-Star had not pitched since Sunday due to shoulder discomfort; Smith earns save
@tim_stebbins
April 26, 2025

CLEVELAND -- The entrance video played on Progressive Field’s Jumbotron above the left-field bleachers on Saturday, as Emmanuel Clase jogged in from the Guardians’ bullpen. It was a familiar scene with one notable difference. Clase’s appearance in the Guardians’ 5-4 win over the Red Sox in Game 1 of Saturday's

No. 10 prospect Brito out 8-12 weeks after thumb surgery

April 25, 2025

CLEVELAND -- Infield prospect Juan Brito, who competed for the Guardians’ Opening Day second-base job and is considered to be knocking on the door to the big leagues, is going to be out a while. Brito, the club's No. 10 prospect, had surgery Friday to address a high-grade ligament sprain

Winding paths lead 2019 Draft picks to shared MLB debut

@tim_stebbins
April 23, 2025

CLEVELAND -- Will Wilson and Zak Kent’s paths to the big leagues were not linear. But six years after they each were selected in the 2019 MLB Draft, the two shared a moment that they will never forget. Wilson and Kent each made their MLB debut on Wednesday afternoon in

Kwan calls timeout ... then does an in-game gender reveal for teammate

@tim_stebbins
April 23, 2025

CLEVELAND -- A batter doesn’t often call timeout before his plate appearance begins. But Steven Kwan had an excellent reason to do so in the Guardians’ 3-2 win over the Yankees on Tuesday -- when he took a moment to do a gender reveal for teammate David Fry. Kwan dug

The fastest prospects in the game -- one for each team

@SamDykstraMiLB
April 23, 2025

When discussing the fastest prospects (and frankly, all players) in baseball, there’s the Rays’ Chandler Simpson and then there’s everyone else. Now in the big leagues, Simpson has led scouts to say that he should get at least a 90 run grade on the 20-to-80 scouting scale. Watching him do

Here's every team's 2025 Draft bonus pool and all pick values

April 23, 2025

The Nationals own the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 Draft, which comes with a record assigned value. But the Mariners, who jumped from No. 15 to No. 3 in the Draft Lottery, own the largest overall bonus pool. MLB released the slot values and bonus pools to teams

No. 3 prospect Chourio hits first homer of '25 at High-A

@MavalloneMiLB
April 24, 2025

Although Mariners teenager Felnin Celesten and Red Sox slugger Marcelo Mayer flashed their potent offensive abilities with homers and multihit games, some of the best work of the day was done on the mound. A trio of hurlers, including Top 100 prospects Hagen Smith and Chase Petty, combined for 24

New pitch mix, newfound confidence for Williams

@tim_stebbins
April 23, 2025

This story was excerpted from Tim Stebbins' Guardians Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. CLEVELAND -- Not only did Gavin Williams deliver his best start of the season on Monday, but he also showed he may be on