The Oakland Athletics appear committed not to let the franchise's uncertain future affect their on-field performance. The surprising A's begin a three-game series and 10-game road trip when they face the Cleveland Guardians on Friday.
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Initial Analysis of Ben Lively and Xzavion Curry
With Shane Bieber set to receive Tommy John, Guardians’ fans got their first look in 2024 this week at Xzavion Curry and Ben Lively.
Both Curry and Lively had strong debuts, with Curry going five scoreless innings with two hits, one walk and three strikeouts versus the Red Sox on Monday and Lively going five innings against the Red Sox on Wednesday and giving up two runs (one on a technicality because of an...
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Let’s win a series
The Guardians and Red Sox will finish their four game series with a game beginning at 1:35PM EST, Carlos Carrasco starting for Cleveland and Brennan Bernardino opening for the Red Sox with Cooper Criswell being the bulk guy (two guys with last names for thier first names and last names for their last names!)
Here’s the Guardians’ lineup:
Last one in Beantown!#ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/U0rILgM5Pw
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Cleveland Guardians minor league recap for Thursday, April 18, 2024
Columbus Clippers 9, Buffalo Bisons 12 (F/10)Box Score · Clippers fall to 7-9
Trailing 8-5 in the bottom of the ninth inning, Jose Tena rose to the occasion and blasted a game-tying three-run bomb to send the game into extra innings.
#Guardians 23yr old INF prospect Jose Tena ties the game with a 3-run HR in the 9th inning for Columbus! The HR was his 2nd of the game both traveling 420 feet with this one coming...
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News and Notes for Thursday, April 18, 2024
The Cleveland Guardians fell to the Boston Red Sox in the first shutout loss of the season.
As aggressive as the Guardians have been so far this season, every once in a while another pitcher will come along and have a night. Boston RHP Tanner Houck was absolutely lights out in the Wednesday night matchup. Houck went 9.0 complete innings with 9 strikeouts and only 3 hits given up to Cleveland batters. The 3...
Lively started for Cleveland in their 2-0 loss to the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. He was pitching with runners on second and third and two outs in the bottom of the third when he was called for a balk despite not appearing to commit an infraction.
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Series win, meow?
The Guardians and Red Sox will tangle at Fenway tonight, with newcomer Ben Lively facing off against Tanner Houck.
Here’s the Guardians’ lineup:
Tried a great local coffee shop earlier. Bostonians rave about it.
If you're in the Boston area, stop by a place called Dunkin'.#ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/quM0Dnedfc
Here’s the Red Sox lineup:
Let’s go, Guardians!
The Cleveland Guardians acquired right-hander Pedro Avila from the San Diego Padres for cash on Wednesday. In a corresponding move, the Guardians transferred infielder Angel Martinez to the 60-day injured list.
The D-backs announced Wednesday that they’ve selected the contract of left-hander Logan Allen from Triple-A and transferred lefty Eduardo Rodriguez from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL to open a roster spot.
Making predictions on where the Guardians will stand when June and the Summer weather rolls in
Welcome all to the first edition of Fair or Foul, an article that I will do once every other month that will be full of predictions about the Guardos as we move forward in the season. This time, I will take a look at an aspect of every position group (starters, relievers, infielders, outfielders, hot dog venders, etc.) and make a prediction on what it will look like or where a player will...
Cleveland Guardians minor league recap for Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Columbus Clippers 7, Buffalo Bisons 4Box Score · Clippers improve to 7-8
After falling behind 2-0, the Clippers scored seven unanswered runs on Tuesday, which was more than enough to pull off the victory.
Jose Tena was the offensive star of the day, going 3-for-4 with a double and three runs batted in. Daniel Schneemann also had a big day at the dish, going 1-for-2 with a double and two walks while Juan Brito went...
The Cleveland Guardians are getting comfortable with life on the road, which resumes Wednesday when they face the Boston Red Sox in the third game of a four-game series.
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4/16 recap & “4/17 news and notes”
Guardians 10, Red Sox 7
Let’s get the elephant in the room out of the way at the start:
The best record in baseball (12-5) belongs to….. the Cleveland Guardians.
— Zack Meisel (@ZackMeisel) April 17, 2024Getting there was a lot more complicated.
Tanner Bibee pitched his best game of the young season, and the offense provided him with plenty of support. A 5-1 lead when your starting pitcher exits after 5 innings...
Jose Ramirez hit a tiebreaking single in the 11th inning and Estevan Florial followed with a two-run single as the Cleveland Guardians earned a 10-7 road victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday.
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Let’s win three in a row
Tanner Bibee vs. Garrett Whitlock tonight as the Guardians look to take the first two games of the series.
Here’s the Guardians lineup:
It is no longer Patriots' Day.#ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/mzEnJKj7Al
— Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) April 16, 2024Here’s the Red Sox lineup:
Tuesday's squad. pic.twitter.com/rZ82qjwX2r
— Red Sox (@RedSox) April 16, 2024Let’s go, Guardians!
The Guardians have a big decision to make come draft day
All eyes are peering in on college baseball as the race to determine who will serve as the best option for the Guardians at first overall has become an all-out battle.
Since the Guardians have landed the No. 1 pick in the 2024 MLB Draft, many within the Guardians fandom have been speculating who will emerge as the head of the table once the All Star Break rolls around. With the college baseball season just entering the final...
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It was a long off-season, but minor league baseball is finally back! It felt nice having to use 3 monitors at once again, while I had the Guardians on one monitor, the RubberDucks and the Hillcats on the other two. It was an extremely fun week, and here are some of my takeaways. Now remember, these are all very small sample sizes, so we shouldn’t overreact(unless it’s a positive overreaction, those are OK).
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News and Notes for Tuesday, April 16th, 2024
In one of their most impressive wins of the season, the Guardians responded to a thrilling and emotional win over the Yankees by surgically taking care of business against the Boston Red Sox in a morning game the next day.
Neither team’s offense was awake for a while as Kutter Crawford and Xzavion Curry had their way through 5 and 2/3rds and 5 innings, respectively. Curry hit his innings limit and had to be...
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It’s a four-game set in Fenway for the Guards
The Guardians at 10-5 arrive in Boston with a +29 run differential to face the 9-7 Red Sox with a run differential of +12.
The Guardians enter the series with a team wRC+ of 113 and a team FIP of 3.64 (4.38 for the starters, 2.78 for relievers) the Red Sox with a team wRC+ of 94 and a team FIP of 3.50 (3.37 for the starters, 3.67 for relievers).
Matchups:
Game 1: Xzavion Curry, RHP...
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We’re a tenth of the way through the season after today
The Guardians and Red Sox play an early game today as Boston remembers the Boston bombing and the Boston marathon is run. Xzavion Curry will make his first start of the year for Cleveland and Kutter Crawford will toe the rubber for the Red Sox.
Prior to the game, the Guardians announced Peter Strzelecki had been optioned to the minors for Curry to get on the roster:
A...