Valera, Manzardo, Schneemann, Devers and Tugboat shine as Guards affiliates sweep five games

Cleveland Guardians minor league recap for Thursday, May 2, 2024

Box Score · Clippers improve to 12-16

Wednesday was the much-anticipated season debut of No. 6 Guardians outfield prospect George Valera, who was sidelined with a hamstring injury in Spring Training.

He didn’t disappoint.

Valera reached base safely four times, going 2-for-3 with a double and two walks.

Cleveland #Guardians 23yr old OF prospect George Valera reached base 4x...

The Guardians Bullpen Needs Help

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Help should be on the way for the Guardians ‘pen soon...and they need it

Coming into 2024, the talk of the town was starting pitching. Shane Bieber, Triston McKenzie, Gavin Williams, Tanner Bibee, Logan Allen. That’s as strong as a 1-through-5 as you were set to find in the bigs. Unfortunately, we never even saw this turn through the rotation once this season. Instead, Bieber is done, Gavin hasn’t pitched, and it’s been a mix and match combo of...

News and Notes - Extra Inning Success Behind Strong Starting Pitching

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News and Notes for Thursday, May 2nd, 2024

The Cleveland Guardians faced the Houston Astros in the 2nd game of the 3-game series. It was a fun game.

Triston McKenzie took the mound Wednesday night against the Houston Astros, matching up against 41-year-old, future hall of famer Justin Verlander. Triston started the game strong, going 3.1 innings before giving up a hit to the blossoming Astros offense. The bottom of the 3rd gave McKenzie some trouble...

Steven Kwan looks to lead Guardians past Astros again

After reaching base in all five plate appearances in a series-opening defeat on Tuesday, Cleveland left fielder Steven Kwan had his fingerprints all over the Guardians' 3-2, 10-inning victory over the Houston Astros on Wednesday.

Steven Kwan's RBI double in 10th lifts Guardians past Astros

Steven Kwan produced an RBI double in the top of the 10th inning before Emmanuel Clase recorded his ninth save as the Cleveland Guardians squeezed out a 3-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Wednesday.

GAME THREAD: Guardians at Astros, game 30 of 162

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Time to pick yourself up off the mat and start swinging

It’s Triston McKenzie vs. cagy vet Justin Verlander as the Astros and Guardians play game two of this three-game series at 8:10PM EST tonight.

Here’s the Guardians’ lineup:

Get back game.#ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/emy72Qvnci

Here’s the Astros lineup:

JV on the bump

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Kyle Manzardo and Daniel Schneemann homer for second day in a row in Guardians affiliate sweep

Cleveland Guardians minor league recap for Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Box Score · Clippers improve to 11-16

After splitting home runs in a double-header this past Sunday, Daniel Schneemann and Kyle Manzardo decided to combine their powers in one game with Manzardo blasting his seventh homer and going 2-for-5 at the plate with a double while Schneemann went 2-for-4 with a double and a walk. They have OPS of .991 and 1.012 on the season,...

Stephen Vogt Should Do What Tito Would Not

For the love of all that is holy, tell Andres Gimenez to stop sacrifice bunting

As a Stephen Vogt fan, I want to make an appeal for him to distinguish his tenure from Terry Francona’s in one simple yet significant move: tell Andres Gimenez to stop sacrifice bunting.

I want to begin by stating that, generally speaking, I have no qualm with players bunting for the purpose of getting on base. Getting on base is always the goal, by any legal means necessary.

With that said, over the...

Can the Cleveland Guardians Keep This Pace?

The Guardians have been sitting at the top of their division and the MLB since the beginning of the season when they started with three wins. They have since played nine different series and have only lost two of those, one to the New York Yankees and one to the Atlanta Braves.

N&N: At least the only way to beat the Guardians is to destroy Hunter Gaddis

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News and notes for May 1, 2024

Hunter Brown entered last night’s game giving up 16.3 hits per 9 innings, and walking 6.1 batters per 9 innings. How does a starting pitcher amass a 9.68 ERA? That’s how.

And in the first inning against the Guardians, those numbers got even worse. He gave up a pair of singles, and then a 3-run homer to Josh Naylor.

And then the Guardians played as bad as any...

GAME THREAD: Guardians at Astros, Game 29 of 162

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MinuteMaid Park, you ain’t so tough, you ain’t so TOUGH!

The Guardians and Astros meet tonight at 8:10PM EST

Here’s the Guardians’ lineup:

Just climbed the Crawford Boxes.#ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/J4VhmuTPAt

Here’s the Astros’ lineup:

Loperfido debut.

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Series Preview: Guardians at Astros

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Is the sleeping giant awake?

A team with an unexpectedly hot start will meet a team with an uncharacteristically slow start today in Houston, as the Guardians arrive to face the Astros.

At 19-9 with a +46 run differential, Cleveland sports a 106 wRC+, a 4.14 starting pitcher FIP, a 2.63 bullpen FIP and 5.3 Defensive WAR (sixth best in MLB). However, over the past three years, Cleveland is only 2-7 against Houston at MinuteMaid Park.

At 9-19 with a...

How Can The Guardians Sustain Their Hot Start

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Five ways to help the team maintain a good start to the season

The Guardians have had a great March-April, there’s no disputing that. But, as we take a look at the current state of affairs, what do they need to do to have a great May-October?

(Usual caveat that I am not claiming to know more than any Guardians front office member, coach or player).

1. Convince Jose Ramirez to Take More Pitches

Since leaving a part-time role in May of 2016, Jose Ramirez has...

News and Notes: The Guardians Didn’t Play Baseball Yesterday

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News and Notes for Tuesday, April 29th, 2024

The Guardians and their minor league teams were all on an off-day yesterday. The Guardians will take on the Astros at 8:10PM EST tonight.

Cleveland.com’s Paul Hoynes wrote about the Guardians’ aggressive baserunning and provided an interview with Guardians’ pitching coach, Carl Willis.

MLB.com’s Mandy Bell wrote about Josh Naylor’s strong start to the year.

Zack Meisel and T.J. Zuppe offered some...

Three Positives From the Week of April 21st

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A 1-2 weekend doesn’t tell the full story for this best-in-the-AL team.

Let’s make your Monday a little easier. Sit back, sip your cup of coffee, and take a look back on all of the positives the Best-In-AL Cleveland Guardians brought us this week.

Coming into this weekend, we knew the Guardians had a tough series ahead of them. The two best teams in baseball, Cleveland and the Atlanta Braves, faced off at Truist Park with Atlanta taking two...

Kyle Manzardo homers again, as does Daniel Schneemann in Clippers doubleheader defeat

Cleveland Guardians minor league recap for Sunday, April 28, 2024

Game 1 Box Score · Game 2 Box Score · Clippers fall to 10-16

It wasn’t for lack of trying, but Columbus came up just short in both games of its doubleheader Sunday against Syracuse.

In game one, Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-2 with a home run, a walk and two runs scored.

Kyle Manzardo his hitting nukes at AAA. He’s got...

News and Notes: Guardians Pen Has Rare Slip-up

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News and Notes for Monday, April 29th, 2024

The Guardians played an excellent game for 7 innings against the best team in baseball, bringing a 3-1 lead into the bottom of the eighth.

The Braves managed to scratch two runs across the plate against Hunter Gaddis for the second game in a row and then won in 11 innings. Steven Kwan got thrown out at third in the 11th and José Ramirez got thrown out at second (after not sliding because of a...

Game Thread: Guardians at Braves, game 30 of 162

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Let's win a series

It's the rubber match at 1:35PM EST

Here's the Guardians lineup

What's up, y'all?#ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/c9Rp6lNSml

Here's the Braves lineup

Homestand finale!#BravesCountry pic.twitter.com/QZ03x2qnD8

Let's go Guardians

Alex Mooney smokes three doubles in five-hit game as all Guardians affiliates win

Cleveland Guardians minor league recap for Sunday, April 28, 2024

Box Score · RubberDucks improve to 12-8

Aaron Bracho led the way offensively for Akron, going 3-for-5 with a double and a run batted in as the lone RubberDuck with a multi-hit game.

Joe Naranjo also had a good day at the plate, going 1-for-2 with a double, a walk and a sacrifice fly.

Other standouts included Kody Huff and Petey Halpin, who both singled and walked wile Milan Tolentino...

News and Notes: Test Passed, Guardians Get One from the Braves in Extras

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News and Notes for Sunday, April 28th, 2024

Last night, we learned that the Guardians have what it takes to beat the best team in MLB as they won in Atlanta in 11 innings, 4-2. Last night, the Atlanta Braves learned:

Gonna walk Jose?

You know what Josh Naylor does pic.twitter.com/iZGLsuPLv8

(If you’re one of our readers not from Cleveland, please google “Tim Misney Cleveland” for...