#Andrés Giménez

CLEVELAND, Ohio - If they ever decide to start measuring baseball championships in guts and heart rather than wins and losses, Josh Naylor could be a Hall of Famer. Naylor, who beat the odds and returned from a gruesome leg injury that ended his 2021 season, gutted out a playoff win against the Yankee s on Friday with two hits and a run scored. It…

CLEVELAND - Think about how much has changed in a year. Last January, baseball stood still, and we were left to talk ourselves into Bradley Zimmer, ponder José Ramírez trades and evaluate commissioner Rob Manfred's negotiating tactics. It was bleak. But the lockout ended, Ramírez signed a long-term deal, Zimmer lasted one day of the regular season…

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Here is a preview of the Guardians' four-game series against the Athletics. Where: Progressive Field, Thursday through Sunday. TV/radio: Bally Sports Great Lakes will air Thursday and Friday's games while FS1 will televise Saturday's contest and Sunday's game will stream exclusively on Peacock. WTAM 1100 AM, WMMS 100.7 FM and the…

SAN DIEGO - Last winter's MLB lockout prevented teams from being in touch with their players. That had a long list of detrimental effects. Among them: It prevented funny situations like the one that follows. About every other day this offseason, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch has been receiving videos from infielder Jonathan Schoop. In the videos, Hinch…

The Cleveland Guardians have agreed to a two-year, $33 million deal with first baseman Josh Bell that includes an opt-out clause after the 2023 season, reports Jon Heyman of MLB Network. Bell, 30, spent the first five seasons of his career with the Pirates before playing for the Nationals in 2021 and both the Nationals and Padres last season after…

For the ninth time, and first since 2019, Major League Baseball, all 30 MLB Clubs, Minor League Clubs and other partners have organized a charity auction during Baseball's Annual Winter Meetings to benefit a special cause close to the game. The auction this year, which was spearheaded by the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros, will support the…

CLEVELAND, Ohio. - Cal Quantrill and the Guardians take on MacKenzie Gore and the Padres in Game 2 of a doubleheader. Where: Progressive Field, 5:10 p.m. TV/radio: Bally Sports Great Lakes, WTAM 1100 AM, WMMS 100.7 FM and the Guardians Radio Network. Teams: Guardians (10-13) vs. Padres (16-8). Starting pitchers: RHP Cal Quantrill (1-1, 3.27) vs.…

CLEVELAND, Ohio - This is a preview of the Guardians' two-game series against the Reds. Where: Progressive Field, Tuesday and Wednesday. TV/radio: Bally Sports Great Lakes, WTAM 1100 AM, WMMS 100.7 FM and the Guardians Radio Network will carry the series. Pitching matchups and starting times: RHP Zach Plesac (1-3, 4.68) vs. RHP Connor Overton (1-0,…

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Here are the starting lineups for Tuesday's doubleheader Game 1 between the Guardians and Rangers. Where: Progressive Field, 3:10 p.m. TV/radio: Bally Sports Great Lakes, WTAM 1100 AM, and the Guardians Radio Network will carry the game. Teams: Guardians (24-25) vs. Rangers (25-28). Starting pitchers: RHP Cal Quantrill (2-3, 3.52)…

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Here are the starting lineups for Thursday's series opener between the Guardians and Athletics. Where: Progressive Field, 7:10 p.m. TV/radio: Bally Sports Great Lakes, WTAM 1100 AM, WMMS 100.7 FM and the Guardians Radio Network will carry the game. Teams: Guardians (26-26) vs. Athletics (20-38). Starting pitchers: LHP Konnor…

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Here are the starting lineups for Monday's game between the Guardians and Rangers. Where: Progressive Field, 7:10 p.m. TV/radio: Bally Sports Great Lakes, WTAM 1100 AM, WMMS 100.7 FM and the Guardians Radio Network will carry the game. Teams: Guardians (24-25) vs. Rangers (25-28). Starting pitchers: RHP Cal Quantrill (2-3, 3.52)…

CINCINNATI - Shane Bieber and the Guardians look to continue dominating the Reds in Cincinnati when they take the field Tuesday. Cleveland has won 12 of the last 17 games between the two clubs on the riverfront. The occasion marks the 146th home opening day game for Cincinnati and their 20th at Great American Ball Park. The Reds are 70-74-1 in home…

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Here are the starting lineups for Wednesday's series finale between the Guardians and Rangers. Where: Progressive Field, 7:10 p.m. TV/radio: Bally Sports Great Lakes, WTAM 1100 AM, WMMS 100.7 FM and the Guardians Radio Network will carry the game. Teams: Guardians (25-26) vs. Rangers (26-29). Starting pitchers: RHP Shane Bieber…

The plot is thickening! The next round of MLB playoffs gets underway this Tuesday, with NL and AL Division Series matchups after some surprise wins and agonizing losses in the Wild Card series. The Yankees, who have been blissfully resting and resetting since clinching a bye to the ALDS, will be back in action Tuesday night, taking on the Cleveland…

With the Wild Card Series over, the playoffs now kick into an even higher gear: The Division Series features eight teams that have what it takes to win it all. There are some surprises, some underdogs, some fascinating subplots … and surely much wildness to come. All four Division Series kick off Tuesday. Here's a look at the primary storyline to…

Entering their American League Division Series date with the Yankees, the Guardians are undeniably underdogs. Cleveland has the youngest team in MLB, with the fourth-lowest payroll in MLB. The Guards got to October by winning a division in which no other clubs finished above.500. Aaron Judge hit 62 home runs, all by himself? Well, the Guardians --…

It's that time of year. With the MLB Postseason beginning this weekend, TWSN analysts Christian De Block, Tom Seipp, and Micheal Seitz break down all four matchups and who they have advancing to the next round. American League: Cleveland Guardians vs. Tampa Bay Rays: Christian De Block: This series may not get the same amount of hype as the other…

The Cleveland Guardians entered the 2022 season as underdogs, having lost much of the core that brought them to the postseason in four of five years from 2016-20. FanGraphs had them projected as the third best-team in the AL Central, with a 7.5 percent chance to win the division and 15.2 percent to make the playoffs. At the All-Star break, the…

Who do you want more? The Yankees have two potential ALDS opponents: the Cleveland Guardians, who fattened up on a bad AL Central, or the Tampa Bay Rays, a perfectly solid baseball team that isn't all that intimidating on paper. I'm going to make the case that the Rays would be the desired matchup - the Yankees went 11-8 against their AL East…

Throughout the season the CBS Sports MLB experts will bring you a weekly Batting Around roundtable breaking down pretty much anything. The latest news, a historical question, thoughts about the future of baseball, all sorts of stuff. Last week we detailed what we'd want in exchange for a milestone baseball. This week we're going to discuss 2022's…

ARLINGTON -- There's been so much focus on how young the Guardians' roster is this season. So along with a typical champagne celebration, what's more fitting than a pizza party for a young club that just clinched the American League Central? Oscar Gonzalez and Cal Quantrill were bringing in boxes of pizza as other guys were getting doused in…

ARLINGTON -- The Guardians knew they were looked at as underdogs coming into the year and have since used that as fuel to have the level of success they've experienced thus far. On Sunday afternoon at Globe Life Field, the Guardians clinched their first division title since 2018 and are now able to start looking ahead to the best-of-three Wild Card…

Both players were top-two in batting average for their respective leagues as of Wednesday. Luis Arráez was atop the American League with a.319, while Jeff McNeil's.323 average trailed only Freddie Freeman. Arráez and McNeil are both having their best seasons since 2019, when Arráez was a rookie and McNeil was named to his first All-Star team. They…

Contrary to what you might hear from alarmists, baseball's stretch run has retained some of its magic even with an expanded field of postseason teams. Be it issues of pride, home-field advantage, a first-round bye in the playoffs or the threat of not making the postseason at all, the final month of the regular season has multiple notable division…

The Mariners are in Cleveland today to face the Guardians for the second weekend in a row. After taking three of four from said Guardians on Ichiro Weekend and then decisively sweeping the Tigers in Detroit, the Mariners are playing like a team that's postseason bound. In case you missed it, rosters expanded yesterday and the Mariners added…

The Mariners host the Cleveland Guardians for the first time this season (and technically the first time ever, since the last time these two teams faced each other during the regular season Cleveland's team wasn't called the Guardians). It's a four game series in late August between a team holding their division lead by a handful of games and a…

Few expected the Cleveland Guardians to be in the running for the American Central division this late in the season, but here we are. Some viewed the Guardians as a potential wild card contender, thanks mainly to the expanded postseason format. The Chicago White Sox, by far baseball's most disappointing team of 2022, were the heavy favorites to win…

With 6 2/3 scoreless innings in Cleveland on Wednesday night, Jordan Lyles lowered his season ERA to 4.25 and raised his season innings to 152.1. Even for a guy known for being a workhorse, that innings total stands out. It's Lyles' second-highest season total ever, while his ERA is the third lowest he's put up in 12 seasons, after 2018 and 2019,…