Bibee wins 1st career Gold Glove, 2nd Cleveland pitcher to earn honor
CLEVELAND -- The exclusive list of Cleveland pitchers to win a Rawlings Gold Glove Award now stands at two. Tanner Bibee earned his first career Gold Glove Award on Sunday, joining Shane Bieber (2022) as the only pitchers in Cleveland franchise history to receive the honor.
Armstrong, Stephan now free agents after Guards decline '27 options
CLEVELAND -- The Guardians made their first wave of offseason roster moves on Friday, in announcing they've declined their half of right-hander Shawn Armstrong's mutual option and right-hander Trevor Stephan’s club option for the 2027 season. Armstrong’s mutual option was worth $8 million vs. a $1.5 million buyout, and Stephan’s
These Guardians could take home hardware during awards season
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 -- Parker Messick entered Spring Training this year with seven big league starts to his name, a resumé that had him squarely on
Presenting the 2026 All-Postseason Team
The 2026 postseason is in the books, and it ended in a way we’d never seen before. The Brewers laid waste to the baseball landscape and romped to the first World Series title in franchise history. Milwaukee closed out the Tampa Bay Rays with a 4-1 win in Game 5
The best moment from each series during the playoffs
The postseason is momentous. It is a collection of stories and stats and, most of all, snapshots. After the long, slow grind of the regular season, these great teams and elite athletes have to summon something extra within themselves to come through in the clutch while the rest of us
Dissecting Bibee's postseason usage and what comes next
CLEVELAND -- Manager Stephen Vogt and right-hander Tanner Bibee took a 40-minute walk before the Guardians’ season-ending 7-3 loss to the Rays in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series. It provided Bibee an open channel of communication. Bibee led the Guardians in starts (33) and innings pitched (188)
Latest Guardians injuries and transactions
This page will be updated throughout the offseason to reflect the team’s latest transactions and any injury updates.
Watch Guardians prospects in Arizona Fall League action
The World Series is over but you can still watch live baseball featuring many of baseball's top up-and-coming players. The 34th annual Arizona Fall League season is in full swing, and you can watch top prospects from all 30 MLB organizations throughout November as AFL matchups are once again streaming
Vogt affirms he'll be back as Guardians' skipper in 2027
CLEVELAND -- Stephen Vogt acknowledged the difficulty of being away from his family, which is based in Olympia, Wash., for extended stretches over the course of the baseball season. But he also made one thing clear on Thursday. He can’t wait to run it back with the Guardians next season.
5 questions facing Guardians this offseason
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 -- The pain behind the end of the Guardians' 2026 season is still fresh. The Rays eliminated Cleveland from the postseason in Game
Guards' No. 19 prospect puts 'impact player' tools on display in Fall League
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- When the Guardians announced Welbyn Francisca as the headliner of their 2023 international signing class, he was seen as a prospect with enormous upside despite his modest stature. Even as a teenager, Francisca had oodles of bat speed, which gave credence to the idea that as he
Bibee wins 2nd career Fielding Bible Award
The winners of the 2026 Fielding Bible Awards, honoring the best defender in Major League Baseball at every position, were announced on Thursday. The Fielding Bible Awards pick one player at each of the nine positions as the top fielder in MLB at that position, as well as one "multi-position"
What Guardians' ALCS loss revealed heading into pivotal offseason
ST. PETERSBURG -- No one was ready for it to end. The Guardians could begin to taste a trip to the World Series. But with a 7-3 loss to the Rays in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night, Cleveland’s 2026 season came to a close.
Each team's top performer from the 2026 Draft
You can only make one first impression. Organizations handle recent Draft picks in all sorts of ways. Sometimes, they’ll hold them back for lighter work at the Spring Training complex, work that continues into fall instructs or bridge-league play. Sometimes, they’ll push them out to an affiliate to get their
Despite ALCS heartbreak, young cornerstones have Guardians believing 'we’ll be back'
ST. PETERSBURG -- So soon after the ending of the 2026 Guardians, it feels impossible to think about what comes next. That’s the cruel part of this postseason deal. Being a great team isn’t enough, and at times over the past month, the Guardians were truly great. Unless you’re the
'It hurts': Guards' incredible run ends 2 wins shy of World Series
ST. PETERSBURG -- As Stephen Vogt made the rounds in the Guardians' clubhouse Monday night, embracing the players who were fresh off a heartbreaking finish to the 2026 season, he eventually reached Austin Hedges’ locker. There, Vogt and Hedges shared a long hug, before the skipper placed his hands on
MLB's longest active title droughts
Each season begins with optimism across the 30 MLB fan bases, and each one ends with some level of disappointment for 29 of them. Only one team can win the World Series every year, but some fan bases have been waiting a long time to see their team raise the
Thought Kwan's first play was good? Gold Glover comes back with another gem
CLEVELAND -- There weren’t many moments in Game 5 where it felt like the momentum could swing in the Guardians’ favor, but they all involved Steven Kwan. Kwan was a one-man highlight reel in the field, and while that’s nothing new for Guardians fans, the rest of the baseball world
SS prospect Francisca lands on AFL's top performers list for second straight week
With two weeks in the books, the 34th edition of the Arizona Fall League has already featured a number of exciting performances and loud tools. Players have been making up for time lost to injuries and are earning several more weeks of look at the "prospect finishing school." There was
Guardians facing elimination, and they'll need a revised pitching plan to avoid it
CLEVELAND -- For a chunk of 2026, the Guardians were the only team to use just five starting pitchers. Cleveland did not need a sixth starter until a July 18 doubleheader against Pittsburgh, in a remarkable streak of health and durability. Now? The Guardians are staring down the end of
Guardians pair Messick with Bailey to keep catcher's hot bat in Game 5 lineup
CLEVELAND -- Parker Messick and Austin Hedges have been as much of a package deal as any pitcher-catcher pairing this season. For Game 5 of the American League Championship Series, the Guardians made a change. Patrick Bailey drew the start at catcher on Sunday against the Rays at Progressive Field,
Halpin's latest playoff moment? Tracking Caminero's 'funky' blast with wild circus catch
CLEVELAND -- There’s something magnetic about Petey Halpin. He’s a fan favorite for a reason in this city. Forget the .594 OPS in his rookie year, it’s about the moments he keeps running into this postseason. Before Game 4 of the American League Championship Series fell apart on the Guardians
Kwan vying for Gold Glove at center for 1st time; Bibee also nominated
The 2026 Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalists were announced on Oct. 14, with the winners set to be unveiled on ESPN on Sunday at 8:30 p.m. ET. Each league has three finalists at each position, including the utility spot, which was awarded for the first time in 2022.