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.

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

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"

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.

The 34th annual Arizona Fall League season is underway, and you can watch top prospects from all 30 MLB organizations throughout October and November as AFL matchups are once again streaming for free on both MLB.com (here and on the AFL site) and MLB.TV. All but five games of the

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

This page will be updated throughout the offseason to reflect the Guardians' latest transactions and any injury updates. As a reminder, players can remain on the 60-day IL through the World Series, after which teams must account for those players on their 40-man roster.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

The 2026 Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalists were announced on Wednesday, with the winners set to be unveiled on ESPN on Sunday, Nov. 1. Each league has three finalists at each position, including the utility spot, which was awarded for the first time in 2022.

CLEVELAND -- While Guardians reliever Matt Festa was ready to begin the top of the eighth inning on Saturday, center field was oddly vacant. Finally, Steven Kwan emerged from the third-base dugout at Progressive Field, just as the Rays’ Cedric Mullins stepped to the plate.

Postponements due to inclement weather usually don’t include a positive outcome. But Friday night’s Game 4 postponement, pushing the ALCS back a day, made this weekend in the rock and roll capital of the world that much more jam-packed, with the Guardians' push for their seventh World Series appearance at

CLEVELAND -- Growing up, Petey Halpin had Little League coaches with a simple rule: Skip the bat flip, and always run hard out of the batter’s box. Naturally, he tested those waters, even against their wishes. If there was a moment to make an exception, we just saw it. Halpin

CLEVELAND -- The Guardians are two wins away from the World Series, setting up a shot to potentially punch their ticket this weekend at home. Their 3-2 win over the Rays in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series on Thursday came just how they drew it up, built

CLEVELAND -- What’s left of Gavin Williams is still better than the best version of anyone else. The Guardians’ star did it again in their Game 3 ALCS win, striking out nine Rays batters over five innings in Cleveland’s 3-2 victory at Progressive Field on Thursday. He’s made the jump

CLEVELAND -- The expectation is unfair, Erik Sabrowski acknowledged. But can you blame him and his Guardians teammates? When the bullpen doors open and Cade Smith begins his trot to center stage to close out a game for the Guardians, they expect perfection is imminent.

CLEVELAND -- As Steven Kwan settled under the final fly ball in foul territory, there was silence. And when it landed in his glove, there was a roar. The Guardians had sealed a 3-2 victory over the Rays in Game 3 of this ALCS. And now they were two wins