CLEVELAND -- While battling for the American League Central title last month, the Guardians and White Sox divisional race featured an added reward: a first-round bye in the postseason that would allow the champ to set its preferred pitching plan for the AL Division Series.

CLEVELAND -- For the Guardians, it’s virtually a must-win game. For the White Sox, it’s an opportunity to reach the precipice of a berth in the AL Championship Series.

CLEVELAND -- The sellout crowd at Progressive Field on Saturday was clad in red and full of juice, buzzing even before first pitch as playoff baseball returned to Northeast Ohio. A week’s worth of anticipation had built after the AL Central champion Guardians spent the week with a first-round bye

Thirteen games across four nail-biting series weren’t enough. The Guardians and White Sox will meet again, and the stakes are higher than ever. The White Sox beat the Astros, 7-3, in Game 2 of the AL Wild Card Series on Wednesday, to advance to the best-of-five Division Series for an

CLEVELAND -- The Guardians set their 26-man roster for the AL Division Series against the White Sox on Saturday, which had few surprises. ​

CLEVELAND -- The feeling you get when the bullpen door opens, and Cade Smith begins to jog to the pitcher’s mound? The Guardians get it too. “You’re kind of smiling inside, feeling like it's locked down and you’re going to win,” second baseman Travis Bazzana said. “You just expect that

CLEVELAND -- Travis Bazzana watched as many MLB games as he could growing up in Australia, where the time difference stood as a hurdle for a kid who dreamed of playing in The Show one day. He was undeterred, including when it came to watching playoff action.

CLEVELAND -- It’s been another September to remember for the Guardians. The bright lights of October now await.

CLEVELAND -- Colin Holderman loomed as a potential X-factor for the Guardians this postseason, provided he was able to make his way back from a nagging case of right wrist inflammation. Instead, his season will come to an unfortunate close.

CLEVELAND -- Near the end of Spring Training this year, pitching coach Carl Willis pulled Parker Messick aside to inform him that he'd made the Guardians’ Opening Day roster. Messick described that moment as a relief; it was not guaranteed after he entered 2026 with seven big league starts under

CLEVELAND -- Steven Kwan and the Guardians have been on each side of this equation the past two seasons. In 2024, they had a first-round bye in the postseason. In ‘25, they jumped right into action in the AL Wild Card Series.

CLEVELAND -- The magnitude of it all really began to kick in when Chase DeLauter saw the Guardians’ lineup card. It was actually happening. He was going to make his big league debut in the postseason, in Game 2 of the 2025 AL Wild Card Series vs. the Tigers.

CLEVELAND -- While the Guardians spend the coming days enjoying their first-round bye in the MLB postseason, you can be sure they’ll be keeping close tabs on what’s happening down in Houston. The Astros and White Sox will open a three-game Wild Card Series at Daikin Park on Tuesday, the

KANSAS CITY -- If you scanned the Guardians’ lineup for Sunday’s regular-season finale at Kauffman Stadium, a 3-2 loss, you noticed it did not include a number of usual suspects. After Cleveland clinched the AL Central and a first-round bye in the postseason on Saturday, Game 162 was merely a

KANSAS CITY -- There were points this summer when it felt like the walls could begin to close in on the Guardians. Cleveland entered a midseason swoon before the All-Star break, for one, when it was trying to tread water without José Ramírez after he underwent left hamate surgery.

KANSAS CITY -- After Daniel Espino soaked in the atmosphere in the Guardians’ champagne-soaked clubhouse at Fenway Park on Thursday, everything began to set in for him. For years, Espino dreamed of pitching for the Guardians in high-stakes games in September and October. For years, that had to take a

KANSAS CITY -- It doesn’t have to be pretty, right? At this point in the season, all that matters is winning, no matter what that looks like. The Guardians showed they can win a nail-biter on Thursday, when they clinched a postseason berth with a 1-0 win over the Red

One year after their historic comeback to win the AL Central, the Guardians know better than anyone that the baseball season is a marathon full of twists and turns. Maybe this one didn’t require a late-summer surge for the record books, but another memorable finish has sent the Guardians back

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 -- As the Guardians mulled their starting rotation composition this spring, and whether rookie Parker Messick would be part of their five-man Opening

CLEVELAND -- This has been a roller-coaster summer for the Guardians. But all of their goals remain in front of them with the final week of the regular season upon us. The Guardians (81-75) hold a one-game lead over the White Sox (80-76) for first place in the AL Central

CLEVELAND -- Watching Gavin Williams work against an overmatched A’s lineup on Sunday, it was easy to begin looking ahead to dream about his potential on the October stage. The big right-hander with overpowering stuff is the type of pitcher any team would love to lean on in the postseason.

CLEVELAND -- It didn’t take long for the Guardians’ opener strategy to go sideways on Friday. Joey Cantillo made sure an inauspicious start to the night ultimately was just that.

CLEVELAND -- One of the clearest examples of what José Ramírez means to the Guardians is one the Cleveland faithful can relate to. All you had to do was take one look into the Guardians’ dugout on Friday to see it. Ramírez belted a solo home run in the sixth

CLEVELAND -- Colin Holderman's effort to rejoin the Guardians’ postseason push hit a snag on Thursday, when the 30-year-old reliever’s right wrist issue forced him to exit his rehab outing with Triple-A Columbus. Thursday was Holderman’s first rehab appearance since he landed on the 15-day injured list with right wrist

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 -- While spending time with kids at the Cleveland Ronald McDonald House on Tuesday, Joey Cantillo struck up a conversation with a young