CLEVELAND, OH – The Cleveland Guardians today announced the following transactions:

Signed free agent C LUKE MAILE (#12) to a Major League contract for the 2022 season.

Placed RHP CARLOS VARGAS on the 60-day Injured List.

Maile, 31, split the 2021 season in the Milwaukee Brewers organization, appearing in 15 games with the NL Central Division Champions while being a member of their National League Division Series roster vs. Atlanta. He has appeared in 231 Major League games with Tampa Bay, Toronto and Milwaukee since debuting with the Rays in 2015, missing all of the shortened 2020 season due to a fractured finger suffered with Pittsburgh in Summer Camp. He has thrown out 29% of would-be base stealers in his career (38-of-131) and his 20 Defensive Runs Saved from 2016-19 were tied for 12th among all Major League catcherps over the four-year span. The Edgewood, KY native was Tampa Bay’s eighth round selection in the 2012 MLB Draft out of the University of Kentucky.