CLEVELAND -- The Guardians have a shot to push the Rays to the edge Friday in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series at Progressive Field. Up 2-1 in the series after Thursday’s 3-2 win, the Guardians, who came into this series as the underdog, seem to have recaptured

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 -- Nick Martinez didn’t quite know what to do with himself during the first three games of the American League Championship Series. He spent Game 1 sitting in the Rays' bullpen. He didn’t care for it. He moved to the dugout for Game 2, then found a spot on

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

Game 3 of the ALCS was moved to 1 p.m. ET from the original start time of 6 p.m. ET, MLB announced Wednesday. The change is based on forecasted rain tonight in Cleveland.

CLEVELAND -- The Guardians’ arrival at Tropicana Field this week marked a full-circle moment for right-hander Shawn Armstrong. When he took the mound and tossed 1 2/3 scoreless innings in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series against the Rays on Tuesday, Armstrong couldn’t help but feel a sense

ST. PETERSBURG -- It’s a play Guardians third baseman José Ramírez has made countless times. It’s a play he makes 99.99 percent of the time, even. But that 0.01 percent? It reared its ugly head in the fourth inning of Game 2 of the American League Championship Series on Tuesday,

ST. PETERSBURG -- Just one game in, we’re already looking at a different ALCS landscape than most expected after the Guardians came back to beat the Rays, 7-3, in their own house. Now, the Rays need to come up big in Game 2 behind Freddy Peralta to avoid travelling to

ST. PETERSBURG -- Guardians third baseman José Ramírez extended his lead from second base a few extra feet in the ninth inning on Monday night, prompting a long stare from Rays right-hander Kevin Kelly. The moment Kelly began his delivery, Ramírez took off. Ramírez’s stolen-base attempt prompted his counterpart, Junior

ST. PETERSBURG -- Parker Messick was 7 years old on Oct. 23, 2008, when he watched the Rays beat the Phillies, 4-2, at Tropicana Field in Game 2 of the World Series. Nearly 18 years later, he’ll experience October baseball in this ballpark in a much different manner. On Monday,

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Guardians set their 26-man roster for the American League Championship Series ahead of Monday night’s Game 1 against the Rays, adding right-hander Slade Cecconi to the mix and dropping utility man Daniel Schneemann.

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Tampa Bay Rays haven’t won a World Series since they came into existence in 1998. That might sound like a long time, and it is … until you remember that the Cleveland Guardians haven’t won it all since 1948, half a century before the Devil Rays

ST. PETERSBURG -- Shortly before it began to rain champagne in the home clubhouse at Progressive Field on Saturday night, Guardians players and staff gathered around catcher and team leader Austin Hedges.

ST. PETERSBURG -- Foster Griffin said a lot of people have asked him this season if he’s taken some time to look back on his journey and how far he’s come over the past year.

ST. PETERSBURG -- The American League’s top two seeds will meet in the best-of-seven AL Championship Series, starting with Game 1 on Monday night between the Guardians and Rays at 8 p.m. ET at Tropicana Field.

CLEVELAND -- Guardians players, coaches, staff and front-office members gathered in the middle of the red-tinted home clubhouse at Progressive Field on Saturday night, forming a circle around manager Stephen Vogt. Before the party started, the skipper had the floor.

CLEVELAND -- The Gavin Williams that Stephen Vogt first met after taking over as the Guardians’ manager two years ago was quiet and reserved off the field. On the field, he was still developing into the pitcher we know him as today. There was no way, Vogt says, that Williams

CLEVELAND -- This must be how it had to be.

CLEVELAND -- Gavin Williams walked by Guardians manager Stephen Vogt’s office on Thursday night with a message.

CHICAGO -- When the Guardians arrived here this week, facing postseason elimination against the White Sox in the American League Division Series, they knew what awaited them at Rate Field. Cleveland was up against a team whose fanbase had waited a half-decade to witness postseason baseball. The Guardians were entering

CHICAGO -- Enough is enough. You can officially put the ‘Can José Ramírez perform in the playoffs?’ narrative to rest. In case anyone thought his epic performance in Game 3 of the American League Division Series might have been a fluke or one-off, Ramírez delivered another legendary moment during a

CHICAGO -- It was a black-clad crowd roaring at Rate Field as the White Sox tried to close out the American League Division Series on Wednesday. But the Guardians, it turns out, weren’t ready to attend their own funeral.

CHICAGO -- The Rate Field crowd was buzzing with anticipation in the eighth inning on Wednesday. Guardians third baseman José Ramírez was at the plate, awaiting an 0-2 pitch with runners on second and third and two outs. Cleveland led by two runs, and any chance of the White Sox

CHICAGO -- The Guardians won the American League Central by one game over the White Sox, despite losing the season series, 7-6. That division win earned Cleveland home-field advantage when the two teams met up in the Division Series.

CHICAGO -- The Guardians’ backs are against the wall. But even as they face postseason elimination, they have some life heading into Game 3 of the American League Division Series against the White Sox on Wednesday. This is a win-or-go-home situation for Cleveland, and Chicago’s Rate Field is expected to