2024 Cleveland Guardians season
2024 Cleveland Guardians | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | Central | |
Ballpark | Progressive Field | |
City | Cleveland, Ohio | |
Record | 73–54 (.575) | |
Owners | Larry Dolan | |
President of baseball operations | Chris Antonetti | |
General managers | Mike Chernoff | |
Manager | Stephen Vogt | |
Television | Bally Sports Great Lakes WKYC (home opener) (Matt Underwood, Rick Manning, Chris Gimenez, Pat Tabler, Andre Knott) | |
Radio | WTAM · WMMS (Tom Hamilton, Jim Rosenhaus, Tim Belcher, Mike Hargrove, Jason Stanford) | |
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The 2024 Cleveland Guardians season is the 124th season for the franchise, which competes in the American League of Major League Baseball (MLB). This is the franchise's third season using the name "Guardians" and the first season under manager Stephen Vogt after previous manager Terry Francona stepped down at the conclusion of the previous season. The season opened on March 28, 2024 on the road against the Oakland Athletics and is scheduled to end on September 29, 2024 at home against the Houston Astros.[1]
Offseason
[edit]Transactions
[edit]October 2023
[edit]October 2 | Activated SS Gabriel Arias from the 10-day IL. Activated C David Fry from the paternity list. Activated LHP Logan Allen from the 15-day IL. Recalled SS's Juan Brito and Ángel Martínez; LHP's Tim Herrin and Joey Cantillo; RHP's Michael Kelly; Cody Morris and Hunter Gaddis; 3B Jhonkensy Noel and OF George Valera from Columbus Clippers. |
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November 2023
[edit]November 2 | Claimed 1B Alfonso Rivas off waivers from Pittsburgh Pirates. RHP's Lucas Giolito - (signed a major league contract with Boston Red Sox on January 3)[3] and Reynaldo López - (signed a major league contract with Atlanta Braves on November 20);[4] and RF Kole Calhoun elected free agency. |
November 3 | Selected the contract of OF Johnathan Rodríguez from the Columbus Clippers. |
November 6 | Claimed C Christian Bethancourt off waivers from Tampa Bay Rays. Activated RHP Tanner Bibee from the 60-day IL. Designated C Cam Gallagher for assignment. |
November 10 | C Cam Gallagher elected free agency. |
November 14 | Selected the conracts of RHP's Cade Smith from the Columbus Clippers and Daniel Espino from the Akron RubberDucks. Designated RHP's Michael Kelly and Cal Quantrill for assignment. Activated RHP's Cade Smith and Daniel Espino. Signed free agent RHP Adam Oller from the Oakland Athletics to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. |
November 17 | Oakland Athletics claimed RHP Michael Kelly off of waivers. Acquired RHP Scott Barlow from the San Diego Padres for RHP Enyel De Los Santos. Acquired C Kody Huff from the Colorado Rockies for RHP Cal Quantrill. Activated RHP's Gavin Williams; Scott Barlow; Tanner Bibee; and SS Brayan Rocchio. |
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December 2023
[edit]December 1 | New York Yankees claimed RF Oscar González off of waivers. Signed free agent RHP Jaime Barría to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. |
December 6 | Drafted 3B Deyvison De Los Santos from the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2023 Rule 5 draft. Activated 3B Deyvison De Los Santos. |
December 10 | Acquired cash from the Miami Marlins for C Christian Bethancourt. |
December 12 | Signed RHP Ben Lively from the Cincinnati Reds to a one-year, $7.5 million contract.[6] |
December 15 | Signed C Austin Hedges from the Texas Rangers to a one-year, $4 million contract.[7] |
December 22 | Los Angeles Angels claimed 1B Alfonso Rivas off of waivers. |
December 26 | Acquired CF Estevan Florial from the New York Yankees for RHP Cody Morris. Activated CF Estevan Florial. |
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Season standings
[edit]American League Central
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cleveland Guardians | 73 | 54 | .575 | — | 38–20 | 35–34 |
Kansas City Royals | 71 | 56 | .559 | 2 | 40–26 | 31–30 |
Minnesota Twins | 71 | 56 | .559 | 2 | 36–24 | 35–32 |
Detroit Tigers | 62 | 66 | .484 | 11½ | 31–32 | 31–34 |
Chicago White Sox | 31 | 97 | .242 | 42½ | 18–44 | 13–53 |
American League Wild Card
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. |
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New York Yankees | 75 | 53 | .586 |
Cleveland Guardians | 73 | 54 | .575 |
Houston Astros | 69 | 58 | .543 |
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Baltimore Orioles | 74 | 55 | .574 | +2 |
Kansas City Royals | 71 | 56 | .559 | — |
Minnesota Twins | 71 | 56 | .559 | — |
Boston Red Sox | 67 | 59 | .532 | 3½ |
Tampa Bay Rays | 64 | 63 | .504 | 7 |
Seattle Mariners | 64 | 64 | .500 | 7½ |
Detroit Tigers | 62 | 66 | .484 | 9½ |
Toronto Blue Jays | 60 | 68 | .469 | 11½ |
Texas Rangers | 59 | 69 | .461 | 12½ |
Oakland Athletics | 55 | 73 | .430 | 16½ |
Los Angeles Angels | 54 | 74 | .422 | 17½ |
Chicago White Sox | 31 | 97 | .242 | 40½ |
Record against opponents
[edit]Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2024 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Baltimore | — | 7–3 | 4–0 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 6–4 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 8–2 | 5–2 | 7–6 | 16–20 |
Boston | 3–7 | — | 2–2 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 21–19 |
Chicago | 0–4 | 2–2 | — | 5–5 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 1–12 | 0–0 | 1–12 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 10–29 |
Cleveland | 4–3 | 5–2 | 5–5 | — | 7–6 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 7–2 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 18–17 |
Detroit | 0–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 6–7 | — | 2–4 | 3–7 | 1–3 | 6–7 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 18–20 |
Houston | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | — | 0–3 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 1–6 | 7–3 | 4–6 | 4–2 | 7–6 | 5–2 | 18–16 |
Kansas City | 2–4 | 2–4 | 12–1 | 4–2 | 7–3 | 3–0 | — | 4–2 | 3–7 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 5–2 | 16–15 |
Los Angeles | 2–4 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–4 | — | 0–3 | 3–3 | 5–8 | 6–4 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 21–23 |
Minnesota | 0–3 | 2–1 | 12–1 | 2–7 | 7–6 | 4–2 | 7–3 | 3–0 | — | 0–6 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 14–19 |
New York | 4–6 | 4–5 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 6–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 7–6 | 2–1 | 7–6 | 16–15 |
Oakland | 3–3 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 1–6 | 2–1 | 3–7 | 2–4 | 8–5 | 1–6 | 2–2 | — | 2–4 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 19–18 |
Seattle | 2–4 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 6–4 | 3–3 | 4–6 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 4–2 | — | 1–2 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 21–16 |
Tampa Bay | 2–8 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 6–7 | 3–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–5 | 6–4 | 24–13 |
Texas | 2–5 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 6–7 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 5–1 | — | 0–3 | 18–25 |
Toronto | 6–7 | 1–4 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 6–7 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–6 | 3–0 | — | 15–16 |
Updated with the results of all games through August 20, 2024.
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Game log
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March/April: 19–10 (Home: 8–4; Away: 11–6)
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May: 19–9 (Home: 11–2; Away: 8–7)
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June: 14–11 (Home: 7–3; Away: 7–8)
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July: 13–12 (Home: 7–6; Away: 6–6)
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August: 8–12 (Home: 5–5; Away: 3–7)
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September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Guardians team member |
Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
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Gabriel Arias | 53 | 153 | 15 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 15 | .222 | 5 |
Pedro Avila | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Will Brennan | 89 | 265 | 31 | 65 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 26 | .245 | 3 |
Estevan Florial | 36 | 98 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | .173 | 2 |
Tyler Freeman | 107 | 319 | 47 | 67 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 32 | .210 | 10 |
David Fry | 100 | 287 | 39 | 76 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 45 | .265 | 4 |
Hunter Gaddis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Andrés Giménez | 119 | 451 | 50 | 113 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 50 | .251 | 22 |
Austin Hedges | 52 | 105 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .152 | 2 |
Spencer Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Steven Kwan | 101 | 403 | 71 | 125 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 36 | .310 | 11 |
Ramón Laureano | 31 | 70 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .143 | 3 |
Kyle Manzardo | 30 | 82 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .207 | 0 |
Ángel Martínez | 31 | 110 | 12 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .236 | 2 |
Bo Naylor | 95 | 277 | 33 | 56 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 34 | .202 | 4 |
Josh Naylor | 119 | 440 | 69 | 105 | 19 | 0 | 27 | 89 | .239 | 5 |
Jhonkensy Noel | 39 | 104 | 14 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 19 | .250 | 0 |
José Ramírez | 124 | 487 | 93 | 133 | 27 | 1 | 32 | 101 | .273 | 30 |
Brayan Rocchio | 112 | 304 | 40 | 63 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 27 | .207 | 9 |
Johnathan Rodríguez | 13 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .129 | 0 |
Daniel Schneemann | 54 | 143 | 14 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 18 | .217 | 2 |
José Tena | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Lane Thomas | 19 | 60 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .117 | 1 |
Totals | 127 | 4193 | 573 | 991 | 192 | 16 | 144 | 541 | .236 | 115 |
Pitching
[edit]Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | R | ER | BB | K |
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Logan Allen | 8 | 4 | 5.56 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 92.1 | 58 | 57 | 37 | 78 |
Pedro Avila | 3 | 1 | 2.75 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 59.0 | 21 | 18 | 24 | 63 |
Scott Barlow | 3 | 3 | 4.07 | 58 | 0 | 2 | 48.2 | 23 | 22 | 30 | 64 |
Tyler Beede | 1 | 0 | 8.36 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 18 |
Tanner Bibee | 10 | 5 | 3.33 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 132.1 | 52 | 49 | 32 | 144 |
Shane Bieber | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
Matthew Boyd | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10.2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Joey Cantillo | 0 | 3 | 8.47 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17.0 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 14 |
Carlos Carrasco | 3 | 10 | 5.64 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 103.2 | 68 | 65 | 33 | 89 |
Emmanuel Clase | 4 | 2 | 0.61 | 59 | 0 | 37 | 59.1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 49 |
Alex Cobb | 1 | 1 | 4.35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10.1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Xzavion Curry | 0 | 2 | 5.84 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 24.2 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 15 |
Hunter Gaddis | 4 | 2 | 1.38 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 58.2 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 55 |
Connor Gillispie | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
Anthony Gose | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Austin Hedges | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Sam Hentges | 0 | 0 | 3.04 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 23.2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 27 |
Tim Herrin | 5 | 0 | 2.12 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 14 | 12 | 23 | 50 |
Spencer Howard | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
Ben Lively | 10 | 8 | 3.68 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 120.0 | 49 | 49 | 40 | 98 |
Darren McCaughan | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
Triston McKenzie | 3 | 5 | 5.11 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 75.2 | 46 | 43 | 49 | 74 |
Eli Morgan | 1 | 0 | 2.01 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 22.1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
Wes Parsons | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Nick Sandlin | 7 | 0 | 3.88 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 46.1 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 53 |
Cade Smith | 6 | 1 | 1.95 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 60.0 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 82 |
Peter Strzelecki | 0 | 0 | 2.31 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Gavin Williams | 2 | 6 | 5.13 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 47.1 | 28 | 27 | 19 | 52 |
Totals | 73 | 54 | 3.78 | 127 | 127 | 42 | 1125.0 | 504 | 473 | 402 | 1103 |
Farm system
[edit]Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Columbus Clippers | International League | Andy Tracy |
AA | Akron Rubberducks | Eastern League | Greg DiCenzo |
High-A | Lake County Captains | Midwest League | Omir Santos |
Low–A | Lynchburg Hillcats | Carolina League | Jordan Smith |
Rookie | ACL Guardians | Arizona Complex League | Yan Rivera |
Rookie | DSL Guardians Blue | Dominican Summer League | Jonathan López |
Rookie | DSL Guardians Red | Dominican Summer League | Juan De La Cruz |
References
[edit]- ^ "Cleveland Guardians Announce 2024 Schedule". News5Cleveland.com. July 13, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ "Transactions". MLB.com. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
- ^ Browne, Ian (January 3, 2024). "Red Sox finalize deal with Giolito to add starting depth". MLB.com. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
- ^ Bowman, Mark. "Braves bolster 'pen, sign RHP Reynaldo López to 3-year deal". MLB.com. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
- ^ "Transactions". MLB.com. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
- ^ "Guardians sign RHP Ben Lively". MLB.com (Press release). December 12, 2023. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
- ^ Bell, Mandy (December 17, 2023). "For Hedges, return to Guardians feels like 'coming home'". MLB.com. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
- ^ "Transactions". MLB.com. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
Further reading
[edit]- Meisel, Zack (August 14, 2024). "A new manager, an underappreciated star and 'something special' are fueling the Guardians". The Athletic. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Cleveland Guardians 2024 Schedule at MLB.com