2024 Cleveland Guardians season

2024 Cleveland Guardians
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Progressive Field
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Record	3–1 (.750)
Owners	Larry Dolan
President of baseball operations	Chris Antonetti
General managers	Mike Chernoff
Manager	Stephen Vogt
Television	Bally Sports Great Lakes (Matt Underwood, Rick Manning)
Radio	WTAM · WMMS (Tom Hamilton, Jim Rosenhaus)
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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 will open 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

Transactions

October 2023

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

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

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

American League Central

v t e AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	3	0	1.000	—	0–0	3–0
Cleveland Guardians	3	1	0.750	½	0–0	3–1
Minnesota Twins	2	1	0.667	1	0–0	2–1
Kansas City Royals	1	2	0.333	2	1–2	0–0
Chicago White Sox	0	3	0.000	3	0–3	0–0

American League Wild Card

v t e Division leaders	W	L	Pct.
New York Yankees	4	0	1.000
Detroit Tigers	3	0	1.000
Texas Rangers	2	1	0.667

v t e Wild Card teams (Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Cleveland Guardians	3	1	0.750	+½
Baltimore Orioles	2	1	0.667	—
Minnesota Twins	2	1	0.667	—
Boston Red Sox	2	2	0.500	½
Seattle Mariners	2	2	0.500	½
Tampa Bay Rays	2	2	0.500	½
Toronto Blue Jays	2	2	0.500	½
Kansas City Royals	1	2	0.333	1
Los Angeles Angels	1	2	0.333	1
Oakland Athletics	1	3	0.250	1½
Chicago White Sox	0	3	0.000	2
Houston Astros	0	4	0.000	2½

Record against opponents

2024 American League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2024
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Boston	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Chicago	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Cleveland	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Detroit	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Houston	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Kansas City	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Los Angeles	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Minnesota	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
New York	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Oakland	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Seattle	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Tampa Bay	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	1–1	0–0
Texas	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	1–0
Toronto	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	—	0–0

Updated with the results of all games through March 29, 2024.

Current roster

Cleveland Guardians roster v t e
Active roster				Inactive roster		Coaches/Other
Pitchers Starting rotation 41 Logan Allen 28 Tanner Bibee 57 Shane Bieber 59 Carlos Carrasco 24 Triston McKenzie Bullpen 58 Scott Barlow 46 Tyler Beede 33 Hunter Gaddis 29 Tim Herrin 49 Eli Morgan 52 Nick Sandlin 36 Cade Smith Closer(s) 48 Emmanuel Clase		Catchers  6 David Fry 27 Austin Hedges 23 Bo Naylor Infielders 13 Gabriel Arias  0 Andrés Giménez 22 Josh Naylor 11 José Ramírez  4 Brayan Rocchio Outfielders 17 Will Brennan 90 Estevan Florial  2 Tyler Freeman 38 Steven Kwan 10 Ramón Laureano		Pitchers 68 Joey Cantillo 44 Xzavion Curry 66 Daniel Espino 31 Sam Hentges -- Zak Kent 39 Ben Lively -- Peter Strzelecki 32 Gavin Williams Infielders 74 Juan Brito 79 Ángel Martínez 78 Jhonkensy Noel  8 José Tena Outfielders 67 Johnathan Rodríguez 76 George Valera		Manager 12 Stephen Vogt Coaches 55 Craig Albernaz (bench) 15 Sandy Alomar Jr. (first base/catching) 64 Armando Camacaro (bullpen catcher/staff assistant) 50 Kai Correa (field coordinator) 85 Jason Esposito (run production coordinator) 81 Brad Goldberg (bullpen) 53 Rouglas Odor (third base/infield) 84 J. T. Maguire (outfield/base running) 82 Ricky Pacione (bullpen catcher/staff assistant) 83 Dan Puente (assistant hitting) -- Agustin Rivero (staff assistant) 86 Joe Torres (assistant pitching) -- Josh Tubbs (hitting analyst) 45 Chris Valaika (hitting) 51 Carl Willis (pitching) 60-day injured list 99 James Karinchak 37 Trevor Stephan 26 active, 14 inactive 7-, 10-, or 15-day injured list # Personal leave Roster and coaches updated March 28, 2024 Transactions • Depth chart → All MLB rosters

Game log

2024 Game Log: 3–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 3–1)
March/April: 3–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 3–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 1 March 28 @ Athletics 8–0 Bieber (1–0) Wood (0–1) — 13,522 1–0 W1 2 March 29 @ Athletics 6–4 Allen (1–0) Stripling (0–1) Clase (1) 3,837 2–0 W2 3 March 30 @ Athletics 12–3 Sandlin (1–0) Sears (0–1) — 5,425 3–0 W3 4 March 31 @ Athletics 3–4 Jiménez (1–0) Barlow (0–1) — 4,118 3–1 L1 5 April 1 @ Mariners – — – 6 April 2 @ Mariners – — – 7 April 3 @ Mariners – — – 8 April 4 @ Twins – — – 9 April 6 @ Twins – — – 10 April 7 @ Twins – — – 11 April 8 White Sox – — – 12 April 9 White Sox – — – 13 April 10 White Sox – — – 14 April 12 Yankees – — – 15 April 13 Yankees – — – 16 April 14 Yankees – — – 17 April 15 @ Red Sox – — – 18 April 16 @ Red Sox – — – 19 April 17 @ Red Sox – — – 20 April 18 @ Red Sox – — – 21 April 19 Athletics – — – 22 April 20 Athletics – — – 23 April 21 Athletics – — – 24 April 23 Red Sox – — – 25 April 24 Red Sox – — – 26 April 25 Red Sox – — – 27 April 26 @ Braves – — – 28 April 27 @ Braves – — – 29 April 28 @ Braves – — – 30 April 30 @ Astros – — –
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 31 May 1 @ Astros – — – 32 May 2 @ Astros – — – 33 May 3 Angels – — – 34 May 4 Angels – — – 35 May 5 Angels – — – 36 May 6 Tigers – — – 37 May 7 Tigers – — – 38 May 8 Tigers – — – 39 May 9 @ White Sox – — – 40 May 10 @ White Sox – — – 41 May 11 @ White Sox – — – 42 May 12 @ White Sox – — – 43 May 13 @ Rangers – — – 44 May 14 @ Rangers – — – 45 May 15 @ Rangers – — – 46 May 17 Twins – — – 47 May 18 Twins – — – 48 May 19 Twins – — – 49 May 20 Mets – — – 50 May 21 Mets – — – 51 May 22 Mets – — – 52 May 24 @ Angels – — – 53 May 25 @ Angels – — – 54 May 26 @ Angels – — – 55 May 27 @ Rockies – — – 56 May 28 @ Rockies – — – 57 May 29 @ Rockies – — – 58 May 31 Nationals – — –
June: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 59 June 1 Nationals – — – 60 June 2 Nationals – — – 61 June 4 Royals – — – 62 June 5 Royals – — – 63 June 6 Royals – — – 64 June 7 @ Marlins – — – 65 June 8 @ Marlins – — – 66 June 9 @ Marlins – — – 67 June 11 @ Reds – — – 68 June 12 @ Reds – — – 69 June 14 @ Blue Jays – — – 70 June 15 @ Blue Jays – — – 71 June 16 @ Blue Jays – — – 72 June 18 Mariners – — – 73 June 19 Mariners – — – 74 June 20 Mariners – — – 75 June 21 Blue Jays – — – 76 June 22 Blue Jays – — – 77 June 23 Blue Jays – — – 78 June 24 @ Orioles – — – 79 June 25 @ Orioles – — – 80 June 26 @ Orioles – — – 81 June 27 @ Royals – — – 82 June 28 @ Royals – — – 83 June 29 @ Royals – — – 84 June 30 @ Royals – — –
July: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 85 July 2 White Sox – — – 86 July 3 White Sox – — – 87 July 4 White Sox – — – 88 July 5 Giants – — – 89 July 6 Giants – — – 90 July 7 Giants – — – 91 July 8 @ Tigers – — – 92 July 9 @ Tigers – — – 93 July 10 @ Tigers – — – 94 July 11 @ Tigers – — – 95 July 12 @ Rays – — – 96 July 13 @ Rays – — – 97 July 14 @ Rays – — – 94th All-Star Game: Arlington, TX 98 July 19 Padres – — – 99 July 20 Padres – — – 100 July 21 Padres – — – 101 July 22 Tigers – — – 102 July 23 Tigers – — – 103 July 24 Tigers – — – 104 July 25 Tigers – — – 105 July 26 @ Phillies – — – 106 July 27 @ Phillies – — – 107 July 28 @ Phillies – — – 108 July 29 @ Tigers – — – 109 July 30 @ Tigers – — –
August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 110 August 1 Orioles – — – 111 August 2 Orioles – — – 112 August 3 Orioles – — – 113 August 4 Orioles – — – 114 August 5 Diamondbacks – — – 115 August 6 Diamondbacks – — – 116 August 7 Diamondbacks – — – 117 August 9 @ Twins – — – 118 August 10 @ Twins – — – 119 August 11 @ Twins – — – 120 August 12 Cubs – — – 121 August 13 Cubs – — – 122 August 14 Cubs – — – 123 August 16 @ Brewers – — – 124 August 17 @ Brewers – — – 125 August 18 @ Brewers – — – 126 August 20 @ Yankees – — – 127 August 21 @ Yankees – — – 128 August 22 @ Yankees – — – 129 August 23 Rangers – — – 130 August 24 Rangers – — – 131 August 25 Rangers – — – 132 August 26 Royals – — – 133 August 27 Royals – — – 134 August 28 Royals – — – 135 August 30 Pirates – — – 136 August 31 Pirates – — –
September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 137 September 1 Pirates – — – 138 September 2 @ Royals – — – 139 September 3 @ Royals – — – 140 September 4 @ Royals – — – 141 September 6 @ Dodgers – — – 142 September 7 @ Dodgers – — – 143 September 8 @ Dodgers – — – 144 September 9 @ White Sox – — – 145 September 10 @ White Sox – — – 146 September 11 @ White Sox – — – 147 September 12 Rays – — – 148 September 13 Rays – — – 149 September 14 Rays – — – 150 September 15 Rays – — – 151 September 16 Twins – — – 152 September 17 Twins – — – 153 September 18 Twins – — – 154 September 19 Twins – — – 155 September 20 @ Cardinals – — – 156 September 21 @ Cardinals – — – 157 September 22 @ Cardinals – — – 158 September 24 Reds – — – 159 September 25 Reds – — – 160 September 27 Astros – — – 161 September 28 Astros – — – 162 September 29 Astros – — –
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Guardians team member

Player Stats

Batting

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
Gabriel Arias	2	9	2	2	0	0	0	3	.222	1
Will Brennan	3	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	.200	1
Estevan Florial	2	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	.167	1
David Fry	2	6	3	4	1	0	0	1	.667	1
Tyler Freeman	3	12	2	3	1	0	0	2	.250	1
Andrés Giménez	4	15	6	6	2	1	0	4	.400	1
Austin Hedges	2	8	1	2	1	0	0	3	.250	0
Steven Kwan	4	20	6	7	1	0	1	2	.350	1
Ramón Laureano	3	10	0	3	1	0	0	0	.300	1
Bo Naylor	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Josh Naylor	3	12	2	5	2	0	0	1	.417	0
José Ramírez	4	20	4	4	0	1	1	4	.200	0
Brayan Rocchio	3	11	2	3	3	0	0	2	.273	0
Totals	4	145	29	42	12	3	2	25	.290	8

Pitching

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
Logan Allen	1	0	5.40	1	1	0	5.0	3	3	0	3
Scott Barlow	0	1	9.00	2	0	0	2.0	2	2	3	2
Tyler Beede	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	3
Tanner Bibee	0	0	6.75	1	1	0	4.0	3	3	5	4
Shane Bieber	1	0	0.00	1	1	0	6.0	0	0	1	11
Carlos Carrasco	0	0	5.40	1	1	0	5.0	3	3	1	3
Emmanuel Clase	0	0	0.00	1	0	1	1.0	0	0	0	0
Hunter Gaddis	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	3
Tim Herrin	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	2.0	0	0	1	0
Eli Morgan	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	2.0	0	0	1	0
Nick Sandlin	1	0	0.00	2	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	4
Cade Smith	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	1	5
Totals	3	1	2.83	4	4	1	35.0	11	11	13	38

Farm System

Level	Team	League	Manager
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

External links

• Cleveland Guardians 2024 Schedule at MLB.com