2024 Cleveland Guardians season

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2024  Cleveland Guardians
Cleveland Guardians cap logo.svg
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Progressive Field
City Cleveland, Ohio
Record18–7 (.720)
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, Pat Tabler, Andre Knott)
Radio WTAM  · WMMS
(Tom Hamilton, Jim Rosenhaus, Tim Belcher, Mike Hargrove, Jason Stanford)
  2023 Seasons

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]

Contents

Offseason

Transactions

October 2023

October 2Activated 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.

Source [2]

November 2023

November 2Claimed 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 3Selected the contract of OF Johnathan Rodríguez from the Columbus Clippers.
November 6Claimed 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 10C Cam Gallagher elected free agency.
November 14Selected 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.

Source [5]

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 6Drafted 3B Deyvison De Los Santos from the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2023 Rule 5 draft.
Activated 3B Deyvison De Los Santos.
December 10Acquired cash from the Miami Marlins for C Christian Bethancourt.
December 12Signed RHP Ben Lively from the Cincinnati Reds to a one-year, $7.5 million contract. [6]
December 15Signed 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 26Acquired CF Estevan Florial from the New York Yankees for RHP Cody Morris.
Activated CF Estevan Florial.

Source [8]

Season standings

American League Central

AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Guardians 1870.7208–410–3
Kansas City Royals 16100.61512–54–5
Detroit Tigers 14110.56044–710–4
Minnesota Twins 11130.4586–65–7
Chicago White Sox 3220.120152–91–13

American League Wild Card

Division leaders W L Pct.
Cleveland Guardians 1870.720
New York Yankees 1780.680
Seattle Mariners 13120.520
Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)
W L Pct. GB
Baltimore Orioles 1680.667+2½
Kansas City Royals 15100.600+1
Detroit Tigers 14110.560
Boston Red Sox 14120.538½
Toronto Blue Jays 13120.5201
Tampa Bay Rays 13130.500
Texas Rangers 13130.500
Minnesota Twins 11130.458
Los Angeles Angels 10150.4004
Oakland Athletics 9160.3605
Houston Astros 7190.269
Chicago White Sox 3220.12011

Record against opponents

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2024

TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETHOUKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Baltimore 3–00–00–00–00–04–23–13–00–00–00–00–00–00–02–4
Boston 0–30–01–30–00–00–04–20–00–03–02–20–00–00–03–0
Chicago 0–00–01–20–30–01–60–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–01–7
Cleveland 0–03–12–10–00–00–00–02–01–26–12–10–00–00–00–0
Detroit 0–00–03–00–00–00–00–04–30–01–20–01–01–30–03–2
Houston 0–00–00–00–00–00–30–00–00–40–00–00–04–32–11–5
Kansas City 2–40–06–10–00–03–00–01–20–00–00–00–00–00–01–2
Los Angeles 1–32–40–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–03–40–00–03–3
Minnesota 0–30–00–00–23–40–02–10–00–00–00–00–00–00–02–3
New York 0–00–00–02–10–04–00–00–00–00–10–02–10–03–34–2
Oakland 0–00–30–01–62–10–00–00–00–01–00–00–02–10–03–3
Seattle 0–02–20–01–20–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–01–27–5
Tampa Bay 0–00–00–00–00–10–00–04–30–01–20–00–01–22–24–2
Texas 0–00–00–00–03–13–40–00–00–00–01–20–02–10–03–3
Toronto 0–00–00–00–00–01–20–00–00–03–30–02–12–20–04–2

Updated with the results of all games through April 21, 2024.

Current roster

Active rosterInactive rosterCoaches/Other

Pitchers
Starting rotation

Bullpen

Closer(s)


Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders


Pitchers


Infielders

Outfielders


Manager

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)
  • 84 J. T. Maguire (outfield/base running)
  • 53 Rouglas Odor (third base/infield)
  • 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


Game log


2024 Game Log: 18–7 (Home: 8–4; Away: 10–3)
March/April: 18–7 (Home: 8–4; Away: 10–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 28@ Athletics 8–0 Bieber (1–0) Wood (0–1)13,5221–0W1
2March 29@ Athletics 6–4 Allen (1–0) Stripling (0–1) Clase (1)3,8372–0W2
3March 30@ Athletics 12–3 Sandlin (1–0) Sears (0–1)5,4253–0W3
4March 31@ Athletics 3–4 Jiménez (1–0) Barlow (0–1)4,1183–1L1
5April 1@ Mariners 4–5 Hancock (1–0) McKenzie (0–1) Stanek (1)21,3223–2L2
6April 2@ Mariners 5–2 Bieber (2–0) Castillo (0–2) Clase (2)20,6464–2W1
7April 3@ Mariners 8–0 Allen (2–0) Kirby (1–1)22,5835–2W2
8April 4@ Twins 4–2 Bibee (1–0) López (1–1) Clase (3)35,5956–2W3
9April 6@ Twins 3–1 Sandlin (2–0) Ryan (0–1) Clase (4)25,8067–2W4
April 7@ Twins Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 9
10April 8 White Sox 4–0 McKenzie (1–1) Banks (0–1)35,7358–2W5
11April 9 White Sox 5–7 Wilson (1–1) Barlow (0–2) Kopech (2)14,8878–3L1
12April 10 White Sox 7–6 (10) Morgan (1–0) Shaw (0–1)12,4059–3W1
April 12 Yankees Postponed (rain); Makeup: April 13
13April 13 (1) Yankees 2–3 Schmidt (1–0) Carrasco (0–1) Holmes (6)17,0899–4L1
14April 13 (2) Yankees 2–8 Poteet (1–0) McKenzie (1–2)31,0669–5L2
15April 14 Yankees 8–7 (10) Beede (1–0) Ferguson (0–2)28,11910–5W1
16April 15@ Red Sox 6–0 Herrin (1–0) Bernardino (0–1)33,00811–5W2
17April 16@ Red Sox 10–7 (11) Clase (1–0) Winckowski (1–1) Barlow (1)30,13312–5W3
18April 17@ Red Sox 0–2 Houck (3–1) Lively (0–1)32,02412–6L1
19April 18@ Red Sox 5–4 Carrasco (1–1) Criswell (0–1) Clase (5)35,49413–6W1
20April 19 Athletics 10–2 McKenzie (2–2) Boyle (1–3)16,26214–6W2
21April 20 Athletics 6–3 Allen (3–0) Wood (0–2) Clase (6)19,48715–6W3
22April 21 Athletics 6–2 Bibee (2–0) Stripling (0–5)16,90516–6W4
23April 23 Red Sox 4–1 Barlow (1–2) Houck (3–2) Clase (7)13,54317–6W5
24April 24 Red Sox 0–8 Criswell (1–1) Carrasco (1–2)13,91617–7L1
25April 25 Red Sox 6–4 Gaddis (1–0) Anderson (0–1) Clase (8)16,08218–7W1
26April 26@ Braves
27April 27@ Braves
28April 28@ Braves
29April 30@ Astros
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
30May 1@ Astros
31May 2@ Astros
32May 3 Angels
33May 4 Angels
34May 5 Angels
35May 6 Tigers
36May 7 Tigers
37May 8 Tigers
38May 9@ White Sox
39May 10@ White Sox
40May 11@ White Sox
41May 12@ White Sox
42May 13@ Rangers
43May 14@ Rangers
44May 15@ Rangers
45May 17 Twins
46May 18 Twins
47May 19 Twins
48May 20 Mets
49May 21 Mets
50May 22 Mets
51May 24@ Angels
52May 25@ Angels
53May 26@ Angels
54May 27@ Rockies
55May 28@ Rockies
56May 29@ Rockies
57May 31 Nationals
June: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
58June 1 Nationals
59June 2 Nationals
60June 4 Royals
61June 5 Royals
62June 6 Royals
63June 7@ Marlins
64June 8@ Marlins
65June 9@ Marlins
66June 11@ Reds
67June 12@ Reds
68June 14@ Blue Jays
69June 15@ Blue Jays
70June 16@ Blue Jays
71June 18 Mariners
72June 19 Mariners
73June 20 Mariners
74June 21 Blue Jays
75June 22 Blue Jays
76June 23 Blue Jays
77June 24@ Orioles
78June 25@ Orioles
79June 26@ Orioles
80June 27@ Royals
81June 28@ Royals
82June 29@ Royals
83June 30@ Royals
July: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
84July 2 White Sox
85July 3 White Sox
86July 4 White Sox
87July 5 Giants
88July 6 Giants
89July 7 Giants
90July 8@ Tigers
91July 9@ Tigers
92July 10@ Tigers
93July 11@ Tigers
94July 12@ Rays
95July 13@ Rays
96July 14@ Rays
94th All-Star Game: Arlington, TX
97July 19 Padres
98July 20 Padres
99July 21 Padres
100July 22 Tigers
101July 23 Tigers
102July 24 Tigers
103July 25 Tigers
104July 26@ Phillies
105July 27@ Phillies
106July 28@ Phillies
107July 29@ Tigers
108July 30@ Tigers
August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
109August 1 Orioles
110August 2 Orioles
111August 3 Orioles
112August 4 Orioles
113August 5 Diamondbacks
114August 6 Diamondbacks
115August 7 Diamondbacks
116August 9 (1)@ Twins
117August 9 (2)@ Twins
118August 10@ Twins
119August 11@ Twins
120August 12 Cubs
121August 13 Cubs
122August 14 Cubs
123August 16@ Brewers
124August 17@ Brewers
125August 18@ Brewers
126August 20@ Yankees
127August 21@ Yankees
128August 22@ Yankees
129August 23 Rangers
130August 24 Rangers
131August 25 Rangers
132August 26 Royals
133August 27 Royals
134August 28 Royals
135August 30 Pirates
136August 31 Pirates
September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
137September 1 Pirates
138September 2@ Royals
139September 3@ Royals
140September 4@ Royals
141September 6@ Dodgers
142September 7@ Dodgers
143September 8@ Dodgers
144September 9@ White Sox
145September 10@ White Sox
146September 11@ White Sox
147September 12 Rays
148September 13 Rays
149September 14 Rays
150September 15 Rays
151September 16 Twins
152September 17 Twins
153September 18 Twins
154September 19 Twins
155September 20@ Cardinals
156September 21@ Cardinals
157September 22@ Cardinals
158September 24 Reds
159September 25 Reds
160September 27 Astros
161September 28 Astros
162September 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

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
Gabriel Arias 14507143118.2802
Will Brennan 2164111640310.2502
Estevan Florial 15404102126.2501
David Fry 15358103013.2861
Tyler Freeman 2168131530312.2213
Andrés Giménez 2493152451014.2583
Austin Hedges 725131003.1201
Steven Kwan 2410422365027.3462
Ramón Laureano 1646583001.1743
Bo Naylor 18597111025.1861
Josh Naylor 2488132650620.2951
José Ramírez 24104182751523.2603
Brayan Rocchio 237310157004.2052
Totals2584913421548425121.25325

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

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPRERBBK
Logan Allen 305.0655026.21515921
Pedro Avila 006.001003.02202
Scott Barlow 123.75130112.055714
Tyler Beede 105.56100011.187514
Tanner Bibee 204.4455024.112121226
Shane Bieber 200.0022012.000120
Carlos Carrasco 124.6355023.112121320
Emmanuel Clase 100.69130813.021114
Xzavion Curry 000.001105.00013
Hunter Gaddis 000.00130012.100316
Tim Herrin 100.77120011.211511
Ben Lively 012.3822011.133114
Triston McKenzie 224.9155022.014121718
Eli Morgan 102.169008.13247
Wes Parsons 000.002004.00005
Nick Sandlin 203.09120010.244314
Cade Smith 003.00120012.044619
Peter Strzelecki 000.002002.00001
Totals1873.1925258226.0858088241

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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

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