Another staple in the Guardians lineup is on the move, but another one is coming home. First baseman Josh Naylor has been traded to the Diamondbacks in exchange for righty pitcher Slade Cecconi and Arizona’s 2025 Competitive Balance Round B pick, the team announced on Saturday.

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We don’t only deal in tools around here. Performance (i.e. what players do with those tools) matters, too. Stats form much of baseball's vocabulary. It’s part of how we tell the stories of the game. Look no further than the 2024 Major League season, when Shohei Ohtani recorded the first

DALLAS -- The Guardians made the most of their time in Dallas. If there were questions as to whether Cleveland would be done after re-signing free agent starter Shane Bieber on a one-year deal, that was answered with a definite “no.” The Guardians traded Andrés Giménez and Nick Sandlin for

CLEVELAND – Shane Bieber is coming back to Cleveland. The former Cy Young winner agreed to a one-year, $10 million deal with the Guardians for 2025 that includes a $16 million player option for 2026 ($4 million buyout). That means it’ll either be a $14 million one-year deal or a

This page will be updated throughout the offseason to track all of the Guardians' moves, along with the progress of any injured players.

DALLAS -- Tom Hamilton heard the words "Hall of Famer” and immediately burst into tears. “Well, whoever had under 15 seconds before he cries, you won,” Hamilton said, laughing to stop his eyes from welling. It had been nearly an hour since he got the news, yet it still hadn’t

DALLAS – Arms were on the menu during Wednesday afternoon’s Rule 5 Draft at the Winter Meetings. A total of 15 players were taken in the Major League phase of this year’s Rule 5 and 11 of them were pitchers. It started when the White Sox took right-hander Shane Smith

DALLAS -- President of baseball operations Chris Antonetti sat back on the couch in the middle of his suite at the Hilton Anatole Hotel on Tuesday afternoon and rattled off the goals the team had for Andrés Giménez to get back to the 2022 version of himself in ’25. Two

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Rocky Colavito, a charismatic slugger who ranked among the most popular players in Cleveland baseball history and is among 18 players to hit four home runs in one MLB game, died on Tuesday. He was 91. Colavito "passed peacefully at home today with family by his side in Bernville, Pennsylvania,"

My father is like many Clevelanders of a certain age and, yes, ethnicity. He still has not forgiven the local ballclub for trading Rocky Colavito. Now, if you’re not an Italian-American male in your 70s, maybe the 1960 trade that sent Rocky Colavito to the Tigers doesn’t retain its resonance

DALLAS -- First it was Matthew Boyd. Then, it was Alex Cobb. The Guardians had hopes of bringing back all three of their former starting pitchers who entered free agency this offseason, but they settled for one. Between Shane Bieber, Boyd and Cobb, Bieber was the best option they could’ve

The 2025 Draft may still be seven months away but it's also in the news. MLB Pipeline released its initial Draft Top 100 late last week and MLB staged the Draft Lottery on Tuesday evening at the Winter Meetings.

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DALLAS -- Guards Fest will not return until 2027. The Guardians announced on Monday afternoon that Guards Fest will now be held once every three years. The team is targeting the winter after the 2026 season for the next Guards Fest. “After conducting fan outreach from the past several events,

There is nothing else in baseball quite like the Rule 5 Draft, traditionally the final number of the annual Winter Meetings. Every year, Rule 5 sounds the closing bell on the Winter Meetings by providing big league opportunities for a few players who may not have gotten them so immediately

Major League Baseball’s Draft Lottery will take place at the Winter Meetings in Dallas on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. ET. It’s time to get to know who the 16 teams eligible for the lottery are hoping to get a chance to select. MLB Pipeline’s new 2025 Top 100 Draft Prospects

DALLAS -- Willie Mays’ legacy was celebrated heavily in 2024, and in 2025, Major League Baseball will continue to honor his life by focusing on the very field where he started his baseball journey. Since 2012, MLB has held a charity auction at the Winter Meetings that raises funds for

DALLAS -- The Rule 5 Draft has been the unofficial final act of the annual Winter Meetings. This year’s edition will take place on Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET to close things out, and as always, there will be players who will get the chance to make Opening Day rosters

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A year ago, we provided one Rookie of the Year candidate for every team. How’d we do? We nailed the NL top rookie (Paul Skenes) and also picked out two others who received votes (Jackson Chourio and Mason Miller). That’s a good enough success rate to try the whole exercise