2024 Cleveland Guardians season

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2024 Cleveland Guardians
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkProgressive Field
CityCleveland, Ohio
Record18–8 (.692)
OwnersLarry Dolan
President of baseball operationsChris Antonetti
General managersMike Chernoff
ManagerStephen Vogt
TelevisionBally Sports Great Lakes
WKYC (home opener)
(Matt Underwood, Rick Manning, Pat Tabler, Andre Knott)
RadioWTAM · 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]

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.

Source[2]

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.

Source[5]

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.

Source[8]

Season standings[edit]

American League Central[edit]

AL Central 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Guardians 18 8 0.692 — 8–4 10–4
Kansas City Royals 17 10 0.630 1½ 12–5 5–5
Detroit Tigers 14 12 0.538 4 4–8 10–4
Minnesota Twins 12 13 0.480 5½ 6–6 6–7
Chicago White Sox 4 22 0.154 14 3–9 1–13


American League Wild Card[edit]

Division leaders 		W L Pct.
Cleveland Guardians 18 8 0.692
Baltimore Orioles 16 9 0.640
Seattle Mariners 14 12 0.538
Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason) 		W L Pct. GB
Kansas City Royals 17 10 0.630 +2½
New York Yankees 17 10 0.630 +2½
Detroit Tigers 14 12 0.538 —
Boston Red Sox 14 13 0.519 ½
Texas Rangers 14 13 0.519 ½
Tampa Bay Rays 13 14 0.481 1½
Toronto Blue Jays 13 14 0.481 1½
Minnesota Twins 12 13 0.480 1½
Oakland Athletics 11 16 0.407 3½
Los Angeles Angels 10 16 0.385 4
Houston Astros 7 19 0.269 7
Chicago White Sox 4 22 0.154 10


Record against opponents[edit]

2024 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2024

Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore — 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–2 4–2 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–4
Boston 0–3 — 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–2 0–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–0
Chicago 0–0 0–0 — 1–2 0–3 0–0 1–6 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–7
Cleveland 0–0 3–1 2–1 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 6–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Detroit 0–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–3 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–3 0–0 3–2
Houston 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–3 2–1 1–5
Kansas City 2–4 0–0 6–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 — 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2
Los Angeles 2–4 2–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–4 0–0 0–0 3–3
Minnesota 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–2 3–4 0–0 2–1 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–3
New York 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–3 4–2
Oakland 0–0 0–3 0–0 1–6 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 — 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–3
Seattle 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 1–2 7–5
Tampa Bay 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 4–3 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 — 1–2 2–2 4–2
Texas 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 3–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 — 0–0 3–3
Toronto 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–3 0–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 — 4–2

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

Current roster[edit]

Cleveland Guardians roster
Active roster Inactive roster Coaches/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[edit]

2024 Game Log: 18–8 (Home: 8–4; Away: 10–4)
March/April: 18–8 (Home: 8–4; Away: 10–4)
# 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 4–5 Hancock (1–0) McKenzie (0–1) Stanek (1) 21,322 3–2 L2
6 April 2 @ Mariners 5–2 Bieber (2–0) Castillo (0–2) Clase (2) 20,646 4–2 W1
7 April 3 @ Mariners 8–0 Allen (2–0) Kirby (1–1) — 22,583 5–2 W2
8 April 4 @ Twins 4–2 Bibee (1–0) López (1–1) Clase (3) 35,595 6–2 W3
9 April 6 @ Twins 3–1 Sandlin (2–0) Ryan (0–1) Clase (4) 25,806 7–2 W4
— April 7 @ Twins Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 9
10 April 8 White Sox 4–0 McKenzie (1–1) Banks (0–1) — 35,735 8–2 W5
11 April 9 White Sox 5–7 Wilson (1–1) Barlow (0–2) Kopech (2) 14,887 8–3 L1
12 April 10 White Sox 7–6 (10) Morgan (1–0) Shaw (0–1) — 12,405 9–3 W1
— April 12 Yankees Postponed (rain); Makeup: April 13
13 April 13 (1) Yankees 2–3 Schmidt (1–0) Carrasco (0–1) Holmes (6) 17,089 9–4 L1
14 April 13 (2) Yankees 2–8 Poteet (1–0) McKenzie (1–2) — 31,066 9–5 L2
15 April 14 Yankees 8–7 (10) Beede (1–0) Ferguson (0–2) — 28,119 10–5 W1
16 April 15 @ Red Sox 6–0 Herrin (1–0) Bernardino (0–1) — 33,008 11–5 W2
17 April 16 @ Red Sox 10–7 (11) Clase (1–0) Winckowski (1–1) Barlow (1) 30,133 12–5 W3
18 April 17 @ Red Sox 0–2 Houck (3–1) Lively (0–1) — 32,024 12–6 L1
19 April 18 @ Red Sox 5–4 Carrasco (1–1) Criswell (0–1) Clase (5) 35,494 13–6 W1
20 April 19 Athletics 10–2 McKenzie (2–2) Boyle (1–3) — 16,262 14–6 W2
21 April 20 Athletics 6–3 Allen (3–0) Wood (0–2) Clase (6) 19,487 15–6 W3
22 April 21 Athletics 6–2 Bibee (2–0) Stripling (0–5) — 16,905 16–6 W4
23 April 23 Red Sox 4–1 Barlow (1–2) Houck (3–2) Clase (7) 13,543 17–6 W5
24 April 24 Red Sox 0–8 Criswell (1–1) Carrasco (1–2) — 13,916 17–7 L1
25 April 25 Red Sox 6–4 Gaddis (1–0) Anderson (0–1) Clase (8) 16,082 18–7 W1
26 April 26 @ Braves 2–6 Sale (3–1) Allen (3–1) — 40,210 18–8 L1
27 April 27 @ Braves – — –
28 April 28 @ Braves – — –
29 April 30 @ Astros – — –
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
30 May 1 @ Astros – — –
31 May 2 @ Astros – — –
32 May 3 Angels – — –
33 May 4 Angels – — –
34 May 5 Angels – — –
35 May 6 Tigers – — –
36 May 7 Tigers – — –
37 May 8 Tigers – — –
38 May 9 @ White Sox – — –
39 May 10 @ White Sox – — –
40 May 11 @ White Sox – — –
41 May 12 @ White Sox – — –
42 May 13 @ Rangers – — –
43 May 14 @ Rangers – — –
44 May 15 @ Rangers – — –
45 May 17 Twins – — –
46 May 18 Twins – — –
47 May 19 Twins – — –
48 May 20 Mets – — –
49 May 21 Mets – — –
50 May 22 Mets – — –
51 May 24 @ Angels – — –
52 May 25 @ Angels – — –
53 May 26 @ Angels – — –
54 May 27 @ Rockies – — –
55 May 28 @ Rockies – — –
56 May 29 @ Rockies – — –
57 May 31 Nationals – — –
June: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
58 June 1 Nationals – — –
59 June 2 Nationals – — –
60 June 4 Royals – — –
61 June 5 Royals – — –
62 June 6 Royals – — –
63 June 7 @ Marlins – — –
64 June 8 @ Marlins – — –
65 June 9 @ Marlins – — –
66 June 11 @ Reds – — –
67 June 12 @ Reds – — –
68 June 14 @ Blue Jays – — –
69 June 15 @ Blue Jays – — –
70 June 16 @ Blue Jays – — –
71 June 18 Mariners – — –
72 June 19 Mariners – — –
73 June 20 Mariners – — –
74 June 21 Blue Jays – — –
75 June 22 Blue Jays – — –
76 June 23 Blue Jays – — –
77 June 24 @ Orioles – — –
78 June 25 @ Orioles – — –
79 June 26 @ Orioles – — –
80 June 27 @ Royals – — –
81 June 28 @ Royals – — –
82 June 29 @ Royals – — –
83 June 30 @ Royals – — –
July: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
84 July 2 White Sox – — –
85 July 3 White Sox – — –
86 July 4 White Sox – — –
87 July 5 Giants – — –
88 July 6 Giants – — –
89 July 7 Giants – — –
90 July 8 @ Tigers – — –
91 July 9 @ Tigers – — –
92 July 10 @ Tigers – — –
93 July 11 @ Tigers – — –
94 July 12 @ Rays – — –
95 July 13 @ Rays – — –
96 July 14 @ Rays – — –
94th All-Star Game: Arlington, TX
97 July 19 Padres – — –
98 July 20 Padres – — –
99 July 21 Padres – — –
100 July 22 Tigers – — –
101 July 23 Tigers – — –
102 July 24 Tigers – — –
103 July 25 Tigers – — –
104 July 26 @ Phillies – — –
105 July 27 @ Phillies – — –
106 July 28 @ Phillies – — –
107 July 29 @ Tigers – — –
108 July 30 @ Tigers – — –
August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
109 August 1 Orioles – — –
110 August 2 Orioles – — –
111 August 3 Orioles – — –
112 August 4 Orioles – — –
113 August 5 Diamondbacks – — –
114 August 6 Diamondbacks – — –
115 August 7 Diamondbacks – — –
116 August 9 (1) @ Twins – — –
117 August 9 (2) @ 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[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
Gabriel Arias 15 54 7 15 3 1 1 8 .278 3
Will Brennan 21 64 11 16 4 0 3 10 .250 2
Estevan Florial 16 41 4 10 2 1 2 6 .244 1
Tyler Freeman 22 72 14 16 4 0 3 12 .222 3
David Fry 16 39 8 11 3 0 1 8 .282 1
Andrés Giménez 24 93 15 24 5 1 0 14 .258 3
Austin Hedges 8 27 1 3 1 0 0 3 .111 1
Steven Kwan 25 108 23 37 5 0 3 8 .343 2
Ramón Laureano 17 50 5 8 3 0 0 2 .160 3
Bo Naylor 18 59 7 11 1 0 2 5 .186 1
Josh Naylor 25 91 13 26 5 0 6 20 .286 2
José Ramírez 25 108 18 28 5 1 5 23 .259 3
Brayan Rocchio 24 76 10 15 7 0 0 4 .197 2
Totals 26 882 136 220 48 4 26 123 .249 27

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
Logan Allen 3 1 5.46 6 6 0 31.1 19 19 11 26
Pedro Avila 0 0 5.40 2 0 0 5.0 3 3 0 4
Scott Barlow 1 2 3.75 13 0 1 12.0 5 5 7 14
Tyler Beede 1 0 5.68 11 0 0 12.2 9 8 7 16
Tanner Bibee 2 0 4.44 5 5 0 24.1 12 12 12 26
Shane Bieber 2 0 0.00 2 2 0 12.0 0 0 1 20
Carlos Carrasco 1 2 4.63 5 5 0 23.1 12 12 13 20
Emmanuel Clase 1 0 0.69 13 0 8 13.0 2 1 1 14
Xzavion Curry 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 5.0 0 0 1 3
Hunter Gaddis 0 0 0.00 13 0 0 12.1 0 0 3 16
Tim Herrin 1 0 0.77 12 0 0 11.2 1 1 5 11
Ben Lively 0 1 2.38 2 2 0 11.1 3 3 1 14
Triston McKenzie 2 2 4.91 5 5 0 22.0 14 12 17 18
Eli Morgan 1 0 2.16 9 0 0 8.1 3 2 4 7
Wes Parsons 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 5
Nick Sandlin 2 0 3.09 13 0 0 11.2 4 4 3 16
Cade Smith 0 0 3.00 12 0 0 12.0 4 4 6 19
Peter Strzelecki 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 1
Totals 18 8 3.31 26 26 8 234.0 91 86 92 250

Farm system[edit]

See also: Minor League Baseball
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[edit]

  1. ^ "Cleveland Guardians Announce 2024 Schedule". News5Cleveland.com. July 13, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
  2. ^ "Transactions". MLB.com. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  3. ^ Browne, Ian (January 3, 2024). "Red Sox finalize deal with Giolito to add starting depth". MLB.com. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  4. ^ Bowman, Mark. "Braves bolster 'pen, sign RHP Reynaldo López to 3-year deal". MLB.com. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  5. ^ "Transactions". MLB.com. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
  6. ^ "Guardians sign RHP Ben Lively". MLB.com (Press release). December 12, 2023. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  7. ^ Bell, Mandy (December 17, 2023). "For Hedges, return to Guardians feels like 'coming home'". MLB.com. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  8. ^ "Transactions". MLB.com. Retrieved February 11, 2024.

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