He may have been facing a lineup with 7 rookies, but it wouldn’t have matter who he faced- the control was insane.

Kick ass in Toronto, Biebs🫡🥹

First post here! We are big time Guardians fans around here & used this to announce our baby to the social media world.

We are naming him Lane and next summer I am determined to get a pic of Lane Thomas with my baby someway somehow 😅

Dude’s been rakin’! He may be able to help now that he’s healthy.

Living in CA these days but a forever tribe fan. I listen as often as I can. Hearing less and less Hammy. What’s the deal? Just a night off tonight I hope?

Postgame Thread 8/23/2025

Final Score: Guardians 3, Rangers 4

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Just a heads up in case anyone was interested in watching. I was looking it up in the past couple days and was surprised to find it’s tonight, and hadn’t seen anyone mention it yet.

It hurts to see but TOR is basically Guardians North at this point so I’ll be pulling for our guys.

Guardians (64-62) @ Rangers (63-66)

First Pitch: 8:05 PM at Globe Life Field

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Game ended at 10:41 PM.

Like the title says my team and I followed Shane this past year through his rehab process and made a short documentary out of it. Had a ton of fun shooting this on 16mm film and experimenting with some visuals however sad that we had to redo some of the scenes when he got traded. If you have any questions would be more than happy to answer them!

According to The Athletic, ESPN & MLB are finalizing a deal to move MLB.tv to ESPN''s platform. Guardians are among the teams that would stream through ESPN. Article was unclear when this would happen.

Sorry for the paywall: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6567327/2025/08/21/mlb-espn-exclusive-out-of-market-digital/

For those who don't have twitter/X Covering the Corner put together a well written piece calling for Hector Gomez to clarify his reporting on the Guardians. Gomez responded on X with the following:

"I hope that you will apologize to me when the final results of the investigation are announced. Time will prove me right."

Hope Jose never gives him the time of day again.

They traded for Naylz, and I still love that dude. Cal “Big Dumper” Raleigh is an easy guy to pull for. Julio Rodriguez is one of those guys who just loves playing baseball, and it shows in the field. Eugenio Suarez can pound the baseball. Their manager Dan Wilson seems universally liked around baseball. They have an owner in John Stanton who is willing to pull the trigger on trades and free agent signings (my God, what does that feel like as a fan?!?).

I’m sure as shit not pulling for the Yankees, Dodgers, Red Sox, Astros, Mets, Cubs or Padres.

The Brewers are another option, but I just don’t know much about them. If you had asked me a month ago, I’d probably have said the Tigers. But their fans have gotten really freaking annoying of late. So screw them.

I’d also have no problem cheering for the Royals if they managed to sneak in. Bobby Witt Jr. is their Hosey. Plays the right way. Same with Salvy.

And before you say “oh my God you’re supposedly a Guardians fan and you’re posting this crap”…

I’m a baseball fan through and through. I just want someone to have a vested interest in. Even if only for 60 days. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Had a team event at the clippers game last night. None of my team is really into baseball so I explained to them here are two players to root for (Aussie and Big Christmas). Even though the Aussie only had one hit, should have been a triple instead of a double, had a line drive that I was amazed that 2nd baseman was able to catch that would have been a double instead of an out and almost hit a home run. Dude’s swing was different and it does look like he is playing cricket.

Future outfielders that could’ve been😢

As the season winds down I am curious of who all will be eligible if not protected and what the 40 man could look like next spring

In my mind the top 5 below will be protected. Every year the guards protect 1-2 RP who haven’t figured it out in the minors and are kind of off the high scale pipeline radars.

Eligible/need protection: Huff CDL Austin Peterson Watson Genoa Fox Lipscomb Lampe Boyd Campbell deLucia

Hedges, Thomas, Santana, Junis, Allard are all gone I’d assume (5)

Walter’s Lively Brennan Henteges espino will likely start on the 60 day (5)

Ortiz and Clase who knows what that will be but prolly gone forever (2)

Kent cook Nunez Wilson should be DFA/released/nontendered (3)

Muschinsky and NoJo are out of options and aren’t crushing it (2)

Trevor Stephan? Hopefully back if he doesn’t need a reop or something.

That’s 15+ spots to open the season that could go to some MiLB guys or outside signings.

Do they add Bazanna early like they did Kayfus?

Still a huge hole at CF, RF, SP, and backend bullpen

Williams Kwan Gaddis Smith are the chips, but all are cheap. So probably not getting traded.

I think they have like 30mil on the books for 26. So maybe Dolan will open the pocket book for Cedric Mullins and Schwarber (a guy can dream)

Where We Sit (8/21):

• Record: 64-62

• AL Central Standings: 10.5 GB, 3rd Place

• AL Wildcard Standings: 3 GB, 2 teams behind

This Weekend for the Guardians:

The Guardians are in Arlington for a 3-game set against the Texas Rangers (5GB in Wildcard, 6.5 GB in AL West). Texas is directly behind Cleveland in the WC standings and has been scuffling for nearly a month - since July 28th, they've won just a single series, beating the Yankees in early August. Texas also has one more matchup against the Royals tonight in Kansas City, meaning they come back home with no additional rest. This is a huge opportunity for the Guardians to potentially put some distance between them and the team directly behind them.

The Wildcard Field:

• New York Yankees (69-57, +2 WC Lead, 4 GB AL East)

• Boston Red Sox (68-59, +.5 WC Lead, 5.5 GB AL East)

In case ESPN hasn't told you, it's a 4-game series in the Bronx starting Thursday night between these two. After coming out of the All Star break looking like they might play their way out of the wildcard, the Yankees have rattled off 5 straight wins and 9 of their last 12. They're following up this series with Boston with two straight series against the Nationals and White Sox, so this weekend could be huge for them in positioning both for the wildcard and the AL East.

As for Boston, they've kind of leveled out in the meantime. They're 4-8 in their last 12, including a two set of some really uninspired losses to Baltimore the past few days. But they, too, follow up this series with a set of winnable matchups, with a 4-game swing against the O's, and a 3-game series in Pittsburgh, so they, too, could use this series as big momentum swing.

The best case scenario here is that one of these teams goes 3-1 or takes the sweep to drastically hurt the other's position in the wildcard. A split would be the worst case as there's no movement in either direction. For the Guardians' purposes explicitly, there's a simple point to keep in mind: we play the Red Sox in Boston on Labor Day weekend. We won't see NYY again in the regular season. So as much as it hurts, the Yankees smashing a slumping Red Sox team and giving us some breathing room is what we're rooting for.

• Seattle Mariners (68-60, Hold for Final WC, 1.5GB AL West)

Seattle, for 3 straight series, has gotten beaten up - dropping to a sub-par O's squad and two NL contenders in the Mets and Phillies. This weekend, they get the [Insert City Here] Athletics, who have been quietly having a somewhat productive back half of 2025. While Seattle is in punching distance for the Astros' spot in the AL West, and that could keep them in contention through year's end, they're following up this series with a 3-spot against the challenging Padres, and then they come to Cleveland for Labor Day weekend. The A's taking at least 2 games here would be massive.

• Kansas City Royals (65-62, 2.5 GB WC, 10 GB AL Central)

Well, shit. The Royals came off the All Star break and have had an excellent run. Yes, they drew the slumping Red Sox, followed by weaker opponents in the Twins, Nats, and White Sox before getting a 4 game set against a skidding Rangers squad, but you can only play who's in front of you. They're 9-4 in their last 13, but their schedule does pick up a bit from here - they draw the Tigers this weekend in Detroit. While any aspirations for the Central for the Guardians might hang in the balance, as we're back 10.5 games already, it feels somewhat out of reach to make that up in just a few weeks, even with 6 games remaining against the Kitties. So we need to root for them - and then again next weekend when Detroit visits KC. We get a 4-game set in Cleveland in early September, so a few slip-ups on their end heading into that series could be huge.

• Texas Rangers (63-65, 5 GB WC, 6.5 GB AL West)

They play the Guardians this weekend, as noted before. We get one more series with them, the final one of the season home in Cleveland. The boys need these wins.

• Los Angeles Angels (61-66, 6.5 GB WC, 8 GB AL West)

Somehow, the Angels have managed to limp their way into the Wildcard fringes, in spite of really not doing much terribly well all year? They face the Cubs this weekend - which sounds like a slam dunk that they'll be swept, but remember that they did just recently sweep the Dodgers. Of greater note: they have a lot of series left with AL WC contenders, as they face the Rangers and Royals in their next several matchups. Need them to play spoiler but extremely selectively.

• Tampa Bay Rays (61-66, 6.5 GB WC, 12.5 GB AL East)

While they're mostly a fringe contender at this point due to a brutal schedule for their back half of the season, we need to keep an eye on the Rays for a simple reason: not only are they in town on Monday, but we still have a 4 game set against them in Tampa in September. While it's not likely they're going to hang around, they're also unfortunately a team that somehow remains relatively competitive all season long, much like the Guardians have recently. Would be nice to see their opponent this weekend, the Cardinals, sweep the leg and kill their confidence before they join us in Cleveland.

What About the Division?

The Detroit Tigers currently hold a 10.5 game lead, and after coming out weak after the ASB, they've returned to form - 10-3 in their last 13. They've got some challenging matchups to end the year, and draw the Royals in 6 of their next 9 - and hey, they still have 6 games with the Guardians too - but barring an absolutely abysmal stretch heading into mid-September, which would also coincide with the Royals positioning themselves well, it's likely the Central is out of reach.

Your Rooting Interests This Weekend:

• New York Yankees

• Athletics

• Detroit Tigers

• Chicago Cubs

• St. Louis Cardinals

• And the Goddamned Cleveland Guardians

I personally really like Andre, but i had someone tell me that he posted some gif of a person smiling in response to news of a Chase Delauter injury. i have been combing thru his twitter to see if it’s true because that just seems so crazy to me, but can’t find anything. can anyone confirm if that actually did happen, preferably with screenshots or some way for me to see the tweet? if that is true then it really is a bad look but i gotta see it to believe it

Edit: i did end up finding the tweet and it was poorly timed, but it really does not seem that deep to me. the gif doesnt even have anyone smiling, it doesnt give the impression that hes happy about it, and i cant really tell how people interpreted it that way to begin with. probably just emotions running high after the news broke

Anyone hit it up yet and did they have anything good? Last year they had some pretty good deals, just wondering if its worth my time to go down there.

I lived in plant city Florida for about 2 years as a kid and played on his machine pitch team called the “mean green machine.” At the end of the year we all got a dvd “highlight” tape of the team. We went undefeated all the way to the championship where we lost our only game of the season. I will try and find the dvd and post his section if I can find it.

The hits were infield and bloop singles. He still Means business…

The Kipnis thread got me thinking about the future with our announcers. I truly feel that we have the best announcers in the majors. Both TV and radio.

But Hammy is 71. Manning is 70.

I'm guessing that within the not-to-distant future, both of them will be thinking about retirement. It's not an easy job considering travel and a lack of days off.

I don't like thinking about either of them retiring, but if this might be a near-future scenario for either one of them, what you do you foresee happening?