2024 Cleveland Guardians season

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]

2024 Cleveland Guardians
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkProgressive Field
CityCleveland, Ohio
Record52–30 (.634)
OwnersLarry Dolan
President of baseball operationsChris Antonetti
General managersMike Chernoff
ManagerStephen Vogt
TelevisionBally Sports Great Lakes
WKYC (home opener)
(Matt Underwood, Rick Manning, Chris Gimenez, Pat Tabler, Andre Knott)
RadioWTAM · WMMS
(Tom Hamilton, Jim Rosenhaus, Tim Belcher, Mike Hargrove, Jason Stanford)
Seasons

Offseason

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.

Source[2]

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.

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 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

American League Central

AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Guardians 5230 0.634 26–9 26–21
Minnesota Twins 4637 0.554 23–16 23–21
Kansas City Royals 4739 0.547 7 30–16 17–23
Detroit Tigers 3746 0.446 15½ 19–22 18–24
Chicago White Sox 2461 0.282 29½ 16–28 8–33

American League Wild Card

Division leaders W L Pct.
Baltimore Orioles 5330 0.639
Cleveland Guardians 5230 0.634
Seattle Mariners 4738 0.553
Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)
W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 5432 0.628 +7
Minnesota Twins 4637 0.554
Kansas City Royals 4739 0.547
Boston Red Sox 4439 0.530
Tampa Bay Rays 4242 0.500 4
Houston Astros 4141 0.500 4
Toronto Blue Jays 3845 0.458
Detroit Tigers 3746 0.446
Texas Rangers 3746 0.446
Los Angeles Angels 3646 0.439 9
Oakland Athletics 3055 0.353 16½
Chicago White Sox 2461 0.282 22½

Record against opponents

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2024

Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore 5–14–01–20–00–34–24–23–05–21–22–16–13–03–312–11
Boston 1–52–22–52–20–00–04–21–22–13–02–24–30–04–116–14
Chicago 0–42–24–31–51–21–60–00–70–30–01–34–20–01–59–19
Cleveland 2–15–23–42–11–22–35–15–01–26–14–20–02–14–210–7
Detroit 0–02–25–11–22–42–40–34–30–31–20–02–13–43–112–16
Houston 3–00–02–12–14–20–33–31–21–66–12–50–04–32–111–13
Kansas City 2–40–06–13–24–23–03–12–51–34–23–32–11–55–27–8
Los Angeles 2–42–40–01–53–03–31–30–31–23–00–33–42–10–015–14
Minnesota 0–32–17–00–53–42–15–23–00–66–14–21–22–12–19–8
New York 2–51–23–02–13–06–13–12–16–02–22–24–20–04–513–10
Oakland 2–10–30–01–62–11–62–40–31–62–22–41–23–41–212–11
Seattle 1–22–23–12–40–05–23–33–02–42–24–21–25–11–213–11
Tampa Bay 1–63–42–40–01–20–01–24–32–12–42–12–11–24–316–9
Texas 0–30–00–01–24–33–45–11–21–20–04–31–52–10–015–20
Toronto 3–31–45–12–41–31–22–50–01–25–42–12–13–40–010–10

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

Current 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)
  • 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)
  • -- Eric Rodriguez (bullpen catcher/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: 52–30 (Home: 26–9; Away: 26–21)
March/April: 19–10 (Home: 8–4; Away: 11–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 28@ Athletics8–0Bieber (1–0)Wood (0–1)13,5221–0W1
2March 29@ Athletics6–4Allen (1–0)Stripling (0–1)Clase (1)3,8372–0W2
3March 30@ Athletics12–3Sandlin (1–0)Sears (0–1)5,4253–0W3
4March 31@ Athletics3–4Jiménez (1–0)Barlow (0–1)4,1183–1L1
5April 1@ Mariners4–5Hancock (1–0)McKenzie (0–1)Stanek (1)21,3223–2L2
6April 2@ Mariners5–2Bieber (2–0)Castillo (0–2)Clase (2)20,6464–2W1
7April 3@ Mariners8–0Allen (2–0)Kirby (1–1)22,5835–2W2
8April 4@ Twins4–2Bibee (1–0)López (1–1)Clase (3)35,5956–2W3
9April 6@ Twins3–1Sandlin (2–0)Ryan (0–1)Clase (4)25,8067–2W4
April 7@ TwinsPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 9
10April 8White Sox4–0McKenzie (1–1)Banks (0–1)35,7358–2W5
11April 9White Sox5–7Wilson (1–1)Barlow (0–2)Kopech (2)14,8878–3L1
12April 10White Sox7–6 (10)Morgan (1–0)Shaw (0–1)12,4059–3W1
April 12YankeesPostponed (rain); Makeup: April 13
13April 13 (1)Yankees2–3Schmidt (1–0)Carrasco (0–1)Holmes (6)17,0899–4L1
14April 13 (2)Yankees2–8Poteet (1–0)McKenzie (1–2)31,0669–5L2
15April 14Yankees8–7 (10)Beede (1–0)Ferguson (0–2)28,11910–5W1
16April 15@ Red Sox6–0Herrin (1–0)Bernardino (0–1)33,00811–5W2
17April 16@ Red Sox10–7 (11)Clase (1–0)Winckowski (1–1)Barlow (1)30,13312–5W3
18April 17@ Red Sox0–2Houck (3–1)Lively (0–1)32,02412–6L1
19April 18@ Red Sox5–4Carrasco (1–1)Criswell (0–1)Clase (5)35,49413–6W1
20April 19Athletics10–2McKenzie (2–2)Boyle (1–3)16,26214–6W2
21April 20Athletics6–3Allen (3–0)Wood (0–2)Clase (6)19,48715–6W3
22April 21Athletics6–2Bibee (2–0)Stripling (0–5)16,90516–6W4
23April 23Red Sox4–1Barlow (1–2)Houck (3–2)Clase (7)13,54317–6W5
24April 24Red Sox0–8Criswell (1–1)Carrasco (1–2)13,91617–7L1
25April 25Red Sox6–4Gaddis (1–0)Anderson (0–1)Clase (8)16,08218–7W1
26April 26@ Braves2–6Sale (3–1)Allen (3–1)40,21018–8L1
27April 27@ Braves4–2 (11)Barlow (2–2)Lee (0–1)Sandlin (1)41,69619–8W1
28April 28@ Braves3–4 (10)Minter (5–1)Clase (1–1)40,75819–9L1
29April 30@ Astros9–10 (10)Hader (1–2)Gaddis (1–1)29,71119–10L2
May: 19–9 (Home: 11–2; Away: 8–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
30May 1@ Astros3–2 (10)Smith (1–0)Dubin (0–1)Clase (9)25,73320–10W1
31May 2@ Astros2–8Scott (1–1)Allen (3–2)26,60020–11L1
32May 3Angels0–6Soriano (1–4)Bibee (2–1)19,69820–12L2
33May 4Angels7–1Lively (1–1)Detmers (3–3)26,29221–12W1
34May 5Angels4–1Carrasco (2–2)Canning (1–4)Clase (10)19,57922–12W2
35May 6Tigers2–1Sandlin (3–0)Flaherty (0–2)Clase (11)15,02923–12W3
36May 7Tigers7–11Holton (3–0)Ávila (1–1)15,53123–13L1
37May 8Tigers5–4 (10)Clase (2–1)Lange (0–2)20,78824–13W1
38May 9@ White Sox2–3Fedde (3–0)Lively (1–2)Kopech (4)10,49524–14L1
39May 10@ White Sox3–6Crochet (3–4)Carrasco (2–3)Leasure (2)17,31924–15L2
40May 11@ White Sox1–3Hill (1–0)McKenzie (2–3)Brebbia (1)26,15224–16L3
41May 12@ White Sox7–0Allen (4–2)Soroka (0–5)15,52925–16W1
42May 13@ Rangers7–0Gaddis (2–1)Leclerc (3–3)27,10026–16W2
43May 14@ Rangers7–4Lively (2–2)Leiter (0–1)Clase (12)33,88527–16W3
44May 15@ Rangers0–4Gray (2–1)Carrasco (2–4)29,27627–17L1
45May 17Twins3–2Herrin (2–0)Durán (0–1)Clase (13)30,12128–17W1
46May 18Twins11–4Allen (5–2)Ober (4–2)35,54529–17W2
47May 19Twins5–2Clase (3–1)Durán (0–2)25,13630–17W3
48May 20Mets3–1Lively (3–2)Megill (0–2)Clase (14)20,04631–17W4
49May 21Mets7–6Sandlin (4–0)Houser (0–4)Clase (15)20,97732–17W5
50May 22Mets6–3Gaddis (3–1)Garrett (5–1)Smith (1)22,32233–17W6
51May 24@ Angels10–4Allen (6–2)Sandoval (2–7)37,61834–17W7
52May 25@ Angels4–3Bibee (3–1)Soriano (2–5)Clase (16)35,86135–17W8
53May 26@ Angels5–4Lively (4–2)Detmers (3–5)Clase (17)38,74136–17W9
54May 27@ Rockies6–8Rogers (1–0)Curry (0–1)Beeks (5)35,12236–18L1
55May 28@ Rockies13–7Smith (2–0)Lambert (2–4)21,00937–18W1
56May 29@ Rockies4–7Blach (2–2)Allen (6–3)21,37437–19L1
57May 31Nationals7–1Bibee (4–1)Corbin (1–6)35,52638–19W1
June: 14–11 (Home: 7–3; Away: 7–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
58June 1Nationals3–2Lively (5–2)Parker (4–3)Clase (18)36,72539–19W2
59June 2Nationals2–5Irvin (3–5)Carrasco (2–5)Finnegan (16)25,52139–20L1
60June 4Royals8–5Smith (3–0)Long (0–1)Clase (19)23.26040–20W1
June 5RoyalsPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 26
61June 6Royals3–4Long (1–1)Gaddis (3–2)McArthur (12)26,34440–21L1
62June 7@ Marlins2–3Scott (5–4)Smith (3–1)10,71840–22L2
63June 8@ Marlins8–0Lively (6–2)Muñoz (1–2)Ávila (1)15,66941–22W1
64June 9@ Marlins6–3Sandlin (5–0)Puk (0–7)12,85042–22W2
65June 11@ Reds5–3McKenzie (3–3)Martinez (2–4)Clase (20)34,10343–22W3
66June 12@ Reds2–4Lodolo (7–2)Bibee (4–2)Díaz (14)42,42743–23L1
67June 14@ Blue Jays3–1Allen (7–3)Gausman (5–5)Clase (21)36,79044–23W1
68June 15@ Blue Jays0–5Francis (3–2)Carrasco (2–6)39,31844–24L1
69June 16@ Blue Jays6–7Berríos (6–5)Lively (6–3)Pearson (2)40.04344–25L2
70June 18Mariners5–8Miller (6–5)McKenzie (3–4)Muñoz (13)25,45344–26L3
71June 19Mariners8–0Bibee (5–2)Woo (3–1)26,10745–26W1
72June 20Mariners6–3Allen (8–3)Castillo (6–8)Clase (22)24,47046–26W2
73June 21Blue Jays7–1Carrasco (3–6)Rodríguez (0–2)35,86847–26W3
74June 22Blue Jays6–3Lively (7–3)Berríos (6–6)Clase (23)37,13348–26W4
75June 23Blue Jays6–5Herrin (3–0)Kikuchi (4–7)Clase (24)27,47949–26W5
76June 24@ Orioles3–2Bibee (6–2)Povich (0–2)Barlow (2)20,30950–26W6
77June 25@ Orioles10–8Ávila (2–1)Irvin (6–4)Clase (25)18,57451–26W7
78June 26@ Orioles2–4Rodriguez (9–3)Curry (0–2)Kimbrel (17)17,96551–27L1
79June 27@ Royals1–2Long (2–1)Lively (7–4)McArthur (14)23,34051–28L2
80June 28@ Royals3–10Marsh (6–5)McKenzie (3–5)20,69151–29L3
81June 29@ Royals7–2Bibee (7–2)Ragans (5–6)24,15352–29W1
82June 30@ Royals2–6Lugo (11–2)Allen (8–4)27,69152–30L1
July: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
83July 2White Sox
84July 3White Sox
85July 4White Sox
86July 5Giants
87July 6Giants
88July 7Giants
89July 8@ Tigers
90July 9@ Tigers
91July 10@ Tigers
92July 11@ Tigers
93July 12@ Rays
94July 13@ Rays
95July 14@ Rays
94th All-Star Game: Arlington, TX
96July 19Padres
97July 20Padres
98July 21Padres
99July 22Tigers
100July 23Tigers
101July 24Tigers
102July 25Tigers
103July 26@ Phillies
104July 27@ Phillies
105July 28@ Phillies
106July 29@ Tigers
107July 30@ Tigers
August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
108August 1Orioles
109August 2Orioles
110August 3Orioles
111August 4Orioles
112August 5Diamondbacks
113August 6Diamondbacks
114August 7Diamondbacks
115August 9 (1)@ Twins
116August 9 (2)@ Twins
117August 10@ Twins
118August 11@ Twins
119August 12Cubs
120August 13Cubs
121August 14Cubs
122August 16@ Brewers
123August 17@ Brewers
124August 18@ Brewers
125August 20@ Yankees
126August 21@ Yankees
127August 22@ Yankees
128August 23Rangers
129August 24Rangers
130August 25Rangers
131August 26 (1)Royals
132August 26 (2)Royals
133August 27Royals
134August 28Royals
135August 30Pirates
136August 31Pirates
September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
137September 1Pirates
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 12Rays
148September 13Rays
149September 14Rays
150September 15Rays
151September 16Twins
152September 17Twins
153September 18Twins
154September 19Twins
155September 20@ Cardinals
156September 21@ Cardinals
157September 22@ Cardinals
158September 24Reds
159September 25Reds
160September 27Astros
161September 28Astros
162September 29Astros
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 49 146 15 34 9 1 3 12 .233 5
Pedro Avila 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Will Brennan 68 207 28 53 7 1 8 24 .256 3
Estevan Florial 36 98 11 17 6 2 3 11 .173 2
Tyler Freeman 74 247 39 51 12 0 6 28 .206 8
David Fry 62 174 28 54 13 0 8 31 .310 4
Hunter Gaddis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andrés Giménez 76 301 40 74 11 1 5 38 .246 14
Austin Hedges 27 65 6 10 3 0 1 9 .154 2
Steven Kwan 56 228 49 84 13 2 7 24 .368 4
Ramón Laureano 31 70 7 10 3 0 1 4 .143 3
Kyle Manzardo 30 82 4 17 10 0 0 7 .207 0
Ángel Martíinez 2 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .286 0
Bo Naylor 58 179 22 37 9 1 4 17 .207 1
Josh Naylor 78 289 45 70 14 0 20 59 .242 3
Jhonkensy Noel 5 13 2 3 1 0 2 3 .231 0
José Ramírez 79 318 65 89 17 1 23 76 .280 15
Brayan Rocchio 71 211 33 44 12 0 2 14 .210 7
Johnathan Rodríguez 12 31 6 4 1 0 0 5 .129 0
Daniel Schneemann 21 57 7 15 2 2 2 10 .263 1
José Tena 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Totals 82 2725 407 668 143 11 95 378 .245 72

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 8 4 5.75 17 17 0 83.0 54 53 31 67
Pedro Avila 1 1 2.80 19 0 1 35.1 13 11 13 35
Scott Barlow 2 2 3.48 39 0 2 33.2 13 13 18 47
Tyler Beede 1 0 8.36 13 0 0 14.0 14 13 9 18
Tanner Bibee 7 2 3.47 17 17 0 93.1 38 36 22 109
Shane Bieber 2 0 0.00 2 2 0 12.0 0 0 1 20
Carlos Carrasco 3 6 5.27 14 14 0 70.0 43 41 23 54
Emmanuel Clase 3 1 0.69 40 0 25 39.1 6 3 4 39
Xzavion Curry 0 2 5.74 4 3 0 15.2 11 10 3 9
Hunter Gaddis 3 2 1.40 40 0 0 39.2 7 6 7 39
Sam Hentges 0 0 2.75 20 0 0 19.2 6 6 4 21
Tim Herrin 3 0 1.07 38 0 0 33.2 5 4 14 34
Ben Lively 7 4 3.03 13 13 0 71.1 24 24 21 61
Darren McCaughan 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 6.0 6 6 6 1
Triston McKenzie 3 5 5.11 16 16 0 75.2 46 43 49 74
Eli Morgan 1 0 2.31 11 0 0 11.2 4 3 5 8
Wes Parsons 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 5
Nick Sandlin 5 0 3.49 33 0 1 28.1 11 11 12 30
Cade Smith 3 1 1.95 37 0 1 37.0 8 8 9 49
Peter Strzelecki 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 5.2 0 0 1 3
Totals 52 30 3.60 82 82 30 728.0 309 291 252 723

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

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