Braves at Guardians Game Thread: 8/15/2025
Did I mention that Cleveland has the lowest offensive xwOBA in baseball? What a sport, man.
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Steady Waldrep blocks Guardians as Braves win 2-0
Hurston Waldrep got his first “regular” start as a member of the 2025 Atlanta Braves rotation, and it looked a lot like his other two “irregular” outings — one as a bulk guy in a resumed game, one in a doubleheader — even better, in fact. He dominated the anemic Cleveland offense as part of … Read more
Guardians executive opens up about Emmanuel Clase investigation
CLEVELAND — Emmanuel Clase is officially off the trading block, and not for the reasons the Cleveland Guardians might have hoped. After Clase was placed on non-disciplinary paid leave as part of MLB’s sports-betting investigation on Monday, Guardians president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti acknowledged that the high-profile closer wouldn’t be a part of any … Read more
Royals split doubleheader with Guardians; 5-3, 4-6
I guess let’s go ahead and talk about the first game first. Both pitchers were seemingly on their game early, but at least as much of the run prevention was just bad hitting by both sides. The Guardians wasted a lead-off double from Kyle Manzardo in the second inning. In the bottom of the inning, … Read more
Game One-Hundred and Four: Cleveland Guardians at Kansas City Royals
For the first time since the third week of the season, the Kansas City Royals will take on the Cleveland Guardians tonight, this time at Kauffman Stadium. Keep an eye on the radar as storms are anticipated to roll through the Kansas City metro tonight, which will likely impact this game. Michael Wacha will start … Read more
Insiders address if Guardians could trade All-Star closer before deadline
John Harper of SNY and Randy Miller of NJ Advance Media for NJ.com suggested during the All-Star break that the Cleveland Guardians could make closer Emmanuel Clase available ahead of the July 31 trade deadline. On Friday, MLB insider Buster Olney of ESPN addressed the Guardians’ plans for the rest of July. “The Cleveland Guardians … Read more
Bullpen woes strike again as Nationals fall to Guardians
The Washington Nationals were the better team for 8 of the 9 innings today. Unfortunately, they were really bad that one inning. In the sixth inning, the Nationals allowed 8 runs in an embarrassing inning for an embarrassing bullpen. This game kind of summed up a lot of the key themes of the Nationals season. … Read more
Washington Nationals vs Cleveland Guardians double header game thread
With the game last night rained out, The Nats and Guardians are playing a double header this afternoon and evening. With only half an hour between games, we will only do one game thread today. We will make updates about the second game as we go along. The Nationals are going to have the same … Read more
Washington Nationals vs Cleveland Guardians Game Thread
The Washington Nationals wrapped up a successful series with the Reds, winning two out of three games. Now they will face another Ohio team in the Cleveland Guardians. This time the Nats will be at home. I like the look of the Nats lineup today. Alex Call will be in the two hole, playing left … Read more
Royals shut out 7-0 in bad loss to Guardians
Hey, Royals – where are the home runs indeed? In the bottom of the fourth, Kris Bubic walked Kyle Manzardo to lead off the inning. Jhonkensy Noel reached on a fielder’s choice (throwing error by Jonathan India, playing third base), and Manzardo was safe at second because of the throwing error. Sadly I was cooking … Read more