2025 Cleveland Guardians season

2025 Cleveland Guardians
2025 Cleveland Guardians
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Progressive Field
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Record	3–4 (.429)
Owners	Paul Dolan
President of baseball operations	Chris Antonetti
General managers	Mike Chernoff
Manager	Stephen Vogt
Television	MLB.tv; (Matt Underwood, Rick Manning, Chris Gimenez, Andre Knott, Al Pawlowski, Jensen Lewis, Pat Tabler)
Radio	English:; WTAM · WMMS; (Tom Hamilton, Jim Rosenhaus, Tim Belcher, Charles Nagy, Pat Tabler); Spanish:; WARF; (Rafa Hernández-Brito, Carlos Baerga)

The 2025 Cleveland Guardians season is the 125th season for the franchise, which competes in the American League of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Offseason

Coaching changes

On October 24, 2024, the Cincinnati Reds hired hitting coach Chris Valaika away from the team.^[1] Valaika was reunited with former Indians/Guardians manager Terry Francona, who was hired by the Reds on October 4.^[2] Grant Fink was promoted to replace Valaika on November 13, 2024.^[3]

Transactions

October 2024

October 1	Recalled 3B Gabriel Arias; RHP's Peter Strzelecki and Daniel Espino; LHP Logan Allen; RF's Johnathan Rodríguez and George Valera; SS Juan Brito; CF Tyler Freeman; RHP's Triston McKenzie and Connor Gillispie from Columbus Clippers. RHP Alex Cobb roster status changed.
October 5	RHP Nick Sandlin and RHP Ben Lively roster status changed. Activated RHP Alex Cobb. RHP Pedro Ávila and CF Myles Straw roster status changed. Activated CF Tyler Freeman. CF Angel Martínez roster status changed.
October 7	Activated CF Ángel Martínez. CF Tyler Freeman roster status changed.
October 14	CF Ángel Martínez roster status changed. Activated RHP Pedro Ávila.
October 15	RHP Alex Cobb roster status changed. Activated RHP Ben Lively.
October 20	Activated RHP's Triston McKenzie and Connor Gillispie; CF Ángel Martínez; RF Johnathan Rodríguez; CF Tyler Freeman; RHP Peter Strzelecki; SS Juan Brito; CF Myles Straw; LHP Logan Allen; RHP Nick Sandlin; 3B Gabriel Arias; RF George Valera; RHP Alex Cobb and RHP Daniel Espino.
October 31	C Austin Hedges; RHP Alex Cobb; LHP Matthew Boyd; and RHP Shane Bieber elected free agency.

Source^[4]

November 2024

November 4	Sent CF Myles Straw; and RHP James Karinchak outright to Columbus Clippers. Activated LHP Sam Hentges; and RHP's Trevor Stephan and James Karinchak from the 60-day IL.

Source^[5]

American League Central

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AL Central
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Guardians	3	4	.429	—	0‍–‍0	3‍–‍4
Detroit Tigers	3	4	.429	—	1‍–‍0	2‍–‍4
Kansas City Royals	3	4	.429	—	2‍–‍2	1‍–‍2
Chicago White Sox	2	5	.286	1	2‍–‍5	0‍–‍0
Minnesota Twins	2	5	.286	1	0‍–‍1	2‍–‍4

American League Wild Card

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Division leaders
Team	W	L	Pct.
Texas Rangers	6	2	.750
New York Yankees	5	2	.714
Cleveland Guardians	3	4	.429

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Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Toronto Blue Jays	5	3	.625	+½
Los Angeles Angels	4	3	.571	—
Tampa Bay Rays	4	3	.571	—
Boston Red Sox	4	4	.500	½
Detroit Tigers	3	4	.429	1
Houston Astros	3	4	.429	1
Kansas City Royals	3	4	.429	1
Baltimore Orioles	3	5	.375	1½
Athletics	3	5	.375	1½
Seattle Mariners	3	5	.375	1½
Chicago White Sox	2	5	.286	2
Minnesota Twins	2	5	.286	2

Record vs. opponents

Record vs. American League

2025 American League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2025
Team	ATH	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Athletics	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–3
Baltimore	0–0	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–0
Boston	0–0	2–1	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–0
Chicago	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Cleveland	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3
Detroit	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3
Houston	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–4
Kansas City	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2
Los Angeles	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1
Minnesota	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3
New York	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	5–2
Seattle	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1
Tampa Bay	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–1	0–0	4–2
Texas	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	—	0–0	2–1
Toronto	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	3–1

Updated with the results of all games through April 4, 2025.

Record vs. National League

2025 American League record vs. National League v t e Source: MLB Standings
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH
Athletics	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Baltimore	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Boston	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0
Chicago	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Cleveland	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0
Detroit	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Houston	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0
Kansas City	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Los Angeles	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0
Minnesota	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–0
New York	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Seattle	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0
Tampa Bay	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Texas	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Toronto	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0

Updated with the results of all games through April 4, 2025.

Current roster

Active roster

Inactive roster

Coaches / other

Pitchers
Starting rotation

Bullpen

Closer(s)

48 Emmanuel Clase

Catchers

27 Austin Hedges
23 Bo Naylor

Infielders

Outfielders

Pitchers

Infielders

74 Juan Brito

Outfielders

Manager

12 Stephen Vogt

Coaches

55 Craig Albernaz (associate manager)
15 Sandy Alomar Jr. (first base/catching)
50 Kai Correa (field coordinator/defense/base running)
85 Jason Esposito (assistant hitting)
56 Grant Fink (hitting)
81 Brad Goldberg (assistant pitching)
88 Caleb Longshore (bullpen)
84 J. T. Maguire (outfield/base running)
53 Rouglas Odor (third base/infield)
82 Ricky Pacione (bullpen catcher)
83 Dan Puente (assistant hitting)
89 Agustin Rivero (coach/interpreter)
72 Eric Rodríguez (bullpen catcher)
86 Joe Torres (assistant pitching)
-- Josh Tubbs (hitting analyst)
51 Carl Willis (pitching)

60-day injured list

6 David Fry
31 Sam Hentges

26 active, 14 inactive
7-, 10-, or 15-day injured list
^# Personal leave
Roster and coaches updated March 27, 2025
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Game log

Regular season

2025 Game Log: 3–4 (Home: 0–0; Away: 3–4)

March/April: 3–4 (Home: 0–0; Away: 3–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
1	March 27	@ Royals	7–4 (10)	Clase (1–0)	Long (0–1)	Sewald (1)	39,393	1–0	W1
2	March 29	@ Royals	3–4	Lynch IV (1–0)	Sewald (0–1)	Estévez (1)	22,015	1–1	L1
3	March 30	@ Royals	6–2	Bibee (1–0)	Wacha (0–1)	—	15,414	2–1	W1
4	March 31	@ Padres	2–7	Hart (1–0)	Ortiz (0–1)	—	43,404	2–2	L1
5	April 1	@ Padres	0–7	King (1–0)	Allen (0–1)	—	37,120	2–3	L2
6	April 2	@ Padres	2–5	Cease (1–0)	Lively (0–1)	Suárez (3)	35,858	2–4	L3
7	April 4	@ Angels	8–6	Herrin (1–0)	Soriano (0–1)	—	44,749	3–4	W1
8	April 5	@ Angels	–			—		–
9	April 6	@ Angels	–			—		–
10	April 8	White Sox	–			—		–
11	April 9	White Sox	–			—		–
12	April 10	White Sox	–			—		–
13	April 11	Royals	–			—		–
14	April 12	Royals	–			—		–
15	April 13	Royals	–			—		–
16	April 15	@ Orioles	–			—		–
17	April 16	@ Orioles	–			—		–
18	April 17	@ Orioles	–			—		–
19	April 18	@ Pirates	–			—		–
20	April 19	@ Pirates	–			—		–
21	April 20	@ Pirates	–			—		–
22	April 21	Yankees	–			—		–
23	April 22	Yankees	–			—		–
24	April 23	Yankees	–			—		–
25	April 25	Red Sox	–			—		–
26	April 26	Red Sox	–			—		–
27	April 27	Red Sox	–			—		–
28	April 28	Twins	–			—		–
29	April 29	Twins	–			—		–
30	April 30	Twins	–			—		–

May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Save	Record
31	May 1	Twins	–	—	–
32	May 2	@ Blue Jays	–	—	–
33	May 3	@ Blue Jays	–	—	–
34	May 4	@ Blue Jays	–	—	–
35	May 5	@ Nationals	–	—	–
36	May 6	@ Nationals	–	—	–
37	May 7	@ Nationals	–	—	–
38	May 9	Phillies	–	—	–
39	May 10	Phillies	–	—	–
40	May 11	Phillies	–	—	–
41	May 12	Brewers	–	—	–
42	May 13	Brewers	–	—	–
43	May 14	Brewers	–	—	–
44	May 16	@ Reds	–	—	–
45	May 17	@ Reds	–	—	–
46	May 18	@ Reds	–	—	–
47	May 19	@ Twins	–	—	–
48	May 20	@ Twins	–	—	–
49	May 21	@ Twins	–	—	–
50	May 22	@ Tigers	–	—	–
51	May 23	@ Tigers	–	—	–
52	May 24	@ Tigers	–	—	–
53	May 25	@ Tigers	–	—	–
54	May 26	Dodgers	–	—	–
55	May 27	Dodgers	–	—	–
56	May 28	Dodgers	–	—	–
57	May 30	Angels	–	—	–
58	May 31	Angels	–	—	–

June: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Save	Record
59	June 1	Angels	–	—	–
60	June 3	@ Yankees	–	—	–
61	June 4	@ Yankees	–	—	–
62	June 5	@ Yankees	–	—	–
63	June 6	Astros	–	—	–
64	June 7	Astros	–	—	–
65	June 8	Astros	–	—	–
66	June 9	Reds	–	—	–
67	June 10	Reds	–	—	–
68	June 11	Reds	–	—	–
69	June 13	@ Mariners	–	—	–
70	June 14	@ Mariners	–	—	–
71	June 15	@ Mariners	–	—	–
72	June 17	@ Giants	–	—	–
73	June 18	@ Giants	–	—	–
74	June 19	@ Giants	–	—	–
75	June 20	@ Athletics	–	—	–
76	June 21	@ Athletics	–	—	–
77	June 22	@ Athletics	–	—	–
78	June 24	Blue Jays	–	—	–
79	June 25	Blue Jays	–	—	–
80	June 26	Blue Jays	–	—	–
81	June 27	Cardinals	–	—	–
82	June 28	Cardinals	–	—	–
83	June 29	Cardinals	–	—	–

July: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Save	Record
84	July 1	@ Cubs	–	—	–
85	July 2	@ Cubs	–	—	–
86	July 3	@ Cubs	–	—	–
87	July 4	Tigers	–	—	–
88	July 5	Tigers	–	—	–
89	July 6	Tigers	–	—	–
90	July 7	@ Astros	–	—	–
91	July 8	@ Astros	–	—	–
92	July 9	@ Astros	–	—	–
93	July 10	@ White Sox	–	—	–
94	July 11	@ White Sox	–	—	–
95	July 12	@ White Sox	–	—	–
96	July 13	@ White Sox	–	—	–
95th All-Star Game: Cumberland, GA
97	July 18	Athletics	–	—	–
98	July 19	Athletics	–	—	–
99	July 20	Athletics	–	—	–
100	July 21	Orioles	–	—	–
101	July 22	Orioles	–	—	–
102	July 23	Orioles	–	—	–
103	July 24	Orioles	–	—	–
104	July 25	@ Royals	–	—	–
105	July 26	@ Royals	–	—	–
106	July 27	@ Royals	–	—	–
107	July 28	Rockies	–	—	–
108	July 29	Rockies	–	—	–
109	July 30	Rockies	–	—	–

August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Save	Record
110	August 1	Twins	–	—	–
111	August 2	Twins	–	—	–
112	August 3	Twins	–	—	–
113	August 4	@ Mets	–	—	–
114	August 5	@ Mets	–	—	–
115	August 6	@ Mets	–	—	–
116	August 8	@ White Sox	–	—	–
117	August 9	@ White Sox	–	—	–
118	August 10	@ White Sox	–	—	–
119	August 12	Marlins	–	—	–
120	August 13	Marlins	–	—	–
121	August 14	Marlins	–	—	–
122	August 15	Braves	–	—	–
123	August 16	Braves	–	—	–
124	August 17	Braves	–	—	–
125	August 18	@ Diamondbacks	–	—	–
126	August 19	@ Diamondbacks	–	—	–
127	August 20	@ Diamondbacks	–	—	–
128	August 22	@ Rangers	–	—	–
129	August 23	@ Rangers	–	—	–
130	August 24	@ Rangers	–	—	–
131	August 25	Rays	–	—	–
132	August 26	Rays	–	—	–
133	August 27	Rays	–	—	–
134	August 29	Mariners	–	—	–
135	August 30	Mariners	–	—	–
136	August 31	Mariners	–	—	–

September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Save	Record
137	September 1	@ Red Sox	–	—	–
138	September 2	@ Red Sox	–	—	–
139	September 3	@ Red Sox	–	—	–
140	September 4	@ Rays	–	—	–
141	September 5	@ Rays	–	—	–
142	September 6	@ Rays	–	—	–
143	September 7	@ Rays	–	—	–
144	September 8	Royals	–	—	–
145	September 9	Royals	–	—	–
146	September 10	Royals	–	—	–
147	September 11	Royals	–	—	–
148	September 12	White Sox	–	—	–
149	September 13	White Sox	–	—	–
150	September 14	White Sox	–	—	–
151	September 16	@ Tigers	–	—	–
152	September 17	@ Tigers	–	—	–
153	September 18	@ Tigers	–	—	–
154	September 19	@ Twins	–	—	–
155	September 20	@ Twins	–	—	–
156	September 21	@ Twins	–	—	–
157	September 23	Tigers	–	—	–
158	September 24	Tigers	–	—	–
159	September 25	Tigers	–	—	–
160	September 26	Rangers	–	—	–
161	September 27	Rangers	–	—	–
162	September 28	Rangers	–	—	–

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
Gabriel Arias	7	21	3	7	1	0	1	2	.333
Austin Hedges	2	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	.333
Nolan Jones	5	17	1	3	2	0	0	0	.176
Steven Kwan	7	27	7	9	1	0	1	3	.333
Kyle Manzardo	7	23	4	6	1	1	2	8	.261
Bo Naylor	6	20	1	2	0	0	0	1	.100
Jhonkensy Noel	5	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	.111
José Ramírez	6	21	4	8	2	0	4	6	.381
Brayan Rocchio	7	20	1	5	1	0	0	3	.250
Johnathan Rodríguez	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Carlos Santana	7	28	4	7	2	0	0	1	.250
Daniel Schneemann	4	8	2	1	0	0	1	1	.125
Lane Thomas	6	26	0	4	1	0	0	1	.154
Totals	7	228	28	54	11	1	10	28	.237

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; 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	0	1	6.75	1	1	0	5.1	4	4	5	1
Tanner Bibee	1	0	0.00	1	1	0	5.2	0	0	2	2
Joey Cantillo	0	0	3.00	2	0	0	3.0	5	1	3	2
Emmanuel Clase	1	0	6.75	4	0	0	4.0	3	3	0	2
Hunter Gaddis	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	3.1	0	0	3	5
Tim Herrin	1	0	2.70	4	0	0	3.1	1	1	1	5
Jakob Junis	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	4
Ben Lively	0	1	6.75	2	2	0	9.1	7	7	2	7
Triston McKenzie	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	1	1
Luis Ortiz	0	1	13.50	1	1	0	4.2	7	7	4	2
Paul Sewald	0	1	5.40	4	0	1	3.1	2	2	0	4
Cade Smith	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	4
Gavin Williams	0	0	4.50	2	2	0	8.0	6	4	4	7
Totals	3	4	4.35	7	7	1	60.0	35	29	25	46

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 Goryl	Dominican Summer League	Mac Seibert
Rookie	DSL Guardians Mendoza	Dominican Summer League	Jonathan López

References

^ McDonald, Darragh (October 24, 2024). "Reds Hire Chris Valaika As Hitting Coach". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
^ "Reds give Francona 3-year deal to be new manager". MLB.com. October 4, 2024. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
^ "Albernaz, Willis staying put on Guardians' coaching staff". MLB.com. November 13, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
^ "Transactions". MLB.com. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
^ "Transactions". MLB.com. Retrieved November 1, 2024.

External links

[1] McDonald, Darragh (October 24, 2024). "Reds Hire Chris Valaika As Hitting Coach". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved October 25, 2024.

[2] "Reds give Francona 3-year deal to be new manager". MLB.com. October 4, 2024. Retrieved October 4, 2024.

[3] "Albernaz, Willis staying put on Guardians' coaching staff". MLB.com. November 13, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.

[4] "Transactions". MLB.com. Retrieved October 20, 2024.

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