CLEVELAND – Giancarlo Stanton grinned as he bounded off the stage that had been hurriedly erected in center field on Saturday evening, having just claimed the MVP award for the 2024 American League Championship Series. The shiny and weighty bauble still rested within the grasp of his right hand. “It’s

CLEVELAND -- Remember this feeling. It’s a short message, but an impactful one. It’s what Guardians manager Stephen Vogt thought his team needed to hear after a gut-wrenching ending to a magical season. There were tears all throughout the clubhouse after the Guardians lost Game 5 of the American League

CLEVELAND -- Tanner Bibee couldn’t hold back his emotions. He was excellent for the Guardians in a critical Game 5 start, keeping the Yankees off the scoreboard all the way until his final pitch of the night turned into a game-tying home run by Giancarlo Stanton, the Yankees' first blow

CLEVELAND – Juan Soto nodded with confidence as he glared toward the mound, deep into a high-stakes battle with nothing less than a pennant on the line. He’d already spoiled two changeups and a slider in this extra-innings showdown, his swagger surging with each close call. This was the at-bat

CLEVELAND – A few hours before Saturday’s win-or-go-home Game 5 of the American League Championship Series against the Yankees, Guardians manager Stephen Vogt expressed his unwavering support for Emmanuel Clase. “Emmanuel will be right back out there in the ninth tonight,” Vogt said. “Because he's our guy.” In the span

CLEVELAND -- Luke Weaver was right where he belonged, right in the middle of the celebration, champagne and beer erupting around him. Few Yankees enjoyed punching their ticket to the World Series more than Weaver, who closed out New York’s 5-2, 10-inning win in Game 5 on Saturday with two

There have been many momentous home runs in the long and rich history of the Yankees. On Saturday night in Cleveland, Juan Soto etched his name alongside those of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Reggie Jackson, Aaron Judge and Soto’s own manager, Aaron Boone, among

CLEVELAND -- The intentional walk is lame. It’s a cop-out. It’s not a strategy; it’s an abandonment of the obligation to entertain. For generations, people have railed against the intentional walk. In MLB’s early days, there was talk of trying to ban it, and that may have happened if there

The 2024 Yankees, on the precipice of their first World Series appearance in 15 years, look a lot like the Bronx Bombers of the late ‘90s. They’ve got a relentless lineup. They’ve got a few dependable starting pitchers. They’ve got a powerful bullpen. And they’ve got the turtlenecks.

CLEVELAND -- Thursday night, Mark Leiter Jr. was stuck watching the ALCS like the rest of us. Life comes at you fast. Leiter was thrust into the biggest moment of the Yankees’ 8-6 win over the Guardians in Game 4 Friday night, the injury replacement for Ian Hamilton suddenly a

CLEVELAND – The exuberant celebration spilled from the first-base dugout as Giancarlo Stanton silenced the crowd with a sixth-inning trip around the bases, a three-run blast that provided breathing room for what the Yankees hoped would be a low-stress tour through their taxed bullpen. They should have known nothing comes

CLEVELAND -- For a moment, it looked as if Jhonkensy Noel was going to bring the house down again. One night after causing pandemonium amongst the Cleveland faithful with a dramatic pinch-hit game-tying two-run home run in the ninth inning of the instant classic that was Game 3 of the

CLEVELAND -- Years ago, when Mike Stanton was newly rechristened “Giancarlo” and the Florida Marlins were newly rechristened “Miami,” the hulking 22-year-old who was just a few hundred games into his big-league tenure with that team sat right here at Progressive Field, in the visitor’s clubhouse, and was asked what

CLEVELAND -- Throughout the utter dominance exhibited by this Guardians bullpen all year long, there has been one question looming in the back of everyone’s mind: How far can manager Stephen Vogt push these talented arms? Now having played a combined 170 games between the regular season and postseason, the

CLEVELAND -- Tommy Kahnle just keeps pressing the same button, over and over and over again. The right-hander closed out Game 4 of the ALCS for the Yankees on Friday night at Progressive Field, in an 8-6 win that gave the Yanks a 3-1 series lead and put them on

CLEVELAND -- The ninth inning used to be so comfortable for the Guardians. A time when players on the Guardians’ bench admitted they could sit back, hardly pay attention to the game, yawn a time or two and know that Emmanuel Clase would mow down whoever was put in front

CLEVELAND -- The Yankees added right-hander Mark Leiter Jr. to their bullpen for Game 4 of the American League Championship Series, replacing right-hander Ian Hamilton as an injury substitution. Hamilton sustained a left calf strain while covering first base during the sixth inning of New York’s 7-5, 10-inning loss to

ALCS Game 3 between the Yankees and Guardians was a postseason thriller that will be remembered for a long time. But the Yankees would probably like to wipe their memory clean of Thursday's instant classic. It was the second game in postseason history to feature four game-tying or go-ahead home

CLEVELAND -- Aaron Judge reached down to sprinkle a handful of dirt outside the batter’s box, taking a moment during a delicious power vs. power showdown with Emmanuel Clase, the league’s most dominant closer. They’d both enjoyed terrific regular seasons, then some struggles in the postseason. Only one could win

CLEVELAND -- There’s a reason why Andrés Giménez will likely add a third Gold Glove to his mantle in 2024. His defensive wizardry over the past three seasons has been nothing short of spectacular, and it was on display once again in a critical moment of the Guardians' wild 7-5

It was an electrifying night of baseball on Thursday, with a wild walk-off in Cleveland and the Dodgers asserting their dominance again in Queens. Los Angeles has a chance to return to the World Series for the first time since 2020 on Friday, but what’s happening in Cleveland, with two

CLEVELAND -- In the other dugout, they’ve got those guys who look like Lego figures that don’t match the rest of the set. Even on their worst days, Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton tower over their peers and make the field look like a well-manicured miniature. So when they connect

CLEVELAND -- The Yankees’ bullpen had its chance to beat the Guardians at their own game. The stunning script was sitting right in front of them until something even wilder happened. New York’s 7-5 loss in Game 3 of the ALCS on David Fry’s walk-off home run in the bottom

CLEVELAND -- Emmanuel Clase sank his head as soon as the ball cleared the center-field wall, then stared off into the distance with a look of disbelief as he watched Giancarlo Stanton round the bases. How could anyone believe what had just happened?

CLEVELAND – There have been a handful of mistakes that Luke Weaver believes he has gotten away with throughout this unexpected and magical ride as the Yankees’ de facto closer, offerings that spiked into the dirt or were discarded as harmless foul balls into the seats. As Weaver felt a