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Guardians' Top 5 center fielders: MLB.com's take

@tim_stebbins and @MandyBell02
January 16, 2026

*No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club. These rankings are for fun

Guardians' Top 5 lefty starters: MLB.com's take

@tim_stebbins and @MandyBell02
January 16, 2026

CLEVELAND -- _No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club. These rankings are

Guardians' Top 5 righty starters: MLB.com's take

@MandyBell02
November 23, 2021

_No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club. These rankings are for fun

Guardians' Top 5 right fielders: MLB.com's take

@tim_stebbins and @MandyBell02
January 23, 2026

*No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club. These rankings are for fun

Guardians' Top 5 third basemen: MLB.com's take

@tim_stebbins and @MandyBell02
November 9, 2026

*No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club. These rankings are for fun

Guardians' Top 5 left fielders: MLB.com's take

@tim_stebbins and @MandyBell02
November 9, 2026

*No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club. These rankings are for fun

Guardians' Top 5 second basemen: MLB.com's take

@tim_stebbins and @MandyBell02
November 9, 2026

*No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club. These rankings are for fun

Guardians’ Top 5 first basemen: MLB.com's take

@tim_stebbins and @MandyBell02
January 14, 2026

*No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club. These rankings are for fun

Remembering postseason heroics of 'ALCS Kid'

Merritt made his mark with performance during Cleveland's 2016 WS run
@MandyBell02
December 1, 2021

CLEVELAND -- Ryan Merritt wanted to be more than just the “ALCS Kid.”

But let’s rewind a little bit.

The then-24-year-old pitcher began the 2016 season at Triple-A Columbus. He got his first taste of the big leagues on May 30 that year, tossing 4 1/3 scoreless innings in relief against the

Guardians' Top 5 shortstops: MLB.com's take

@tim_stebbins and @MandyBell02
November 9, 2026

*No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club. These rankings are for fun

Guardians' Top 5 catchers: MLB.com's take

@tim_stebbins and @MandyBell02
January 13, 2026

*No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club. These rankings are for fun

Guardians' Top 5 homegrown Draft picks

@MandyBell02
November 5, 2026

CLEVELAND -- Year in and year out, the Guardians’ roster is composed of a bevy of homegrown players who developed within Cleveland’s farm system before matriculating to the Major Leagues. For many, their professional trajectory began with the MLB Draft.

With that in mind, let’s take a look at the top

Best Guardians of all time, by uniform number

@tim_stebbins and @MandyBell02
November 5, 2026

CLEVELAND -- When a player makes a name for himself, his uniform number is forever associated with him. So who are the best members of Cleveland's franchise to don each number? Let’s take a look.

00: Paul Dade
Dade spent half of his six-year Major League career with

The best baseball players born on Oct. 13

October 13, 2026

Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar.

Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for Oct. 13.

The best baseball players born on Oct. 9

October 7, 2026

Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar.

Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for Oct. 9.

1) Joe Sewell (1898)
Sewell, the first of two Hall of Famers on this

The best baseball players born on Oct. 5

October 4, 2026

Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar.

Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for Oct. 5:

1) Claude Ritchey (1873)
Ritchey, know as “Little All Right” due to his stature,

The best baseball players born on Oct. 3

October 2, 2026

Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar.

Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for Oct. 3.

From Sizemore to Bazzana, every No. 1 prospect in Guardians history

@tim_stebbins
April 8, 2026

CLEVELAND -- When a player is ranked as an organization’s top prospect, he represents hope for a promising future and holds the potential to help carry the weight of a franchise on his shoulders.

Some top prospects, of course, pan out more than others in the Majors. But the Guardians’ franchise

Top 5 Guardians players not in Hall of Fame

@tim_stebbins and @MandyBell02
January 22, 2026

Each January, the baseball world's focus turns to the elite former players who are eager for a chance to receive the game's most prestigious honor: election into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. But among all those hopefuls, only a select group enter the Hall, leaving induction just out of

Remembering Cleveland's top All-Star moments

@tim_stebbins
January 15, 2026

CLEVELAND -- Over the course of nearly a century of MLB All-Star Games, there have been plenty of moments where a Cleveland player has shined on the national stage alongside the game’s top talent.

Let’s take a look at 10 of the top performances by a Cleveland player in

The 5 best seasons by a Guardians pitcher

@tim_stebbins and @MandyBell02
January 14, 2026

CLEVELAND -- The Guardians' franchise has long been known for its renowned pitching factory, through which the club has continuously developed some of the best hurlers in baseball.

Cleveland has had a long list of incredible starting pitchers toe the rubber in its uniform. The biggest names are always remembered by

Guardians' Top 5 managers: MLB.com's take

@MandyBell02
November 23, 2021

CLEVELAND -- *No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club. These rankings are

Guardians' Top 5 designated hitters: MLB.com's take

@tim_stebbins and @MandyBell02
January 13, 2026

_No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club. These rankings are for fun

Guardians' top general managers: MLB.com's take

@tim_stebbins and @MandyBell02
January 14, 2026

_No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club. These rankings are for fun