Former Guardians’ closer Emmanuel Clase and starting pitcher Luis Ortiz begin standing trial for their alleged involvement in a gambling scandal today. Sam Blum of the Athletic has promised updates on Twitter here.
Tanner Bibee won an AL Gold Glove yesterday.
For clarification on a point raised in the comments, Ben Lively is signed for a minor-league deal with the Guardians for 2027 BUT if a team wanted to take him in the Rule-5 draft (thereby guaranteeing him a spot on the active roster, they could
do so). That’s pretty unlikely given he had an unspecified injury to end the season and given his age. Also… they aren’t going to have a Rule-5 draft this year, I am pretty sure.
Luke Hill and Welbyn Francisca have been performing extremely well for the Surprise Saguaros in the Arizona Fall League, with Hill boasting a .999 OPS while playing second base and DH and Francisca a 1.237 OPS while playing shortstop and second base. You can follow along (weather-permitting) with the Saguaros box score tonight at 8:30PM ET here.
