Luis Ortiz is not on the bubble for a pitching job with the Cleveland Guardians, but his debut couldn’t have gone worse. Ortiz surrendered six runs in 1 1/3 innings as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated Cleveland 9-6 on Tuesday in Goodyear, Ariz. Cleveland acquired Ortiz in the offseason in a double-trade scenario involving Toronto and… read more

In their 30-year history, the Colorado Rockies have often taken the approach of being a straight-collared organization. Players are straight-laced and professional and the team doesn’t try to do anything too out of the ordinary. Sure there have been players with some personality, but nothing too extravagant or bizarre. Charlie Blackmon took on a persona… read more

The time for the baby red birds is now. It is all but a foregone conclusion that the St. Louis Cardinals are entering a new era of baseball. They’ve gone from a veteran heavy leadership group to implementing the youth movement. It is nothing to be ashamed of. Embrace it and enjoy it because it… read more

The Cleveland Guardians didn’t see Josh Naylor on the field in Monday’s 4-3 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Cleveland turned heads by trading Naylor and his 108 to the Snakes in the off-season. WHO’S ON SECOND? Angel Martinez started at second base for the Guardians in that hotly contested positional battle. But another candidate, Gabriel… read more

If only the Cleveland Browns could score like this. The Guardians walloped the Los Angeles Angels 14-2 in a Cactus League game on Sunday afternoon. Ben Lively started for Cleveland, giving up five hits and a run in two innings. Koby Allard was impressive on the mound, striking out four in his two innings of… read more

Our Sox Populi staff combines their prospect lists each offseason, coming up with the Top 100 players in the system. We’ll be summarizing and counting them up here, five at a time, leading up to the regular season. Today covers Caleb Freeman, Michael Turner, Drew McDaniel, Jurdrick Profar and Reudis Diaz.

Baseball fans are rejoicing as spring training has finally begun. The Guardians took the field in Goodyear, Ariz., and lost the Cactus League opener to the Cincinnati Reds 6-3. Terry Francona is now managing the Reds. He took a year off after a decade of outstanding work as Cleveland’s manager. He didn’t attend the game… read more

Day two of Cactus League play saw new Rangers debuts and familiar faces on the bump for the first time this Spring. Ultimately, Texas fell 6-1 to the San Francisco Giants dropping to 0-2 on the Spring. Per usual, there are always takeaways so, let’s break down three of them from this afternoon’s contest. 1…. read more

If there was ever a time to keep integrating more of the youth, it is now for the Los Angeles Angels. The youth movement could’ve been sped up a bit if they opted to trade Shohei Ohtani, but we don’t have to revisit that. But for the Angels, they are going to give one of… read more