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CJ Kayfus Gets Called Up To the Cleveland Guardians

Former Miami Hurricanes standout CJ Kayfus was called up to the Major Leagues by the Cleveland Guardians Saturday morning, becoming the 71st Hurricane in program history to reach the big leagues.

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Guardians 5, Twins 4: I Am Having Fun Again

The Guardians are on a win streak! Ok I know its the Twins and I know they just traded away half of their roster, but I am having fun watching the Guardians again!

Cleveland Guardians News / Cleveland Guardians on SI / August 2

Guardians Officially Call-Up Promising Prospect In New Roster Moves

The Cleveland Guardians have been busy with transactions over the last few days. Their recent roster moves came before Saturday’s showdown against the Minnesota Twins, which included calling up one of the top prospects in Cleveland’s organization.

Cleveland Guardians News / Let's Go Tribe! / August 2

A Walk-off and a Call-up

News and Notes for Saturday, August 2nd, 2025 The Guardians won a walk-off against the Twins on the basis of an RBI single from Kyle Manzardo, and Guardians fans got the news that the team is calling up CJ Kayfus.

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C.J. Kayfus News / MLB Trade Rumors / August 2

Guardians to promote one of MLB's best prospects

The Guardians are calling up first baseman/corner outfielder C.J. Kayfus, reports Zack Meisel of The Athletic. Cleveland has an opening on the 40-man roster and only needs to make an active roster transaction.

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Cleveland Guardians News / Let's Go Tribe! / July 20

C.J. Kayfus blasts off in losing day for Guardians affiliates

Cleveland Guardians minor league recap for Sunday, July 20, 2025 Box Score · Clippers fall to 44-48 The offense was practically nonexistent for Columbus on Saturday other than C.J.

Cleveland Guardians News / Let's Go Tribe! / July 17

Guardians News and Notes - Small Moves and Slow News

News and Notes for Thursday, July 17th, 2025. Nothing much in terms of news on the Cleveland Guardians front. Some small moves were made in the minor leagues to reinstate Parker Messick and CJ Kayfus after their appearance in the All-Star Futures Game.

Cleveland Guardians News / Let's Go Tribe! / July 11

MiLB Recap: DeLauter, Kayfus and Watson go yard and Tyler Naquin makes A+ pitching debut

Cleveland Guardians minor league recap for Thursday, July 10, 2025 Box Score · Clippers fall to 40-46 Instead of hitting bombs up in Cleveland, Chase DeLauter and CJ Kayfus are still hitting bombs down in Columbus.

Cleveland Guardians News / Let's Go Tribe! / July 4

C.J. Kayfus injured in rundown, Cooper Ingle mashes four extra base hits for Akron

Cleveland Guardians minor league recap for Friday, July 4, 2025 Box Score · Clippers improve to 40-41 Chase DeLauter’s hitting streak ended, but his on-base streak remains intact after going 0-for-3 with a walk on Wednesday.

Cleveland Guardians News / Let's Go Tribe! / July 3

Brito, Kayfus, Noel Homer In Huge Clippers Win

Cleveland Guardians minor league recap for Thursday, July 3, 2025 Box Score · Clippers improve to 39-41 It was an offensive explosion from the Clippers.

MLB News / Let's Go Tribe! / July 1

Three Positives From the Week of June 22nd

We all need something to smile about this week. Luckily, this sad little team can still provide that. It may seem like there’s no hope for this team, no life to them, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t anything for us fans to smile about.

Cleveland Guardians News / Let's Go Tribe! / June 26

MiLB recap: Kayfus hits a second grand slam in as many days, Burgos ends up a triple shy of the cycle

Cleveland Guardians minor league recap for Thursday, June 26, 2025 Box Score · Clippers improve to 36-38 Well, C.J. Kayfus and Chase DeLauter are screaming “call us up” right about now.

Cleveland Guardians News / Cleveland Guardians on SI / June 15

Cleveland Guardians Urged To Call Up Power-Hitting Prospect

At some point, the Cleveland Guardians front office must acknowledge what's happening at Triple-A. There are multiple prospects on the Columbus Clippers' roster who have been posting impressive offensive numbers during the season.

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Cleveland Guardians News / Cleveland Guardians on SI / June 13

Watch: Guardians Elite Prospect Hits Home Run Off Max Scherzer

The calls for the Cleveland Guardians to call up CJ Kayfus to the big leagues have been loud over the past few weeks. Those cries are only going to get louder after what Cleveland's fifth-ranked prospect did during the Columbus Clippers' game on Friday night.

MLB News / Yardbarker / June 18

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Cleveland Guardians News / Cleveland Guardians on SI / May 29

Guardians Could Make Surprising Move With Rising Prospect

The Cleveland Guardians' offense is definitely in need of some help, and while the obvious answer seems to be outfielder Chase DeLauter, a Guardians insider has offered another name: C.J.

Cleveland Guardians News / Let's Go Tribe! / May 22

Kayfus And Rosario Go Deep, Clippers Win Big

Cleveland Guardians minor league recap for Wednesday, May 21, 2025 Box Score · Clippers improve to 21-23 What is there left to say about CJ Kayfus? The dude just continues to rake.

Cleveland Guardians News / Cleveland Guardians on SI / May 19

Guardians Must Consider Calling Up Elite Prospect Soon

The Cleveland Guardians need to add one or two more impact bats if they truly want to be a playoff team this season. However, that doesn't mean they have to give up a haul of young talent to trade for a veteran player.

Cleveland Guardians News / Let's Go Tribe! / May 19

C.J. Kayfus continues his rampage in Columbus as a rehabbing Lane Thomas homers

Cleveland Guardians minor league recap for Monday, May 19, 2025 Box Score · Clippers improve to 19-23 It should come as no surprise, but C.J. Kayfus had another monster day at the dish on Sunday.

Cleveland Guardians News / Let's Go Tribe! / May 17

Give Me Kayfus, Guardians

Or give me death The Guardians just lost another winnable game to the Reds and I'm upset. Do you have a guess of what the wRC+ is of Guardians centerfielders and right-fielders in 2025?

Cleveland Guardians News / Covering the Corner / January 27

C.J. Kayfus is our No. 10 Guardians Prospect. Who should be No. 11?

Kayfus has done nothing but mash at every level he’s played thus far. Can he keep it up as he’s promoted? Another fast riser, first baseman C.J. Kayfus is our No.

Cleveland Guardians News / Covering the Corner / July 12, 2024

CJ Kayfus Continues to Impress, Juan Benjamin Increases His On-Base Streak to 8 Straight PAs Thursday

Cleveland Guardians minor league recap for Friday, July 12th, 2024 Box Score · RubberDucks improve to 49-35 The Rubberducks relied on a pair of crooked numbers and a showing on the mound by Parker Messick that would power themselves past the Fightins.

Cleveland Guardians News / Covering the Corner / July 2, 2024

CJ Kayfus walks four times for Akron, Juneiker Caceres has 9 RBIs in DSL game

Cleveland Guardians minor league recap for Tuesday, July 2, 2024 Box Score · Clippers improve to 36-45 Three members of the Clippers had big games offensively, but only one of them was from a top prospect.

Cleveland Guardians News / Covering the Corner / June 5, 2024

Clippers blast off for 22 hits in win, C.J. Kayfus has tremendous Double-A debut for Akron

Cleveland Guardians minor league recap for Wednesday, June 5, 2024 Box Score · Clippers improve to 22-35 The Columbus Clippers TEED OFF on Tuesday, scoring 15 runs on a whopping 22 hits.